Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY) has secured a $165 million sole-source contract from the U.S. Air Force for production follow-on work in support of the secure mission data systems on the service branch’s F-16 fleet. The company will perform tasks as part of the third phase of the Air Force’s Small Business Innovation Research program, the...
Carey Smith, president and CEO of Parsons (NYSE: PSN) and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, will assume additional duties as chairwoman of the Centreville, Virginia-based company’s board of directors, effective April 14. She will succeed Chuck Harrington, who will retire as executive chairman after a four-decade career with the company, Parsons said Mo...
During the Potomac Officers Club’s 8th Annual Defense Research and Development Summit Wednesday, some of the top defense sector leaders from government and industry joined to share their insights on the Department of Defense’s most pressing R&D priorities, strategies and technology innovations in today’s ever-evolving defense and comb...
On Wednesday, the Potomac Officers Club hosted its 8th Annual Defense R&D Summit which featured preeminent leaders across defense agencies and industry who gathered to discuss the top research and development initiatives shaping next-generation technology acquisition strategies, infrastructure modernization plans and innovation priorities with...
GovCon Wire Events on Thursday hosted the Department of Defense: Digital Modernization Forum where distinguished defense agency and private sector leaders talked about technology procurement efforts, infrastructural priorities, modernization strategies and cultural shifts affecting how Defense Department agencies, military service branches and ...
Al Ford and Brian Carnell of Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) said government agencies looking to adopt and rapidly field artificial intelligence tools to support missions and operations should shift from creating data lakes to using the federated learning approach. “Federated learning allows agencies to set up containers with AI algorithms at the e...
Michael Porcelain, a nearly 20-year veteran of Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL), has started his dual role as the company’s president and CEO. He succeeded former Comtech CEO Fred Kornberg, who will serve as a technology adviser to the management team and remain as a director and a non-executive board chairman, the communications equi...
Executive Mosaic’s flagship GovCon Wire will feature Kevin Welsh, executive director of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Environment and Energy, in an upcoming virtual fireside conversation to overview the agency’s mission to address climate change within the aviation sector. The FAA unveiled in November its plan to impl...
Executive Mosaic’s flagship GovCon Wire will bring together top space acquisition experts from the government and industry at a Jan. 19 virtual forum to offer insight into the Defense Department’s priorities and modernization efforts in the space domain. David Ray, senior vice president of operations and lead for the space business unit ...
David Egts, chief technologist and senior director of the Office of the Chief Technologist for Red Hat’s North America Public Sector, has published his first article as a part of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Thursday. In his first piece, GovCon Expert David Egts provided a breakdown looking into the impact that the COVID-19 pand...
