As the U.S. military pivots toward the escalating peer competition and accelerates its migration to the cloud, its leaders are examining how to leverage cloud computing from operational scenarios all the way to the tactical edge. Expanding the military’s technological capabilities at the edge is going to be paramount in the future fight, according...
Todd Helfrich, vice president of federal sales at SentinelOne (NYSE: S), said government agencies should advance cyber resiliency, adopt industry best practices and reduce the identity attack surface to protect endpoints and networks from cyber adversaries. Helfrich wrote that cyber resiliency has been highlighted by the release of guidance by the N...
Throughout its many agencies and departments, the U.S. government is currently in the midst of a push toward evolving its systems and tools. Many federal entities are overhauling legacy — or established, often physical storage-based — architectures to make way for cloud-derived systems that are seen as functionally efficient and economically pru...
Reston Virginia-based Octo has promoted Rob Albritton from senior director of the technology company’s artificial intelligence practice to a vice president position. In his new capacity, Albritton will continue to lead Octo’s strategy and vision for AI and machine learning and help grow its tech portfolio for the intelligence, health car...
Lloyd Austin, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, and other DOD leaders hosted the Defense Innovation Board’s meeting on Monday and joined DIB Chair Michael Bloomberg in welcoming the seven newly named board members. Established in 2016, DIB provides department leaders with independent expert advice on how DOD c...
The U.S. Space Force is conducting market research into potential vendors that can help the branch develop, implement, update and expand software platforms to defend its networks and associated computer systems. USSF said Wednesday in a SAM.gov notice that the government intends to procure industry services to support the Space Systems Command’...
America’s Frontier Fund has officially launched as a nonprofit investment fund with a focus on scaling companies and their deep technologies to ensure that the U.S. and its allies maintain tech advantage amid a great power competition. AFF said Thursday its initial focus areas will include artificial intelligence, microelectronics, next-generation...
William LaPlante, president and CEO of Draper and a former Air Force acquisition chief, received Senate confirmation to serve as undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense, the Air Force Magazine reported Thursday. During his Senate confirmation hearing in late March, LaPlante, a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, said the U...
William LaPlante, nominee for the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment role, has been selected to receive Executive Mosaic’s 2022 Wash100 Award in recognition of his weapons procurement vision and agenda. This year marks the first time LaPlante appears on the annual list of public and private sector leaders who shape the g...
John Sherman, chief information officer at the Department of Defense and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, has been named acting chief digital and artificial intelligence officer with oversight of DOD’s strategy and policy development efforts for data, AI and analytics. Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks wrote in a Tuesday memo that the office of ...
