Executive Mosaic, the Capital region’s premier government contracting membership organization, has named Lockheed Martin Vice President Jim Keffer as the chair of its 4×24 leadership series’ Multi-Domain Group. 4×24 is a favored tradition among GovCon’s most esteemed professionals, a combined social gathering, meeting of th...
Marina Theodotou, former Defense Acquisition University official, was named executive director of a Department of Defense organization focused on providing Pentagon leaders with independent advice and specific recommendations to drive innovation, according to her LinkedIn post. Theodotou brings three decades of leadership experience to the Defense I...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will lead two separate teams under a pair of NASA contracts to develop concepts for a passenger jet capable of reaching Mach 2 to Mach 4 speeds. Each industry team will create a nonproprietary aircraft design and a high-speed air travel roadmap for the next phase of the Advanced Air Vehicles...
The U.S. Space Force has started to solicit information on technical approaches and concepts that could be used to facilitate the integration of government payloads onto a space vehicle without the need for major modifications. The service has provided information on two space vehicle variants meant to address the requirements of two separate missio...
The Department of Defense’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative, or JADC2, has been a high priority for leaders across the defense landscape as they work to provide the United States’ joint force with a connected, unified network to accelerate data sharing and decision making. The Air Force’s response to the Pentagon’s JADC2 effo...
Conn Doherty, former vice president of strategic campaigns at Raytheon Intelligence & Space, has been appointed to vice president and general manager roles at Collins Aerospace. Doherty announced his new post Monday on LinkedIn and will be responsible for Collins Aerospace’s battlespace management command and control and autonomy platforms...
Due to the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare space has been pummeled over the last few years to answer the manifold and ever-growing needs of citizens. Many of these needs have solutions that can only be resolved through agencies’ information technology systems. “For us, during COVID, it was really about, how quickly can...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory issued a broad agency announcement in search of research and development support for the Pioneering Aerospace Capabilities, Engineering and Research program. In a notice published Thursday on SAM.gov, the Department of the Air Force said it is soliciting white papers for proposed new technologies involving area...
The fifth-generation wireless technology holds great promise for the federal government. It is expected to be a key enabler in making smart cities, tactical edge connectivity, and the ever-expanding internet of things a reality. Jill Singer, vice president of national security for AT&T Public Sector, dove into what the future holds for 5G and th...
Artificial intelligence is currently experiencing a major peak in the commercial world with the skyrocketing popularity of generative AI tools in recent months, which is causing a ripple effect with implications in the public sector too. Mandy Long, the new CEO of BigBear.ai, delved into the present state of the AI market, where she thinks it...
