In the age of manufacturing turbulence and ever-intensifying cybercrime, the U.S. Department of Defense is finding it more important than ever to tap into the resources of the private sector. The Pentagon issued its very first National Defense Industrial Strategy, or NDIS, earlier this month in a move to shape and bolster its relationship ...
By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International Protecting the frontier of space systems is unquestionably a security priority for governments and industry. Due to our increasing reliance on space, and particularly satellites, for communications, security, intelligence and business, satellite and space cybersecurity is becoming increas...
Stuart Kupinsky, former senior vice president and general counsel at Blackboard, now an Anthology company, has been appointed executive VP and chief legal officer at Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY). He will manage the company's overall legal strategy covering intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions and enterprise contracts....
Customer experience, or CX, is increasingly appearing on agency leaders’ priority lists. Dana Chisnell, executive director for the Customer Experience Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security, spoke about the importance of CX for DHS and within the broader federal government ecosystem during the Potomac Officers Club’s CX Imperative Fo...
The Department of Labor awarded Parsons (NYSE: PSN) a potential five-year, $115 million contract to provide management support to the Job Corps Acquisition Services. The company said Thursday that it has been cleared to continue assisting in project planning and management of the JCAS Facilities Program. Parsons has been under contract with JCAS sin...
In today’s ever-changing federal landscape, technologies like artificial intelligence and 5G are the future, and they’re already unlocking new opportunities and capabilities across a wide range of federal missions. In this Executive Spotlight interview, Hitachi Vantara Federal Chief Growth Officer Phil Fuster explained which technologies, t...
Enlightenment Capital has merged four businesses to form and launch RealmOne, a new platform company focused on providing cybersecurity and intelligence collection and analysis support for national security agency customers. Columbia, Maryland-based RealmOne is led by CEO Gary Daigle, former chief executive of iNovex....
Steve Sousa, a senior vice president at CGI’s (NYSE: GIB) federal arm, said integrating artificial intelligence technologies provides federal health care agencies with opportunities to improve patient outcomes by harnessing the power of big data to enhance decision-making, streamlining administrative processes and revolutionizing diagnostics.Regis...
Henry Choi’s long career is not short on qualifications. He is currently vice president of growth and strategy for HII's cyber, electronic warfare and space segment, where his work focuses on market growth, strategy and client engagement.In a recent Executive Spotlight interview, Choi spoke with GovCon Wire about how he and his team are envis...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) reported its fourth quarter and full year 2023 results. The full-year net sales were stronger than expected, rising two percent year-over-year to $67.6 billion, although it dipped half a percent lower in Q4 2023 to $18.9 billion versus Q4 2022. Also, the backlog reached a record $1.6 billion....
