Gustave Perna, a four-decade U.S. Army veteran, has been appointed chief operating officer at modeling and simulation software developer Defcon AI. His appointment comes less than two months after incubation firm Red Cell Partners launched the technology company to serve the national security and health care sectors. Paul Selva, co-founder of Defcon...
Leaders from disparate parts of the U.S. government have encouraged members of the government contracting industry who may be concerned about secure ideas and blueprints being leaked or compromised during the acquisition process to enter the exchange as early as possible. This would mean getting on the ground floor so as to prevent risking their...
Bruce Feldman, senior vice president of business development at Science Applications International Corp., was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Wednesday. He talked about his strategic perspective and responsibilities as the business development lead for the company’s national security and space sector. The Q&A a...
As the pace of global competition quickens, conflicts unfold and the U.S. intelligence community begins to embrace the idea of unclassified work, IC leaders are exploring new ways to enhance collaboration and integration between mission and IT. At the Potomac Officer Club’s 8th Annual Intel Summit, technologists and leaders from governme...
Established in February through the combination of separate, active organizations, the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office was formed on the basis that isolated tools and gadgets cannot alone solve the Department of Defense’s greatest challenges. “It’s not technology, it’s not always necessarily even the capability...
FireTeam Solutions, an AE Industrial Partners portfolio company, has merged with Case Consulting as part of efforts to expand its set of mission-critical technology service offerings for the U.S. intelligence community. Paul Farmer, founder and CEO of Case Consulting, will lead the newly combined entity as chief executive, according to a joint state...
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has cleared a planned merger between Arlington, Virginia-based Leonardo DRS and Israeli radar maker RADA Electronic Industries (Nasdaq: RADA). Both parties first announced their all-stock transaction in June and they now expect to complete the business combination in late November or early Dec...
Since the close of William LaPlante’s service as assistant secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics in 2017, he has noticed a significant and much-needed increase in the amount of prototyping and experimentation activity within the Department of Defense. Now, LaPlante, a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, has re...
Intel’s (Nasdaq: INTC) foundry business has established an alliance to improve semiconductor design and production to meet the requirements of national security and government applications. Initial members of the U.S. Military, Aerospace and Government Alliance formed by Intel Foundry Services include Synopsys (Nasdaq: SNPS), Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS...
Emily Murphy, former administrator of the General Services Administration and current senior fellow at the George Mason University Business School’s Center for Government Contracting, has published her latest article as a part of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program. GovCon Expert Emily Murphy, who serves as a partner of CEO Coaching Intern...
