Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has received approval from the U.S. Army to begin the delivery of the initial order of 5,000 HoloLens-based combat goggles, Bloomberg reported Friday. Spokesman Jamal Beck said Douglas Bush, assistant secretary for acquisition at the Army, gave the service the clearance to start accepting 5,000 sets of the Integrated Visual ...
Quantum computing can unlock a myriad of opportunities for the United States, and the federal government is beginning to tap into its potential. Although quantum is not a new field by any means, it is incredibly complex, and it may take years for us to see the benefits of harnessing the advanced technology. Because of these...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 2, 2022 — Allen Badeau, chief technology officer of Empower AI, has advised government agencies to support their artificial intelligence adoption efforts by ensuring that AI platform data sources are validated, cleaned and standardized, ExecutiveBiz reported. In an opinion piece, Badeau also outlined other steps of AI-enab...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 2, 2022 — HawkEye 360 and the U.S. Army have signed a cooperative research and development agreement to create and showcase overhead radio frequency-sensing capabilities for tactical warfighter support, ExecutiveBiz reported. “This partnership will support the Army’s modernization initiative to develop more efficie...
The U.S. government is changing the competitive landscape. Some of their old ways of doing business can no longer serve today’s mission effectively, and some government contractors are shifting to integrator business models in response. One such company that has adopted this approach is Peraton, helmed by President, Chairman and CEO Stu ...
SES’ government arm has named telecommunications industry executive Ben Pigsley as senior vice president for defense networks and aerospace and defense sector veteran Jim Hooper as SVP for space initiatives. The appointment of Pigsley and Hooper to the leadership team of SES Government Solutions comes after the parent company closed its $450 milli...
Mick Fox, chief operating officer of Technomile, has provided his latest feature as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Tuesday. In his concluding article on the Federal Contract Management Maturity Model, GovCon Expert Mick Fox provided his insights into how organizations are evolving to the Future-Enabling level of matur...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 29, 2022 — Valiant Integrated Services will provide two naval air stations with operations and maintenance services over a five-year period in support of their maritime training devices, ExecutiveBiz reported. The U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division Force awarded a $77 million task order to ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 26, 2022 — BlueHalo‘s new research, development and manufacturing facility within Sandia Science and Technology Park is now operational, marking the expansion of the company’s Albuquerque, New Mexico campus, ExecutiveBiz reported. The 73,000-square-foot facility will accommodate company product developments and ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 26, 2022 — Dean Bellamy, executive vice president of national security space at Redwire, has recommended for the government to advance the development of more agile and resilient satellites in preparation for “maneuver warfare” in the space domain, ExecutiveBiz reported. “As we see this type of warfare, we...
