5G, the fifth generation of wireless networking, shook the communications world when it was deployed in 2019. With increased bandwidth, faster speeds and lower latency, 5G opened a new world of connectivity across a wide range of mission areas for the federal government. Now, the intelligence community is eyeing 5G capabilities, and industry leader...
In recent years, the Department of the Air Force has made significant strides in its modernization journey, but the service is still dealing with lingering issues, alongside emerging ones, as it continues to stretch its area of responsibility over two of the world’s largest, most quickly evolving domains. The DAF’s number one challenge today is...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 3, 2022 — CACI International (NYSE: CACI) will assist in the U.S. Navy’s digital transformation efforts by providing mission expertise for moving programs of record into new or modernized technology systems, ExecutiveBiz reported. The company’s work in support of the service branch’s Digital Integration Su...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 3, 2022 — Rick Lober, vice president and general manager of defense and intelligence systems division at Hughes Network Systems, has underscored the possibility of applying a 5G standard to non-terrestrial networks amid the Department of Defense’s continued support to 5G testing and experimentation initiatives, Execut...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 2, 2022 — Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) seeks to advance commercial technology development and deployment to support government missions with the help from its recently launched $100 million venture capital arm, ExecutiveBiz reported. “Booz Allen Ventures taps into America’s collective ingenuity by investing in softwa...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 2, 2022 — KBR (NYSE: KBR) will provide scientific and medical expertise in support of health and human performance research and development efforts at the Air Force Research Laboratory under a three-year, $20 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported. The new agreement expands KBR’s scope of work with AFRL on medical re...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 2, 2022 — Viktar Zherdetski, chief technology officer at Anika Systems, has noted how government customers are becoming aware of routine processes and day-to-day operations where automation can be applied to free their time for more intelligent work, ExecutiveBiz reported. On agencies using automation systems, he said, R...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 1, 2022 — Michael Conlin, chief technology officer of Definitive Logic, was appointed chair of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution Reform Task Force, a team formed by the American Society of Military Comptrollers to promote the Department of Defense’s PPBE reform awareness, ExecutiveBiz reported. Conlin...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 1, 2022 — Dave Levy, vice president of U.S. federal government, nonprofit and healthcare at Amazon Web Services and previous Wash100 Award recipient, has shared during an interview how the company is helping address information technology workforce gaps through cloud computing skills training and government-focused educatio...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 1, 2022 — Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) looks to expand its defense market footprint with a 113,000-square-foot missile integration facility that is currently being built in West Virginia and is planned to accommodate the second lot of a U.S. Navy missile low rate initial production, ExecutiveBiz reported. “Northrop Grumma...
