In late February 2022, the Russian invasion of Ukraine sparked drastic changes in the geopolitical landscape and challenged complex global relations. During the months since the war’s onset, and as the conflict continues to unfold, it’s clear that electronic and cyber warfare are playing a major role in military actions on both sides, and these...
Lt. Gen. Maria Barrett, commanding general of U.S. Army Cyber Command, is scheduled to headline a July 12 virtual forum to discuss how the service branch is working to advance its capabilities in the strategic digital environment. Barrett became the fifth top uniformed officer over ARCYBER in May and leads the Army organization responsible for...
Steve Escaravage, an executive vice president with Booz Allen Hamilton, was presented his 2022 Wash100 Award, during a recent visit to the company’s office by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. Executive Mosaic recognizes Steve Escaravage as a first-time recipient of the most prestigious and coveted awkward in all of government contracting...
Operationalizing data and achieving AI/ML readiness are two of the Department of the Air Force’s most urgent “must-pay bills,” according to Brig. Gen. John Olson, DAF’s chief data and artificial intelligence officer. Within DAF and across the entire Department of Defense enterprise, data centricity is the new “North Star.” Data — ...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will support the production of a long-range precision missile under a $450 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Air Force. The contractor was tasked to work on development, integration, sustainment and other efforts related to the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile program over a five-...
As U.S. adversaries accelerate their use and development of artificial intelligence and data, the intelligence community is driving advancements in these areas to avoid being outpaced and to ensure the country’s technological advantage on the global stage. But is enough being done, and at a fast enough rate? Marie Falkowski, director of artificial...
In a recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with John Heneghan, president of ECS and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, to talk about the company’s delivery of artificial intelligence, advanced data analytics, cybersecurity, digital transformation and enterprise information technology services to its customers to drive value and...
Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) has formed an advisory council to provide public sector organizations with insights in support of their cybersecurity efforts, and appointed Gary Locke, former secretary of the Department of Commerce, as its chairperson. The Public Sector Advisory Council will help local governments and other public institutions address cyber...
Rear Adm. Lorin Selby asserts that the U.S. Navy is positioned at a unique moment in history, a crucial turning point where technology is moving at a “breakneck pace” and many sectors, including the military, have arrived at a decisive fulcrum between the analog and the digital. “This is a win or lose decade. If we...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has been at the center of many of the White House’s cyber initiatives, policies and executive orders within the past few years. Now, just after the one year anniversary of President Biden’s executive order on cybersecurity, CISA is focusing on zero trust, modernization and workforce developmen...
