Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx,) the Department of Defense’s outreach office to Silicon Valley, needs emergency funding to keep key programs operating, and DoD is poised to grant their request, Defense News reports. The vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Paul Selva, said Tuesday that DIUx chief Raj Shah had reque...
The Naval Hospital Oak Harbor in Washington state became the second facility to utilize the Department of Defense’s new electronic health record system, MHS Genesis. The Naval Hospital is the first inpatient facility to use the system, which incorporates Cerner’s commercial health records system. Naval Hospital Oak Harbor’s new sys...
The U.S. Digital Service released its first report to Congress under the Trump administration, detailing its progress on 10 projects to modernize digital functionality within Federal departments. Projects include the General Services Administration™s common identity project login.gov, modernizing the Small Business Administration̵...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 19, 2017 “ The Potomac Officers Club ” a division of Executive Mosaic ” has added Randall Conway as a panelist for the 2017 Army Forum. The Forum has also been rescheduled to August 30th (was previously scheduled for August 10th). As the Department of Defense moves to make good use of its...
Bruce Stanski, president of Fluor‘s (NYSE: FLR) government group since March 2009, has been promoted to chief financial officer of the Irving, Texas-based construction and engineering services contractor in a move that takes effect Aug. 4. Fluor said Tuesday Stanski will oversee the company’s finance, audit, investor relations,...
CAE has secured more than $138.5 million in contracts during the first quarter of its 2018 fiscal year to provide aircraft simulation products, training services and in-service support to U.S. and international defense customers. Montreal-based CAE said Tuesday it received contracts from Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), L3 Technologies...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkchYFToncs Sgt. Todd Gildersleeve, Cpl. Mark Valle, and Maj. Matthew Bohman describe the dedication and discipline required to maintain a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter Jun. 19 on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. Gildersleeve, from Alfred, Maine, is an aircraft avionics technician. Valle, from El Paso, Texas, is a...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkSe7aMrEnc The Life Under Kinetic Evolution arm is the world™s most advanced commercial prosthetic. The LUKE arm has the potential to change the lives of veterans with upper arm amputations....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 18, 2017 ” Concurrent Technologies Corp. plans to launch a new center in Pennsylvania that will work to update manufacturing processes for small modular and advanced reactor systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday it will operate the future Center for Advanced Nuclear Manufact...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 18, 2017 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Executive Vice President Rick Ambrose has received recognition from the National Defense Industrial Association for his work in the space systems industry, GovCon Executive reported Friday. NDIA said its space division will present the Peter B. Teets Award to Ambrose, head...
