TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 30, 2017 ” Maximus (NYSE: MMS) will work with Interactions to deliver a virtual assistant technology offering for the federal market that will work to engage with people who access government services, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Maximus Intelligent Assistant powered by Interactions’ Adaptive Under...
The House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee passed its 2018 appropriations bill via voice vote Thursday afternoon. The bill does not offer an alternative to President Donald Trump™s 1.9 percent raise offered in his budget proposal, which means federal employees have cleared a hurdle to receiving a p...
The State Department has approved Taiwan™s request to buy missiles, torpedoes and related components as well as operations and maintenance support for the East Asian state™s surveillance radar program under seven foreign military agreements worth approximately $1.36 billion combined. Taiwan requested to purchase follow-on sustainment servi...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI7b8uI2x-s In early 2017, the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence held a one-day event inviting participants to come up with ideas to detect fake news. The gathering in Riga (Latvia) attracted 28 people from various backgrounds such as coders, journalists and statisticians. The winning idea was a Faceb...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a potential three-year, $257.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to supply alternate mission tools, pilot flight equipment and red gear to support the low rate initial production of lot 10 F-35 Lightning II fighter jets. The firm-fixed-price modification covers purchase...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 28, 2017 ” Battelle will work to support the U.S. Army‘s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center in efforts to address sustainment challenges associated with military support technologies under a $20 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday it will...
John Celli, president of SSL (Space Systems Loral,) will be stepping down after serving the satellites and spacecraft systems company for 36 years, MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX:MDA), announced Wednesday. Dario Zamarian has been appointed Group President and Paul Estey has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief O...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has expanded the responsibilities of Greg Smith, chief financial officer and executive vice president of corporate development and strategy, to include leadership over business performance, innovation and corporate functional excellence. Smith will have the dual role of CFO and EVP for enterprise performance and strategy begin...
The former Air Force deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance Lt. Gen. David Deptula has a new report that offers the Defense Department suggestions as it writes a 25-year plan for unmanned aircraft. The U.S. military needs to overhaul the way it is buying and managing drones, says Deptula, who is now...
Kenneth Saenz, formerly a principal at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), has been named an executive vice president of management and technology services contractor Allegheny Science & Technology. He will oversee energy market-related programs and help AST identify capability areas to deliver program management support and technologies to industr...
