Kim Lynch, executive vice president of government defense and intelligence at Oracle, has accepted the 2025 Wash100 Award for being a champion for innovation and for providing agencies with cloud and artificial intelligence capabilities that meet mission-critical needs. Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson personally congratulated Lynch for her...
Business advisory and accounting firm Aprio has acquired Nextfed and O’Connor Consulting Services, or OCS, for an undisclosed sum to accelerate growth in the government services market and nonprofit industry. Nextfed Purchase “Nextfed’s team brings a rare combination of government, aerospace, and commercial knowledge, and strategic...
SES has named Elisabeth Pataki as its new chief financial officer, effective June 16. Pataki will succeed Sandeep Jalan, who has served as the CFO since May 2020, SES said Friday. Intelsat Acquisition Pataki, who currently holds the same role at L3Harris subsidiary Aerojet Rocketdyne, will join SES amid its ongoing effort to acquire Intelsat...
NASA has announced that it has awarded 25 new contracts, with a cumulative value of $475 million over 10 years, to empower the agency’s workforce through active engagement with the public. Creative Approaches to Space Exploration The agency said Thursday the 25 new NASA Open Innovation Service, or NOIS, contracts, managed by the Johnson S...
Tria Federal has appointed Atchut Kanthamani, founder and CEO of Softrams, as president and Andrew Hand, a strategy and business development executive, as a senior vice president. Sagewind Capital-backed Tria said Thursday Kanthamani will oversee the company’s business growth and technology innovation teams. “By aligning critical functio...
ASRC Federal has appointed David Yang, an experienced leader in federal IT, as vice president of business development for its civilian and health operating group. Sanjay Sardar, civilian and health group president at ASRC Federal, said Thursday that Yang is an important addition to the leadership team and will drive the company’s federal...
Alpha Omega has appointed Rajiv Gidadhubli as chief artificial intelligence transformation officer following the recent acquisition of Macro Solutions, where he was chief technology officer. In his new role, he will lead the enterprise-wide AI strategy to help government agencies adopt secure, ethical and impactful AI technologies, Alpha Omega said....
Leidos has appointed Andrew Hallman, a national security executive and a previous Wash100 awardee, as vice president and strategic account executive. Hallman announced his appointment in a LinkedIn post published Thursday. Andrew Hallman’s Career Background Before Leidos, Hallman was VP of national security strategy and integration at Peraton....
Golden Dome, President Donald Trump’s proposed U.S. missile defense system, could leverage AI services to boost the system’s autonomy and reduce the manpower required for the system’s operation, according to a news report. The U.S. Army is scouting for AI capabilities for Golden Dome as it is a large contributor to the air and miss...
By Dan Coleman, general manager of federal civilian at Microsoft As both industry and federal agencies look ahead to fiscal year 2026, artificial intelligence is no longer a future-state technology. It’s a present-day imperative. Agencies across government have already begun using AI to improve productivity, unlock insight from compl...
