One of the more ambitious missions of the U.S. Department of Defense in recent memory is its dynamic spectrum sharing, or DSS, framework. This initiative aims to identify a pathway to securely open up a spectrum band to commercial wireless users that is typically used for critical military purposes like missile deterrence. The DOD’s work...
ECS President John Heneghan was recently presented with his third Wash100 Award during a meeting with Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and creator of the esteemed Wash100 Award. Wash100 is an annual commemoration of government contracting industry executives who have established themselves as forces to be reckoned with in the field. A Wash...
By Bill Webner, CEO of Capgemini Government Solutions, in collaboration with Melissa Hatton, AI Strategy Lead at Capgemini Government Solutions; James Farnsworth, Chief U.S. Compliance & Regulatory Counsel at Capgemini America, Inc.; and Johnathan Duffie, Senior Legal Counsel & Americas AI Legal Lead at Capgemini America, Inc Artificial inte...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $296.8 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide system technical support for the military branch’s M10 Booker combat vehicle. Army Contracting Command will obligate funds and determine work locations upon award of each task order and expects contract work to run thr...
The Department of Energy services platform of private equity management firm Bernhard Capital Partners has acquired federal technical consulting services provider Strategic Management Solutions for an undisclosed sum. Albuquerque, New Mexico-based SMSI has more than 400 employees and has been providing program management and project support services...
The Defense Health Agency has begun seeking information on a potential $290 million small business set-aside indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide contracting and acquisition support services. The potential single-award IDIQ has an ordering period of five years and covers contract analyst support, procurement technician support...
Elizabeth Larson, a more than two-decade Siemens veteran, has taken on the chief financial officer role at the company’s federally focused U.S. arm. She will manage the overall financial and accounting functions supporting Siemens Government Technologies‘ technology and service teams delivering mission-critical products and services to U...
Accenture Federal Services has agreed to purchase federal digital transformation and cloud modernization platforms provider Cognosante for an undisclosed sum. Since 2008, Cognosante has been providing cloud migration support, program management and technology platforms for federal health care programs supporting veterans, active-duty personnel, prov...
Mark Anderson, an associate principal solutions architect at Red Hat, said government agencies looking to manage and ensure the security of hybrid cloud environments should implement an everything-as-code approach and automation. In an article published in Carahsoft.com, Anderson wrote that the everything-as-code approach “means thinking about how...
Artificial intelligence is changing the game across all domains and industries, including in space. Maria Demaree, vice president and general manager of national security space at Lockheed Martin, spoke with Executive Mosaic about how AI is impacting missions from CJADC2 to space and more. Demaree, a two-time Wash100 Award winner, has been with Lo...
