Reha Gill has transitioned from Capital One Financial (NYSE: COF) to Alpha Omega and assumed to accept the role of vice president of data and artificial intelligence at IT solutions company. She will lead the company's Data and Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence to drive innovation.On March 21, the Potomac Officers Club will have it...
The Space Development Agency has awarded prototype agreements worth approximately $2.5 billion combined to L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Sierra Space to build 54 satellites for the second tranche of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture’s tracking layer.SDA Director Derek Tournear will deliver a keynot...
Airbus Helicopters has agreed to acquire Aerovel, a Bingen, Washington-based robotic aircraft manufacturer, in a deal aimed at expanding the Airbus subsidiary's portfolio of tactical unmanned aerial system offerings. The deal will include Aerovel's Flexrotor vertical takeoff and landing UAS designed to support land and sea-based intelligen...
Julia Filiberti Allen, formerly chief scientist at the U.S. subsidiary of Swedish defense contractor Saab, has been promoted to vice president and chief technology officer at Saab Inc. She will oversee the development of technical strategy for Saab Inc., lead research community engagement efforts and prioritize and meet research and development obje...
Public engagement is a regular part of many agencies within the Department of Homeland Security, such as the Transportation Security Administration, Customs and Border Protection and more. With its wide variety of public operations, it is critical for the DHS to ensure that its interactions with customers run smoothly.DHS CX expert Dana Chisnell w...
Jennifer Damewood, a more than 15-year ERC veteran, was appointed vice president of business development operations at Astrion, an Oasis Systems-ERC combination focused on delivering services to defense, space and civilian government agencies. She most recently served as director of business development at ERC....
The defense and government investment banking team of financial services company Raymond James has released a report highlighting the financial performance of several public companies in the government contracting market, recent mergers and acquisitions and major contracts awarded in 2023....
The U.S. Air Force has chosen Expansia as a prime contractor for a $46 billion multiple-award contract that will provide for the development of novel weapons capabilities, technologies and system concepts for the service branch. Work under the Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition Contract will focus on delivering rapid responses across all phases of weapo...
AI is only as useful as the underlying technology that enables it. That’s where a cloud-to-edge infrastructure comes in. The key is to successfully leverage the power of both the data center and the edge to ensure that the right intelligence is provided, wherever users reside.In his latest GovCon Expert column, Intel Vice President and General Man...
Defense Innovation Unit Deputy Director Aditi Kumar has shared that the DOD tech hub is interested in branching outside the Pentagon’s usual collaborators for its Replicator initiative.Kumar will be bringing her expertise to offer more insight on Replicator opportunities at Potomac Officers Club’s 10th Annual Defense R&D Summit. This Jan. ...
