Historically, acquisition processes within the United States federal government have not been associated with speed or efficiency. In fact, government officials often point to bureaucratic and tedious acquisition processes as a major hurdle in delivering cutting-edge technologies to government agencies and military forces in a timely manner. Today, ...
Dave Limp, a nearly 14-year Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) executive, will officially join Kent, Washington-based space company Blue Origin as CEO on Dec. 4, CNBC reported Monday. He will succeed the retiring Bob Smith, who will stay with Blue Origin through Jan. 2 to facilitate the leadership transition. Limp has been serving as senior vice president...
Amentum has secured a $282.5 million contract to help the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provide biometrics collection services to applicants seeking immigration benefits. The company will help USCIS administer and manage the Application Support Center, which collects applicant biometric and biographical data throughout the benefits appli...
Dan Whitcher, an enterprise information technology executive with nearly three decades of combined government and industry experience, has joined VSE (Nasdaq: VSEC) as chief information officer, according to a recently published LinkedIn post. Whitcher will provide strategic leadership and day-to-day operational oversight of VSE’s enterprise I...
Government AI Events Guide: Top 10 Conferences and Summits provide essential detail about the Artificial Intelligence trends in the industry. Artificial Intelligence means the capacity of a computer or computer-controlled robot to perform jobs typically performed by humans. Initially, the purpose of artificial intelligence is to supplement human cap...
The Department of Defense is in the midst of a “reluctant revolution in military affairs,” according to National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth III. With the advent of modern autonomous technologies, the U.S. military is currently undergoing never-before-seen efforts to uncrew “considerable portions” o...
Rob Murray, former head of innovation at NATO, has joined the U.S. arm of Swedish defense contractor Saab as chief innovation officer. He will directly report to Michael Brasseur, vice president and chief strategy officer, within the newly created strategy office of Saab Inc. and will bring to the role over 25 years of experience...
Todd Stoessell has assumed the position of vice president and chief financial officer for Blue Origin’s heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle called New Glenn, according to his LinkedIn post Sunday. He joins the Kent, Washington-based spacecraft manufacturer from Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) subsidiary, where he most recently worked as ...
Lumen Technologies has received a potential five-year, $109.8 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to continue providing operations and maintenance services for dark fiber and commercial facilities in support of Department of Defense users across the continental U.S. The performance period of the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-...
Cameron Hogan, former managing director at Deep Water Point & Associates, was appointed chief operating officer at Savan Group, where he will have oversight of operations, service delivery, growth strategy development and other efforts. He brings to the Vienna, Virginia-based data management consulting firm over three decades of federal contract...
