For military service branches, connectivity at the tactical edge — often outside of the continental United States — is critical to mission success. Warfighters must be able to access data, intelligence, capabilities and technological power in these environments in order to fight and win, especially during an era of increasing global competition ...
Cybersecurity professionals Rick Driggers and Amanda Satterwhite have been appointed co-leads responsible for Accenture Federal Services’ cybersecurity capabilities, GovCon Wire has learned. Driggers will oversee technology delivery and architecture, alliance partnerships and talent strategy as cyber practice lead at AFS and Satterwhite will m...
Preston Dunlap, former chief architect at the Department of the Air Force, has been appointed a strategic adviser at SOS International. “Having developed creative ways to scale operations and deliver outsized value through technology at the world’s largest employer, the Department of Defense, I look forward to contributing to SOSi’s mission to...
As the federal government embraces artificial intelligence, the impacts of the technology can be seen in multiple sectors, including health care. Department of Health and Human Services Chief Information Officer Dr. Karl Mathias highlighted three major areas of AI progress he’s seeing within the health care sector during his keynote address a...
The Federal Communications Commission has given Viasat (Nasdaq: VSAT) the go-ahead to continue its estimated $7.3 billion acquisition of Inmarsat. FCC issued “unconditional” clearance to the proposed combination and both satellite service providers aim to complete the deal later this month, according to a joint statement released Friday. The com...
Keeping government information technology systems apace with the rapid developments of the private sector is a constant challenge. New tools and technologies are being introduced at a head-spinning rate and many of them have the potential to make the government processes more efficient, affordable and even fundamentally change the nature of the offe...
Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson presented the 2023 Wash100 Award plaque to Mark Caylor, president of the mission systems business sector at Northrop Grumman, during a recent office visit. Caylor’s first Wash100 citation honors his leadership in the development of mission-critical software and hardware products for defense and intellig...
Craig Brower, a three-decade intelligence and defense sector veteran, has returned to BAE Systems as senior vice president of U.S. sales for the company’s Bohemia Interactive Simulations subsidiary. The appointment comes one year after BAE acquired BISim for approximately $200 million. “BISim specializes in training and simulation software f...
Jeff Miller, former group chief financial officer and vice president of finance for government services at Day & Zimmermann, has started a new position as CFO of Ansible Government Solutions. He joins the service-disabled veteran-owned small business after a more-than-14-year career with engineering and construction firm D&Z. In a LinkedIn p...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) a potential $80.8 million contract to build and conduct experiments to test satellite communications systems designed to operate with space-based internet constellations operating in geostationary, medium and low-Earth orbits. Contract work will occur in Salt Lake City under the Defens...
