Established in February through the combination of separate, active organizations, the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office was formed on the basis that isolated tools and gadgets cannot alone solve the Department of Defense’s greatest challenges. “It’s not technology, it’s not always necessarily even the capability...
FireTeam Solutions, an AE Industrial Partners portfolio company, has merged with Case Consulting as part of efforts to expand its set of mission-critical technology service offerings for the U.S. intelligence community. Paul Farmer, founder and CEO of Case Consulting, will lead the newly combined entity as chief executive, according to a joint state...
Xage Security will collaborate with Four Inc. to bring zero trust offerings to the federal government under an aggregation partnership between the two companies. Four will distribute Xage’s security platforms and services through a channel network, NASA’s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V contract and the U.S. Army’s Informat...
ASI Government has expanded its leadership team with the addition of William Roberts and Douglas Stuck as director of acquisition solutions for technology and director of client solutions, respectively. Both executives bring decades of government and industry experience as ASI aims to help federal government clients manage their acquisition programs...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Red Hat have partnered to support national security missions using artificial intelligence and Kubernetes technologies. Lockheed will use Red Hat Device Edge to equip unmanned aerial systems and other military platforms with updated software designed to enable such systems to manage large AI workloads and speed up the...
Since the close of William LaPlante’s service as assistant secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics in 2017, he has noticed a significant and much-needed increase in the amount of prototyping and experimentation activity within the Department of Defense. Now, LaPlante, a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, has re...
Nick Nilan, a 19-year veteran of Verizon (NYSE: VZ), has joined Fortress Information Security to serve as chief revenue officer. Fortress said Monday he will aim to bring the company’s cybersecurity offerings to the government and utilities sectors as well as the industrial base that supports both areas. Prior to this appointment, Nilan was sa...
Kirk Riggs, a U.S. Air Force veteran and a former executive at L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), has been appointed vice president of strategy and business development operations within the intelligence group at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), according to a LinkedIn post published Monday. While at L3Harris, Riggs oversaw similar functions under the company&#...
Intel’s (Nasdaq: INTC) foundry business has established an alliance to improve semiconductor design and production to meet the requirements of national security and government applications. Initial members of the U.S. Military, Aerospace and Government Alliance formed by Intel Foundry Services include Synopsys (Nasdaq: SNPS), Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS...
Charles “Chuck” Harris, a nearly 35-year industry veteran, has joined the U.S. arm of engineering and professional services firm WSP as Navy program director for the federal programs business segment. He will oversee growth initiatives for the Navy program, including a $500 million contract in support of the U.S. Navy’s Shipyard Infrastructure...
