Henry Dubois, chief development officer at BlackSky Technology (NYSE: BKSY) since August 2021, has been appointed to serve as chief financial officer of the Herndon, Virginia-headquartered geospatial intelligence provider. He succeeds Johan Broekhuysen, who resigned from the CFO post and will remain with BlackSky until Aug. 11 to help facilitate the...
The U.S. Air Force has released a request for proposals for the second iteration of a potential five-year, $1 billion contract vehicle to build and update test and evaluation systems for munitions, spectrum improvements, electronic combat and C5ISR platforms. Test and Evaluation Technologies for Ranges, Armaments and Spectrum II is a multiple-award,...
Operationalizing data and achieving AI/ML readiness are two of the Department of the Air Force’s most urgent “must-pay bills,” according to Brig. Gen. John Olson, DAF’s chief data and artificial intelligence officer. Within DAF and across the entire Department of Defense enterprise, data centricity is the new “North Star.” Data — ...
As the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning continues to grow exponentially in the public sector, the intelligence community is on the cusp of big changes in the way it operates. Because AI/ML is increasingly critical to U.S. intelligence capabilities, the IC is now updating and adapting its tradecraft to include these advanced techno...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) stands at the helm of America’s science and technology efforts related to air and space. Launched in October 1958, the federal agency oversees the country’s space explorations and aeronautics research endeavors. To maintain America’s edge in space and aeronautics technologies, NASA teams...
The venture capital arm of Washington, D.C.-based technology accelerator Dcode has invested in two startups to help both companies commercialize their software platforms for the federal government. Dcode Capital participated in a Series B financing round that brought in $25 million for UrbanFootprint and took part in a separate funding activity for ...
Digital services company Ad Hoc has acquired Cascades Technologies for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its technological capabilities in support of federal agency customers. “Today, we’re taking another step toward expanding what we can offer the federal government so that we can have an even larger impact on how the government...
Shelley Mitchell, a 30-year defense and aerospace industry veteran, has joined immersive training systems provider C2 Technologies as senior vice president and general manager. In this role, she manages strategic growth initiatives, customer focus and corporate operations and oversees several programs, including Air University Leading Inclusively Vi...
Robert Sutor, a nearly four-decade veteran of IBM (NYSE: IBM), has joined quantum technology developer ColdQuanta to serve as vice president of corporate development. His information technology experience includes work on data science, blockchain, artificial intelligence and open source platforms, ColdQuanta said Monday. Sutor held various roles at ...
Health information technology firm CNSI established a new board of directors composed of government technology and health care industry veterans, six months after being acquired by global investment firm Carlyle (Nasdaq: CG). CNSI CEO Todd Stottlemyer will serve as a member of the board chaired by Donna Morea, an operating executive with Carlyle sin...
