Marcus Fowler, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and a former senior official at the CIA, has been appointed CEO of Darktrace’s newly established division that offers artificial intelligence-based cybersecurity tools to U.S. military, intelligence and civilian agencies. His appointment comes three months after Darktrace Federal launched to help federal ...
The U.S. Air Force is increasingly focused on surmounting big data issues as the service pursues enterprise modernization and data-driven decision making capabilities. Problems like lack of ownership over telemetry data, an inability to easily develop software using data and widespread compartmentalization are inhibiting the Air Force from being abl...
Today, government agencies are dealing with more data than ever before. In the Department of Defense, for instance, the proliferation of sensors across numerous mission operations and domains has drastically increased data intake for military branches. Within the Intelligence Community, recent geopolitical events have highlighted the urgent ne...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has selected Arlington, Virginia, as the location of its new global headquarters as part of efforts to strengthen partnerships to develop novel technologies and improve its agility in supporting customers in U.S. government and commercial aerospace markets. The Waltham, Massachusetts-based defense contractor said Tu...
NCI Information Systems, a long-time provider of information technology and professional services to the government sector, has rebranded itself to signify the company’s commitment to helping federal civilian, defense and health clients adopt artificial intelligence technology. The name Empower AI is derived from the product NCI released in 20...
Amentum has named leaders who will lead the three businesses within the national security group that the company is forming as part of a restructuring move by CEO John Heller, a six-time Wash100 Award recipient who took the helm of the Germantown, Maryland-based defense contractor in late March, Defense Daily reported Monday. “Today, I am...
Kevin Pruett, senior vice president of the aerospace engineering group at Ensco, has been promoted as executive VP and head of a newly formed business unit that consolidates the company’s aerospace, avionics, cybersecurity and national security programs. He will take the helm of the Ensco Mission Systems Group on July 2, the engineering and te...
Rear Adm. Lorin Selby asserts that the U.S. Navy is positioned at a unique moment in history, a crucial turning point where technology is moving at a “breakneck pace” and many sectors, including the military, have arrived at a decisive fulcrum between the analog and the digital. “This is a win or lose decade. If we...
Matt Desch, who has led Iridium Communications as its CEO since 2006, received a recent visit from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson to the company’s office in McLean, VA. Garrettson officially presented Matt Desch with his 2022 Wash100 Award, the most prestigious and coveted award in all of government contracting (GovCon). “Matt’s busine...
Four companies have been selected to compete for task orders to build and support power systems for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under a five-year, $249 million contract. USACE received 11 bids for the firm-fixed-price contract through an online solicitation and the agency expects work performance to be complete by June 5, 2027, the...
