Dana Barnes, senior vice president of Palo Alto Networks’ Public Sector and 2021 Wash100 Award winner, has published his first article as a part of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Wednesday In his first piece, GovCon Expert Dana Barnes provided a breakdown of the four pillars for federal agencies to create a common foundation...
Peraton has received a potential five-year, $120.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy to conduct research and develop prototypes of spacecraft electronics and airborne electronic systems. The cost-plus-fixed-fee contract has a base value of $23.5 million and contract work will occur in Washington, D.C., through Dec. 16, 2026, the Department of Defe...
Eve, an urban air mobility platforms provider established by Embraer, has agreed to merge with blank check company Zanite Acquisition (Nasdaq: ZNTE) in a transaction that would take the former public and give the combined entity a pro forma equity value of $2.9 billion. The boards of directors of Embraer and Zanite have unanimously approved...
NowVertical Group has agreed to purchase Allegient Defense as part of efforts to further broaden its footprint in the U.S. public sector. Allegient Defense provides systems engineering and technical services in the areas of data analytics, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and autonomy, unmanned aerial vehicles, directed energy and next-gener...
Margaret Amori, Inception lead for public sector at NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA), said the company works to help the federal government adopt artificial intelligence in five areas and one of those is through graphic processing units and other platforms that NVIDIA offers for AI development and deployment. Amori wrote that one of those platforms is the ...
Alka Bhave, vice president and chief of staff at Riverside Research since July, has been promoted to serve as the nonprofit’s chief operations officer. Her new responsibilities will include driving service and capability transformation initiatives at the scientific research organization and helping spearhead its diversity, equity and inclusion...
Clay Mowry, former vice president of global sales at Blue Origin, has been named chief revenue officer of Denver-based space exploration company Voyager Space. The 25-year industry veteran will oversee Voyager’s revenue and sales operations, including those of its subsidiaries, the company said Monday. Mowry previously led Arianespace‘s ...
Cedric Sims, a senior vice president with Booz Allen Hamilton, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Monday. He talked about the challenges the Department of Homeland Security is experiencing in the cybersecurity space, DHS’ new Cyber Talent Management System, artificial intelligence-related nationa...
Bill Monet, president and CEO of Akima, was presented his 2021 Wash100 Award, the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon), for his leadership in driving the company’s revenue growth by focusing on customer satisfaction, significant contract wins, and top-notch executive appointments. “Skilled in the strategic expansi...
The Potomac Officers Club’s Air Force IT Modernization and Digital Transformation Forum on Wednesday brought together prominent U.S. Air Force and industry officials to discuss the service branch’s crucial modernization initiatives including transitioning legacy infrastructures, enhancing interoperability and bolstering cybersecurity to match t...
