David Egts, chief technologist of the North America public sector at Red Hat, said the government could help accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence through the use of open-source tools and a "light-touch approach to regulating AI."...
Katie Arrington, chief information security officer for the Department of Defense’s acquisition and sustainment office and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, said the initial version of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements could be included in solicitations by November, National Defense Magazine reported Monday....
Kim Herrington, acting principal director of defense pricing and contracting at the Department of Defense, will serve as a keynote speaker during Potomac Officers Club’s 2020 Procurement Forum on Tuesday, June 9th....
The Department of Defense's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center is seeking industry input on AI systems that can support the development of predictive maintenance tools for H-60 Black Hawk medium-lift helicopters in line with the National Mission Initiative....
John Pfeifer, who served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Oshkosh (NYSE: OSK) over the past year, has been promoted to the positions of president and COO. He will be responsible for Oshkosh's defense business, global supply chain, marketing and digital technology functions....
Richard Grenell, acting director of national intelligence, has announced the establishment of an intelligence community cyber executive as part of organizational changes within the Office of the DNI....
David Farnsworth, who held finance leadership positions at the former Raytheon company, has joined data analytics satellite operator HawkEye 360 as chief financial officer....
Zoom Video Communications (Nasdaq: ZM) has appointed Herbert Raymond “H.R.” McMaster, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, as an independent director on the company’s board and Jonathan “Josh” Kallmer, most recently executive vice president for policy at the Information Technology Industry Council, as head of global public policy and go...
Leidos Completes $1B Purchase of L3Harris’ Security Detection, Automation Businesses; Roger Krone Quoted Leidos has finalized its acquisition of L3Harris Technologies’ security detection and automation businesses for approximately $1 billion in cash, Leidos said Monday. The company also announced that Jim Moos, president of Leidos’ civil gr...
K. Christopher Farkas, vice president of finance and corporate controller at Curtiss-Wright (NYSE: CW), has been promoted to VP and chief financial officer of the company. He succeeds the retiring Glenn Tynan, who will help facilitate the transition by continuously serving as a VP until fall 2020, and will report directly to David Adams, chairman an...
