The U.S. Air Force is working to integrate Secretary Frank Kendall’s seven operational imperatives, or OIs, to acquire new technologies, conduct research and face potential global threats in the modern battlefield. Timothy Grayson, special assistant to the Air Force secretary, discussed during the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Air Defense S...
The Department of the Air Force is currently undertaking multiple artificial intelligence-related initiatives, one of which is a generative AI chatbot called NIPRGPT. During her keynote address at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Air Defense Summit, DAF Chief Information Officer Venice Goodwine shared how she’s approaching AI and gave ...
Digital Air Force programs are implementing advanced information technology accelerators throughout the agency as the warfighting environment modernizes and technical capabilities become more critical in acquisition processes. Accelerated IT implementations are evaluated on their impact on the Air Force’s digital infrastructure, and officials spok...
Francisco Salguero, a more than 25-year information technology executive, has joined the Department of the Air Force as chief information officer for Air Force A1 within the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services, GovCon Wire has learned. In this capacity, Salguero will provide guidance for the development of plans...
Brig. Gen. Jason Bartolomei has assumed command of the Air Force Research Laboratory, the scientific research and development detachment of the U.S. Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. The Air Force said Friday the new AFRL commander was most recently the program executive officer for weapons and director of ...
Mark Peters, a scientist and national energy laboratory executive, will assume the role of president and CEO of MITRE on Sept. 3. Peters, who currently serves as executive vice president for national laboratory management and operations at Battelle, will succeed the retiring Jason Providakes, a 37-year MITRE veteran and a three-time Wash100 awardee,...
Rachel Byer brings her research and development experience and materials characterization background to Fornax Advanced Materials, where she was appointed director of materials science. Fornax-AM said Byer will be responsible for advanced material development, material AI capability acceleration and market opportunity identification. “Rachel b...
The U.S. Army is at a “major transition point,” according to Army Chief Information Officer Leonel Garciga. The service branch is currently laying down the foundational work that will enable faster-than-ever software delivery, acquisition, testing, training and other critical initiatives. Garciga, a 2024 Wash100 Award recipient, outlined his t...
Material Security is the synergistic brainchild of three entrepreneurial technologists: Chairman Ryan Noon, Vice President of Engineering Chris Park and CEO Abhishek Agrawal. The unfortunate milestone of government cyber attacks in 2016 prompted the trio to found the organization and develop no-nonsense, effective security products and services. Th...
SpiderOak, a Reston, Virginia-based zero trust cybersecurity platforms provider, has appointed Kip Gering, a veteran cybersecurity executive, as chief revenue officer. The company said Tuesday Gering will directly report to SpiderOak CEO Dave Pearah and lead business development, sales and marketing departments and execute the corporate plan to driv...
