As the world embraces artificial intelligence, more and more federal agencies are looking at areas in which the technology could make operations more efficient and effective. The Defense Contract Management Agency, which provides contract administration services for the Department of Defense, is one such organization moving toward AI adoption. ...
Aeyon will help the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment integrate robotic process automation to facilitate data collection and management, automate business processes and analyze large volumes of procurement data across Department of Defense systems under a potential five-year, $108.9 million task order. The company sa...
Julie Vida, a professional with an extensive career including U.S. Navy service and technology and defense industry leadership roles, has assumed the position of vice president of growth for the defense sector at ManTech, according to her LinkedIn post published Tuesday. She joined the federal technology services company after she worked a...
The Potomac Officers Club’s 2023 Homeland Security Summit on Nov. 15 will bring together the foremost experts and decision makers from government and industry to discuss the nation’s most urgent homeland security challenges and what’s being done to address them. Click here to register, and read below for a breakdown of the summit’s spea...
Forcepoint Global Governments and Critical Infrastructure has appointed five cybersecurity industry veterans to its leadership team nearly a month after it was acquired by global alternative asset management firm TPG (Nasdaq: TPG). Joseph Bell, former senior director of information security at Verisign, has joined Forcepoint G2CI as chief informatio...
A multifaceted technologist, Capgemini Government Solutions Chair, CEO and President Bill Webner has built a three-decade career assisting public sector organizations in completing their missions using innovative new tools and strategies. Webner is an alum of Booz Allen Hamilton and Freddie Mac who came to CGS, an independent subsidiary of global ma...
Maxar Technologies appointed Dan Smoot as CEO of its intelligence business, taking over for interim chief executive Daniel Jablonsky. The company said Monday Smoot is the latest addition to Maxar Intelligence’s new leadership team, which includes CFO Mike Mohn, Chief Product Officer Scott Herman and Chief Human Resources Officer Anat Gan Eden....
Virtru has appointed industry veterans Carrick Longley as senior vice president of global public sector and Jason Green as vice president of federal sales as the company seeks to build its growth momentum. Both executives bring decades of experience overseeing modernization programs for public sector customers, the Washington, D.C.-headquarter...
Rodney Slater, former U.S. secretary of the Department of Transportation, and Sue Gordon, former principal deputy director of national intelligence and a two-time Wash100 awardee, have been elected to respectively serve as chairman and vice chairwoman of Mitre’s board of trustees. Slater most recently served as interim chairman and has been a memb...
The shares of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) popped 4.03 percent to $242.40 on mid-week after the company reported a 6 percent year-over-year revenue growth in the third quarter of 2023 to $10.6 billion versus Q3 2022. Another business highlight was the $95.6 billion company-wide backlog, the highest ever in the defense contractor’s history. Net earn...
