By Kim Koster, Vice President of Industry Marketing at Unanet In fiscal year 2023, the U.S. federal government delivered a record $765 billion in contract awards. Almost all of these are competed over and require extensive investment to even be in consideration for the award. As a consequence, government contracting companies must not spread ...
Just before the September 11, 2001 attacks, Bradford Powell joined U.S. Air Force ROTC at the University of Iowa because he wanted to actively serve the country after graduation, rather than sit idly behind a desk. As fate would have it though, post-9/11, he became an acquisition officer and ended up doing a fair amount...
Second Front Systems has appointed technology industry executive Josh Bosquez as chief technology officer and Jason Weiss, former chief software officer at the Department of Defense, as CTO for the public sector. The software company said Thursday Bosquez succeeds Enrique Oti, who will transition to the role of chief strategy officer to advance stra...
The Intelligence Community is in the midst of a significant push to foster a collaborative spirit across its many components. Breaking down barriers between IC agencies and with other federal organizations is a top priority for the community, and many of its guiding strategies highlight partnerships as a means to achieve modernization goals. Along w...
Artificial intelligence has piqued the interest of the U.S. military services, and the Department of the Navy has sharpened its focus on AI technologies in recent years. These tools offer the department increased efficiency and elevated decision making capabilities, but disconnected, dated systems have presented a number of challenges. One of these ...
Jennifer Sample, former managing director at Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) federal business, has been appointed as chief technology officer of Empower AI. The artificial intelligence services provider said Tuesday Sample will be responsible for driving Empower AI’s technology vision, strategy and execution in support of federal gover...
Red River has appointed James Matney, a 35-year military and federal government contracting industry executive, as senior vice president of solutions and chief technology officer of its government technology services business unit. The company said Tuesday Matney will oversee innovation efforts and develop new products to help expand the GTS unit’...
A new position and office needs to be created to properly manage the United States’ alliances with other nations and support its success in the Great Power Competition, according to the Defense Innovation Board. In a mid-July report, the Department of Defense advisory group said that the DOD is lacking a “central standing mechanism for...
Lance Allen, a former Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) executive, has joined Science Applications International Corp. (Nasdaq: SAIC) as vice president of partnerships and channels. In a LinkedIn post announcing Allen’s appointment, SAIC said the new VP will be responsible for strategically expanding the company’s partnerships and driving innovative c...
The U.S. Navy and the Italian Navy conducted a first-of-its-kind Multi-Large Deck Event, known as an MLDE, in the Indo-Pacific region on Aug. 9. The MLDE gave the U.S. and Italy the opportunity to participate in joint operations like maritime communications, air warfare operations and cross-deck flight operations. The purpose of the event was t...
