Venture-backed defense technology provider Anduril Industries has bought Georgia-based Area-I, which maintains a portfolio of autonomous tube-launched unmanned aerial systems or air-launched effects, for an undisclosed amount. Anduril said Thursday it seeks to add software-defined mission autonomy and intelligent teaming applications to the company&...
Tyto Athene, a government systems integrator backed by Arlington Capital Partners, has wrapped up the acquisition of AT&T’s (NYSE: T) defense-focused information technology professional services business known as Government Solutions Inc. Chris Meilhammer, most recently president and chief operating officer of Tyto, will serve as CEO of the co...
The Potomac Officers Club’s 2nd Annual CIO Forum will feature a panel discussion on how the significant events of 2020 impacted the technology landscape in areas such as cloud computing, cyber, artificial intelligence and data science. Carlton “Bubba” Fox, a senior vice president and chief product officer at NCI Information Systems, will m...
General Atomics has acquired analytics and software engineering services provider Commonwealth Computer Research Inc. for an undisclosed sum in a move to help increase government customers’ access to situational awareness data. Charlottesville, Virginia-based CCRi works with public and private sector clients to help them adopt big data managem...
John Frank, vice president of collaborative AI for industries at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), said agencies seeking to derive insights from unstructured data should understand the potential benefits of adopting collaborative artificial intelligence. “For algorithms that combine human and machine processing, collaborative AI tightens the feedback loop s...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to name Phebe Novakovic, chairman and CEO of General Dynamics, as a recipient into the 2021 Wash100 Award for leading company initiatives in meeting federal government requirements and helping defend national security interests. The recognition marks Novakovic’s seventh Wash100 Award and her sixth consecutive year a...
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has received a contract from the U.S. Army to transition a HoloLens-based augmented reality headset from prototyping to the production and rapid fielding phase. Alex Kipman, a technical fellow at Microsoft, wrote in a blog post published Wednesday that the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, which is backed by Microsoft A...
Executive Mosaic is honored to present Xavier Becerra, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), as a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient for driving health initiatives, priorities and modernization, as well as his efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. This marks Becerra’s first Wash100 Award. In Jan. 2021, Biden selected Becerra...
Haywood “Woody” Talcove, CEO of Government for LexisNexis Risk Solutions and LexisNexis Special Services, was presented his 2021 Wash100 Award on March 22nd during a visit from Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the Wash100 Award. This marks the second consecutive year that Woody Talcove has received the highest honor the gov...
A new McAleese & Associates report highlights a new initiative by the Biden administration to rebuild national physical and technological assets and provides an overview of the U.S. Army’s strategy to transform capabilities for a multidomain force. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and three-time Wash100 winner, reported t...
