TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 19, 2017 ” Melvin Greer, chief data scientist for Intel‘s (Nasdaq: INTC) public sector business in the Americas, has said disruptive technologies such as data analytics, machine learning, cognitive computing and artificial intelligence build on government services through operational effici...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 19, 2017 ” Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, has said the Defense Department and other federal agencies are pursuing policies to drive partnerships with the commercial satellite communications sector to boost U.S. space capabilities, ExecutiveBiz reporte...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 19, 2017 ” CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has added BroadSoft‘s cloud-based unified communications-as-a-service platform to its public sector offerings under the General Services Administration‘s Information Technology Schedule 70 contract vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. BroadSoft Government Cloud power...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 19, 2017 ” The Australian government has shortlisted industry teams led by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) for the JP 9711 Core Simulation Capability program, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Shephard Media reported Monday that the teams will seek to secure work to update Austral...
Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx,) the Department of Defense’s outreach office to Silicon Valley, needs emergency funding to keep key programs operating, and DoD is poised to grant their request, Defense News reports. The vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Paul Selva, said Tuesday that DIUx chief Raj Shah had reque...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 19, 2017 ” CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has promoted Matthew McFadden from chief technologist for the Defense Innovation Cell to cybersecurity service area director within the company’s digital consulting group, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. The company said Monday McFadden will work to expand its cyber consult...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has received a potential seven-year, $621 million task order to provide a range of information technology support services to the U.S. Central Command‘s J6 directorate. SAIC said Wednesday work covers IT training, help desk, desktop and executive communications support, inventory ...
Randy James, formerly vice president of cyber at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), has joined ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) as senior VP and general manager of the enterprise cybersecurity and resilience business. James will oversee ICF™s strategy to help organizations counter cyber threats without causing disruption to growth ef...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 19, 2017 “ The Potomac Officers Club ” a division of Executive Mosaic ” has added Randall Conway as a panelist for the 2017 Army Forum. The Forum has also been rescheduled to August 30th (was previously scheduled for August 10th). As the Department of Defense moves to make good use of its...
Cubic (NYSE: CUB) has wrapped up its purchase of U.K.-based radio and antenna communication platforms provider Deltenna for an undisclosed sum in a push to build up wireless communications capabilities for training and tactical applications. Deltenna designs and produces rugged antennas, broadband range extensions, Long Term Evolution base stat...
