Lisa Mascolo, a more than 20-year technology industry veteran, has been named CEO of GCOM following the government technology firm’s merger with information technology consulting services provider OnCore Consulting. Mascolo, a two-time Wash100 awardee who serves on the board of directors of the combined company, succeeds Kamal Bherwani, who wi...
Josh Watters has been named vice president of defense programs and manufacturing services at the defense and government systems division of Hughes Network Systems, according to his LinkedIn post Tuesday. He joins the satellite network and communications company from Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), where he worked for over two decades, m...
HiddenLayer, a provider of cybersecurity tools for artificial intelligence applications, has raised $50 million in a Series A funding round co-led by Microsoft‘s (Nasdaq: MSFT) venture capital arm M12 and Moore Strategic Ventures. The AI security company said Tuesday it will use the capital to advance the development of its machine learning se...
AeroVironment (Nasdaq: AVAV) completed the purchase of Tomahawk Robotics less than a month after signing a definitive agreement to acquire the developer of artificial intelligence-enabled robotic control and integrated communications systems for $120 million. Commenting on the completion of the cash and stock transaction, Wahid Nawabi, chairman, pre...
United States military officials say the People’s Republic of China has built up its power by observing the economic and governmental behaviors of the U.S. for the last 30 years and taking rigorous notes, adapting and integrating what they’ve found into their own agenda. In recent times, the Chinese government has taken a particular interest...
Logistics are a crucial part of ensuring military readiness, and in an era of increasing competition, attacks on these operations can have heavy consequences. Today, many threats to logistics success are digital, and the U.S. Department of Defense is embracing data to properly address these challenges. According to Maj. Gen. David Sanford,...
Lauren Knausenberger, former chief information officer of the Department of the Air Force and a three-time Wash100 awardee, has joined Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) as an executive vice president and chief innovation officer. In this capacity, she will oversee SAIC’s innovation strategy and corporate strategy function and a...
Jackie Fendrock rejoined ECS as vice president of operations and growth following a two-year stint at Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) federal business, where she was a managing director. She assumed various leadership roles at ECS for 10 years before joining Accenture Federal Services in April 2021, the Fairfax, Virginia-based company said Thursday. Fendr...
Network connectivity company goTenna will provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection with a suite of communication technologies for operational safety and situational awareness under a four-year, $99 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The Small Business Innovative Research Phase III award covers networking capabilities anticip...
A Noblis subsidiary was tapped by the Department of the Army to provide the Product Manager Army Watercraft Systems with a variety of system technical support services over a five-year period. In July, Noblis MSD received a potential $58 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract to conduct engineering services for design, safety, qua...
