Margaret Amori, Inception lead for public sector at NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA), said the company works to help the federal government adopt artificial intelligence in five areas and one of those is through graphic processing units and other platforms that NVIDIA offers for AI development and deployment. Amori wrote that one of those platforms is the ...
Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) and its shareholder Outerbridge Capital Management have reached an agreement on the wireless communications technology provider’s board of directors. Outerbridge has agreed to support Comtech’s move to reelect Judy Chambers and Larry Waldman to the board and Melville, New York-based Comtech said Thursday...
Arlington, Virginia-based nonprofit organization CNA has received a potential 10-year, $1.22 billion contract to run a federally funded research and development center that will focus on conducting key issues that affect the Department of the Navy and other defense agencies. CNA will support operates at the Navy Studies and Analysis FFRDC under the ...
The Potomac Officers Club’s Air Force IT Modernization and Digital Transformation Forum on Wednesday brought together prominent U.S. Air Force and industry officials to discuss the service branch’s crucial modernization initiatives including transitioning legacy infrastructures, enhancing interoperability and bolstering cybersecurity to match t...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has won a $41.2 million contract to produce and test an unmanned underwater vehicle demonstrator for the second phase of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-funded project. The company will help DARPA build a full-scale long-endurance UUV system under the cost-plus-fixed-fee Manta Ray Phase 2 contract, the Depart...
The National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center has released an amendment to the request for proposals for the potential 10-year, $50 billion Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners follow-on contract for IT platforms and services. NITAAC will only accept revised bids from vendors that submitted pr...
Adam Lurie, a two-decade information technology and services market veteran, has joined artificial intelligence company Torch.AI as chief strategy officer. He will be responsible for helping drive the company’s expansion initiatives in multiple customer segments and overseeing its corporate development functions, Torch.AI said Thursday. Lurie ...
Aerospace propulsion technology development company SPARC Research has entered into an agreement to acquire Design Integrated Technology, a manufacturer of equipment for testing propellants. Both companies are headquartered in Warrenton, Virginia, and expect to close the transaction in early 2022, SPARC said Thursday. Founded in 1988, DIT produces H...
On Wednesday, the Potomac Officers Club hosted its Air Force IT Modernization and Digital Transformation Forum, which gathered notable leaders from the U.S. Air Force and industry who spoke on leveraging public-private partnerships to accelerate infrastructure modernization, cybersecurity and other digital transformation initiatives during an era ...
President Joe Biden intends to nominate Frank Calvelli, a senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), to be assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition. Calvelli has 34 years of intelligence community experience that includes service at the National Reconnaissance Office, the White House said Wednesday. He worked as NRO&...
