President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order to launch a new program that will direct federal resources toward the development of artificial intelligence in order to build up economic and national security and improve the quality of life of citizens. The American AI Initiative has five key principles and one of those is...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received a potential five-year, $278M task order to help the U.S. Army field weapon systems, equipment, computers and communication systems. The task order has a one-year base period, followed by four one-year options, and is the first award the company won through the $37.4B Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services procure...
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a potential five-year, $88.4M contract to update the sensors of the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 fighter jets and EA-18G electronic attack planes. The company will incorporate tactical features into the aircraft sensor system and investigate hardware and software anomalies under the cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-...
Reginald Brothers, an executive vice president and chief technology officer of Peraton, said during a Government Matters interview aired Thursday that the pace of technology suggests that the Department of Defense needs more research-and-development funding in order to remain competitive. œThe challenge now is how fast technology is changi...
Jeff Boushell, former director at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), has joined Herndon, Va.-based Mission Essential as vice president of capture, GovCon Wire has learned. Prior to SAIC, he held senior leadership positions at CSRA™s defense and intelligence group, Altus Consulting, Vulnerability Research Labs, Verizon™s...
Greg Sanchez, former chief technology officer of the health and federal civilian division at General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology business, has been appointed vice president of strategy and products at Conduent‘s (NYSE: CNDT) government unit, G2Xchange ETC reported Friday. He joined the Florham Park, N.J.-based b...
A new report by consulting firm McAleese & Associates says General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) posted $36.2B in full-year 2018 sales, up 17 percent from the previous year. Jim McAleese, founder and principal at McAleese & Associates and a 2019 Wash100 winner, wrote in the report that the increase was primarily driven by $3.7B in ...
Scott Briggs, who worked at ViON as director of business development from 2011 to 2017, has returned to the company as director of Department of Defense and Intelligence Community sales. The three-decade U.S. Navy veteran will work with DoD and IC customers to determine their technology requirements for the military and information te...
Alex Fox, former director of space intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance solutions at Harris (NYSE: HRS), has been named executive vice president of business development, sales and marketing at HawkEye 360. The more than 20-year industry veteran will lead a global sales marketing team that offers radio frequency data analytics plat...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 7, 2019 ” A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) business will establish a new 18.5K-square-foot facility in Colorado to house research, development, engineering, production, sales, finance, marketing and administration operations, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. General Dynamics Mission Systems said Tuesday its GPS Sou...
