TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 18, 2017 ” Chris Pehrson, vice president for strategic development at General Atomics™ aeronautical systems business, will be a guest speaker at Technology Training Corp.‘s Unmanned Aircraft Systems East for Defense and Government symposium from Nov. 7 to 8, GovCon Executive reported O...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 18, 2017 ” Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has secured certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for the deployment of its “intelligent” business applications to U.S. government agencies, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. James Townsend, CEO of Microsoft partner company Infostrat,&n...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has received a potential five-year, $93 million task order to help the U.S. Cyber Command operate and protect the Department of Defense Information Network. SAIC said Wednesday it will assist the Directorate of Operations (J3) Joint Operations Center and Special Programs ...
Angela Butler, a more than 20-year government information technology market veteran, has been named vice president of business development for the federal civilian practice at national security services contractor Sevatec. Sevatec said Wednesday Butler will oversee strategic growth and strategy across Sevatec’s federal civilian ...
CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has agreed to purchase Annapolis Junction, Maryland-based Praxis Engineering Technologies for approximately $235 million in cash in a move to expand its capabilities in mission applications development and broaden its market presence in the intelligence community. Both companies expect to complete the acquisition by the t...
Mark Cherry, president and chief operating officer at Manassas, Virginia-based autonomous systems maker Aurora Flight Sciences, has been appointed to succeed Darryl Davis as vice president of Boeing™s (NYSE: BA) Phantom Works technology arm. Davis, who served as head of Phantom Works for a decade, will transition into a program management ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 17, 2017 ” Amazon Web Services (Nasdaq: AMZN) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) have collaborated to launch a deep learning library that will work to support the development, prototyping and deployment of machine learning models, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Microsoft said Thursday the open source Gluon platform se...
Hitachi Data Systems™ federal business has officially used Hitachi Vantara Federal as its new company name in an effort to advance the delivery of big data, analytics and internet of things platforms and services to government and commercial clients. Hitachi Vantara Federal said Monday the rebrand seeks to reflect its parent company™s new ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 16, 2017 ” Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) and industry partners CMI Defense and ST Kinetics will jointly develop a ground combat vehicle prototype that the team aims to offer for the U.S. Army‘s Mobile Protected Firepower program, ExecutiveBiz reported Oct. 6. ST Kinetics’&nbs...
Yogesh Khanna, chief technology officer at CSRA (NYSE: CSRA), has been promoted to a senior vice president position at the Falls Church, Virginia-based government information technology services contractor. “Through his dedication and commitment to excellence, Yogesh has pioneered new business offerings and spearheaded our cloud consult...
