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L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has received a multimillion-dollar contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop a platform designed to help the military identify objects in large sets of imagery data using artificial intelligence, C4ISRNET reported Wednesday.

Yasser Ibrahim, former science and engineering leader at Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN), assumed the role of senior vice president of artificial intelligence at public safety technology provider Axon (Nasdaq: AAXN) on March 9. He will report to Jeff Kunins, Axon’s chief product officer and executive VP of software, as he leads the AI team through the company’s Seattle-based global software hub and works with an independent board that seeks to deploy AI technologies with an ethical design framework, Axon said Wednesday.

Tony Frazier, executive vice president of global field operations at Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) and a four-time Wash100 award winner, said the company is “investing heavily” in its next-generation satellite constellation designed to collect satellite imagery, Inside Defense reported Thursday. "We are through the bulk of the build of what we're calling our WorldView Legion," Frazier told the publication in an interview.

Executive Mosaic is honored to present Tom Romeo, president of Maximus' federal segment, as an inductee into the 2020 edition of the Wash100 Award for his commitment to drive revenue for the company, innovative technology for the future and to improve federal agencies capabilities from within to enhance citizen engagement. 

Matt Goodrich, principal solutions engineer at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), has said the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program sets a standardized approach to cloud security in the federal government and its continuous evolution has resulted in agencies starting to realize that the cloud offers better security. Goodrich wrote that agencies now see security as a fundamental part of the development process from the beginning and their level of trust in cloud deployments enables them to quickly develop applications designed to support the needs of employees and citizens.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 9, 2020 — Chris Powell, chief technology officer of NT Concepts, said government agencies can build an integrated enterprise-level data pipeline by combining machine learning and DevOps approaches, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 25, 2020 — Tony Frazier, executive vice president of global field operations at Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) and four-time Wash100 awardee, said government agencies increasingly turn to commercial platforms, imagery and services to perform missions, ExecutiveBiz reported Feb. 19.

Whitney, Bradley & Brown, a portfolio company of private equity firm H.I.G. Capital, has completed its acquisition of Arlington, Va.-based Decisive Analytics Corp. for an undisclosed sum.

Greg Simons, vice president of support services and business development at SAP National Security Services, has said improving customer experience should be part of federal agencies’ digital transformation efforts.

F5 Networks (Nasdaq: FFIV) has agreed to acquire Santa Clara, Calif.-based Shape Security for approximately $1B in cash as both companies aim to help government and enterprise customers secure digital experience with integrated offerings.