Faith Magne is the senior vice president of contracts and procurement at technical and engineering services company Amentum. Magne has been serving as contracts and procurement SVP since October 2015, when the company was still known as AECOM Management Services. She joined AECOM from VA-Pactum Contracts Consulting, where she spent eight months, according to her […]
Northrop Grumman recently broke ground in Elkton, Maryland, where a hypersonic center of excellence will be constructed. The purpose of the COE is to support the U.S. military as well as its allies in their fight against evolving threats. Construction for the new 60,000-sq ft facility is expected to be completed by 2023, Northrop announced […]
Officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs said that the agency will no longer meet its initial goal of resolving all legacy appeals by 2022 after the coronavirus pandemic affected and slowed its progress. However, the VA testified before Congress on Tuesday that it has made progress in recent years. The department was able to […]
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III has announced that he is setting aside $1.5 billion for the Department of Defense’s artificial intelligence hub over the next five years. During the National Security Commission on AI conference on Tuesday, Austin said that AI leadership has the ability to boost the U.S. military’s future technological advantage, from […]
NASA has entered into a strategic agreement with the European Space Agency to collaborate on efforts aimed at observing the Earth and its changing environment. The agreement comes as the global climate continues to change and as the demand for “accurate, timely and actionable” knowledge grows. The partnership seeks to help address and mitigate the […]
In-space transportation company Momentus and Stable Road Acquisition Corporation have reached an agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle charges involving misleading technology and national security claims. According to the SEC, investors were made to believe that Momentus’ propulsion technology had been successfully tested in space when the test had in fact failed. […]
Chris Jacob is the global vice president of threat intelligence engineers at ThreatQuotient, a company that provides a platform to accelerate and simplify investigations and collaboration for security operations. Jacob has served as global VP since 2018 after nearly three years as global director of threat intelligence engineers. Before joining ThreatQuotient in December 2015, he […]
Kevin Bocek serves as the vice president of security strategy and threat intelligence at machine identity management solutions company Venafi. Bocek has held the role for over 8 years. He assumed the position after spending one year and five months as vice president of product marketing, according to his profile posted on LinkedIn. The threat […]
The U.S. Army has asked industry to submit white papers about new technology that could be part of Capability Set 25. The military branch is using capability sets to enhance its technologies and prepare for all-domain operations, which would rely heavily on the tactical network. Scheduled for release after every two years, capability sets are […]
The Department of Energy has awarded $15.6 million in fiscal year 2021 research funding to support 27 projects investigating complex cloud and aerosol interactions. The projects will help scientists better understand, predict and respond to the climate emergency, the DOE said. Specifically, the research efforts will improve scientists’ understanding of one of the most challenging […]
