Rich Sawchak is the current chief financial officer of Novetta Solutions, a McLean, Virginia-based company that specializes in advanced analytics, deep learning frameworks and architecture, cloud services and biometric and biographic fusion. His current position puts him in charge of Novetta’s corporate finance, accounting, contracts, compliance, information technology, security and treasury management. Sawchak, a member […]
The Department of Defense has focused on increasing its investments in medical resources to decrease dependence on foreign suppliers. According to Ellen Lord, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment and a 2020 Wash100 winner, the department has made about $284M in industrial expansion investments during the first two weeks of May in its […]
Douglas Helton is the current business development director of Noblis’ federal civilian solutions segment, where he focuses on growing the unit’s transportation systems portfolio. Helton brings more than 30 years of experience into his new role, including expertise in business development, operations, contracting, program management, flight and air traffic operations, regulations, aircraft and air […]
Elaine Chao has been serving as the secretary of transportation since Jan. 31, 2017, making her primarily responsible for the formulation of the national transportation policy and the implementation of international transportation agreements. The Office of the Secretary is also concerned with assuring the fitness of U.S. airlines, enforcing airline consumer protection regulations, preparing transportation […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency within the Department of Homeland Security has launched a three-pronged strategy to address hacking concerns among industrial control systems. The strategy involves the use of data analytics, enhanced training and better technology to secure ICS that support critical sectors like energy and transportation. Speaking at a virtual meeting of […]
The U.S. Special Operations Command is looking for contractors capable of upgrading and providing support to the existing cloud-based Global Analytics Platform. As indicated in a request for information, the goal is to implement commercial best practices to sustain and further develop GAP, which currently enables USSOCOM analysts to conduct large-scale data scans in the […]
Science Applications International Corp. has secured a 10-year, $378M single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to modernize the Federal Aviation Administration’s end-user services. The contract aims to improve user experience for the FAA by addressing tasks, including service desk support, business and administrative systems infrastructure support, training services, and information technology asset management. The solution to be deployed […]
The Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin’s rotary and mission systems a $70M cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract for Aegis development and test site operations and maintenance. Lockheed will exercise the contract’s second option year and will provide continued operations and maintenance efforts, including technical engineering, configuration management, associated equipment/supplies, quality assurance and […]
NT Concepts, an information technology services company based in Vienna, Virginia, has appointed Brandon Ginsburg, a member of the Potomac Officers Club, as its new senior vice president and chief growth officer. In his new role, Ginsburg will be responsible for expanding NT Concepts’ growth across the national security technical solutions market. Ginsburg is expected […]
Lt. Gen. John “Jack” Shanahan, director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, believes that AI will facilitate an enterprise-wide warfare transformation in the Department of Defense within the next 20 years, affecting areas from back offices to the battlefield and domains from undersea to cyberspace and outer space. However, Shanahan told Dave Deptula, dean of […]
