Octo Consulting, a Reston, Virginia-based information technology and services company, has named Rob Albritton as the new senior director of its artificial intelligence center of excellence. Albritton's primary responsibility is to lead all things AI, including shaping capabilities and offerings, setting a long-term strategy and building oLabs, Octo’s research and development center. Sujey Edward, chief […]
The Department of Defense is working on coordinating its enterprise-wide artificial intelligence efforts by establishing a series of technical standards and best practices. Mark Lewis, director of research and engineering for modernization within the Office of the Director of Defense, is leading the charge in corralling all AI programs, which are spread out across the […]
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has granted HackerOne a tailored low impact-software as a service authorization for its full suite of hacker-powered security solutions. With the tailored LI-SaaS authorization in tow, federal agencies can now access HackerOne’s hacker-powered security offering through the FedRAMP marketplace. The FedRAMP authorization builds on the company’s extensive work […]
Brad Mascho, a current member of the Potomac Officers Club, serves as the chief artificial intelligence officer of NCI, a Reston, Virginia-based company specializing in AI, big data, cybersecurity, hyperconverged infrastructure and digital transformation. In his current position, Mascho leads all AI initiatives around strategy, partnerships and business development. Under Mascho’s leadership, NCI has implemented AI […]
Erin Hawley is the vice president of Data Robot’s public sector business, offering key contributions to the implementation of the company’s enterprise machine learning platform, which provides end-users with accurate predictions at scale. A 20-year industry veteran and a Potomac Officers Club member, Hawley has been involved in the development of innovative business strategies aimed […]
Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan currently works under the Office of the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer as the director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, a role he has held for nearly a year and a half now. Since taking on the role in December 2018, Shanahan has been at the forefront of the […]
The Transportation Security Administration within the Department of Homeland Security has published a roadmap indicating its intent to leverage data to detect insider threats to transportation sector personnel, operations, information, systems and critical infrastructure. The document, titled “Insider Threat Roadmap 2020,” promotes data-driven decision-making to detect threats by adopting a more efficient approach to collecting […]
Will Roper, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics, is setting his sights on partnering with commercial firms specializing in data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence to foster the service’s Advanced Battle Management System. The goal is to award ABMS contracts to high-priority firms within a month to six weeks, […]
USfalcon, an aerospace and defense company headquartered in North Carolina, has named its five-year executive Jerry Tussing as its new president and chief operating officer. Tussing will transition into his new role after serving as executive vice president and COO of the company since September 2014. The newly appointed leader brings over three decades of […]
AeroVironment will deliver its proprietary Switchblade loitering missile system to the Army under the terms of a one-year, $75.9M contract, effectively extending the company’s partnership with the service branch. The company will fulfill the contract requirements alongside Northrop Grumman, which equips Switchblade with single purpose and multimode warheads. Switchblade is a back-packable and rapidly deployable […]
