Vanessa Wyche has been named acting director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center. She succeeds Mark Geyer, who has decided to wrap up his three-year tenure as JSC director to focus on his health and family, NASA said Tuesday. As acting center director, she will provide oversight on various human spaceflight activities, including the development and […]
The Army has issued a request for information to find out whether it can speed up the delivery of the new Future Tactical Unmanned Aerial System. Col. Scott Anderson, the Army’s UAS project manager, told reporters that there have been positive responses to the RFI, with 23 industry partners already giving feedback. The Army recently […]
Joe Leonelli has been serving as the vice president of ATCC Federal Solutions for six years. ATCC Federal Solutions supports federal government programs in the following areas: global health, biodefense and infectious and chronic diseases. Leonelli is responsible for the business line’s overall strategy, management and the growth of its federal contract programs, according to […]
The U.S. Navy wants to invest in upgrading its business systems to improve vessel maintenance at shipyards. Speaking before members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, Navy Acting Secretary Thomas Harker said some business systems at shipyards still use the antiquated Common Business-Oriented Language code. Harker, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, also […]
Doug Wagoner is the president and chief executive officer of LMI, a Virginia-based consultancy offering advanced analytics, digital services, logistics support and management advisory services. Wagoner has more than 30 years of corporate leadership experience in general management, according to his company profile. He spent a big portion of his career with Science Applications International […]
An executive from the General Services Administration’s IT Modernization Centers of Excellence said adopting best practices from the industry is a common theme among federal agencies wanting to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence. According to Anil Chaudhry, one way to speed up federal AI adoption is by taking existing solutions in the private sector […]
The Army is working on establishing a common modular open architecture to enable air and ground vehicles to share technologies. Brig. Gen. Glenn Dean, program executive officer for ground combat systems, considers the open architecture the foundation for the Army’s future modernization efforts, as it will allow the service to install any CMOA-compliant hardware or […]
Omniplex, a Constellis company, has been awarded a spot on the Department of Homeland Security’s multiple-award blanket purchase agreement for background investigative services. Companies selected for the BPA will support the background investigation needs of participating DHS components. The BPA has a five-year period of performance, Constellis said. It is inclusive of a one-year base […]
Mark Bowling, a former FBI agent, has been named ExtraHop’s new vice president of security response services. In a statement, Raja Mukerji, co-founder and chief customer officer at ExtraHop, touted Bowling’s expertise in managing cyber risk and security incident response. He believes that Bowling’s insights will be critical to the company’s expansion into the network […]
The Space Force has issued a $228 million extension to a GPS ground system development contract that it awarded to Raytheon Technologies. The contract extension requires Raytheon to upgrade the OCX ground system, which has been in development since 2012, to accommodate Lockheed Martin’s GPS 3F satellites, SpaceNews reported. As per Raytheon’s timetable, some OCX […]
