Kathy Warden is the chairman, chief executive officer and president of Northrop Grumman. Warden, a 2021 Wash100 winner, has been with the Falls Church, Virginia-based aerospace company for 12 years. She has held other leadership positions, including chief operating officer and corporate vice president and president of Northrop’s mission systems and information systems sectors, according […]
James Taiclet serves as the chairman, chief executive officer and president of Lockheed Martin. Taiclet, a 2021 Wash100 winner, assumed the role of board chairman in March, nine months after he became president and CEO. He has been part of the company’s board of directors since January 2018, according to his company profile. His LinkedIn […]
President Joe Biden is prioritizing the development of emerging technologies under the proposed $2 trillion American Jobs Plan. The infrastructure plan earmarks $180 billion in new research and development spending on technologies that would increase the Pentagon’s competitiveness in digital battlefields and help counter China, C4ISRNET reported. The Biden administration intends to allocate $50 billion […]
Michele Flournoy, a former undersecretary of defense for policy and managing partner at WestExec Advisors, has called on the Biden administration to prioritize investments in the Joint All Domain Command and Control initiative to ensure that the U.S. military maintains its battlefield advantage. Speaking at The Hill’s Defense Summit, Flournoy said the country’s overinvestment in […]
John Carr is the director of federal programs at Everlaw, a cloud-based litigation platform provider headquartered in Oakland, California. In his role, Carr manages contractual obligations and works to enhance the company’s e-discovery software-as-a-service platform by exploring customers’ user desirability. He joined Everlaw after serving as the vice president of operational programs at AITHERAS, according […]
Amy Hilbert serves as the vice president of the public sector business at Casepoint, a Tysons, Virginia-based e-discovery platform provider that caters to legal departments, law firms, and public agencies. Hilbert is a seasoned professional with decades of experience working in the information technology and services industry. Throughout her career, she has gained experience in […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs has been able to provide enhanced health care nationwide owing to improvements in telehealth and digital services that it invested in during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at an AFCEA Bethesda virtual event, Dr. Kevin Galpin, executive director for telehealth services at VA’s Office of Connected Care, said […]
A report published by the National Academy of Public Administration offers recommendations to address the challenges faced by the Office of Personnel Management. The NAPA report came after a proposal by the previous administration to transfer the OPM’s policy functions to the Office of Management and Budget and move the remaining functions to the General […]
The Navy intends to award Lockheed Martin Aeronautics a sole-source contract for the installation of flight test instrumentation on F-35 test aircraft. The contract requires the company to provide engineering integration support and hardware kits as part of the installation process. Work under the proposed contract supports F-35 technical refresh 3 requirements, according to a […]
Citadel Defense has secured a $5 million follow-on contract from the Department of Defense to provide U.S. troops with its Titan counter-unmanned aircraft system. Using a combination of artificial intelligence, machine learning and low-collateral electronic countermeasures, Citadel’s Titan C-UAS prevents drone pilots from collecting intelligence and drones from penetrating protected airspace. The counter-drone solution also […]
