Rebecca Torzone is a senior vice president and chief growth officer at Northrop Grumman. She has been holding her current leadership role since November 2020. In her current role, Torzone oversees engineering, sciences, analytics and logistics aspects in support of the company’s Missile Products business unit. The Missile Products unit is responsible for developing ballistics […]
Brian Fitzpatrick is the chief growth officer at Advanced Technology International. He has been with the nonprofit organization since May 2021. Fitzpatrick has over three decades of experience in consulting, IT, research and development and law enforcement information sharing. At ATI, he oversees merger and acquisition, business development, strategy and communications activities. The executive worked […]
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded Dzyne Technologies an $89.4 million contract to develop technologies that will enable swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles to deliver payloads from long ranges. Under the Small Payload Precision Air-Launched Inexpensive Delivery Systems contract, Dzyne will develop the design and prototype for a glider UAV, the mechanical design […]
The U.S. Army XVIII Airborne Corps will partner with the Army Futures Command for the seventh Dragon’s Lair competition, which is slated for Aug. 16. Innovators across the Army and other Department of Defense military services are invited to showcase their ideas and concepts before civilian technical experts and senior military leaders. The technologies that […]
Kshemendra Paul, the chief data officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs, said collaboration and data interoperability could benefit cybersecurity efforts, but it would take a whole-of-government approach to get the best results. Speaking at the 2022 ACT-IAC Cybersecurity Forum, Paul posited that working with the Chief Information Security Officer community, the CDO Council and […]
The Internal Revenue Service has introduced an artificial intelligence-powered bot that can accommodate clients who have received a notice of delinquency. According to the IRS, individuals who owe the government less than $25,000 can call the Automated Collection System and Accounts Management lines to set up a payment plan. The individuals can verify their identities […]
NASA has selected four small businesses that will research how microgravity can benefit manufacturing and biomedicine in space. The Four companies are DSTAR Communications, Sachi Bioworks, Goeppert and Nanoarmor. The companies will receive up to $150,000 under the agency’s Small Business Innovation Research Phase I program. The companies were selected for their research proposals, which […]
The Federal Trade Commission has issued a warning about using artificial intelligence to combat online threats. In a report submitted to Congress, the FTC said AI tools can be inaccurate and biased by design and incentivizes an overreliance on invasive forms of commercial surveillance. Samuel Levine, the director of the agency’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, […]
The Department of Justice has awarded Network Designs Inc. a five-year task order to support IT modernization efforts at the Antitrust Division. Under the contract, NDi will provide engineering, operations, service desk, program management and project services to ATR. The company will also support application modernization, development methods, DevOps pipeline and data management. Modernization efforts […]
The Office of Management and Budget and the General Services Administration have designated $100 million of the Technology Modernization Fund for high-impact service providers that can improve customer experience. The TMF allocations will support the goals listed in Executive Order 12862, which directs 17 agencies to adhere to 36 specific CX improvement commitments. The EO […]
