The Army said it will focus on developing the artificial intelligence-powered systems critical for the success of Project Convergence this year. Project Convergence is a multi-platform initiative aimed at merging joint force capabilities. The effort is the Army's contribution to the Department of Defense's joint all-domain command and control concept, FedScoop reported Wednesday. The project […]
The Department of Defense has asked defense contractors to meet the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements on their own while there are still no officially accredited assessors. Stacy Bostjanick, CMMC director within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, said DOD will have accredited a handful of assessor companies by […]
The United States should expect more data breach attempts like the SolarWinds attack, according to a former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Chris Krebs, a two-time Wash100 winner, said China, Russia, Iran and North Korea will likely continue conducting such operations until the United States decides to stop tolerating them, GCN reported […]
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has announced that it will launch a new edge-computing system for the International Space Station. The system, called Spaceborne Computer-2, will allow astronauts and researchers on the ISS to process data at the edge and significantly speed up various experiments in space, HPE said Thursday. “Space explorers can now transform how they […]
The Air Force has awarded MSBAI an AFWERX Small Business Innovation Research Phase 2 contract under which the service will adopt the GURU cognitive artificial intelligence assistant. GURU was designed to help untrained users run specialized simulation software and increase the number of users beyond a few code specialists, MSBAI said Wednesday. “Lowering the initial […]
Andrew Masson serves as the CEO of Adient Aerospace, a joint venture between Adient and Boeing formed to sell seating products to airlines and aircraft leasing companies. Adient said the joint venture helps address the aviation industry's need for more capacity in the seating category, superior quality and reliable, on-time performance. As CEO of Adient […]
LMI President and CEO Doug Wagoner, a Potomac Officers Club member and two-time Wash100 winner, reaffirmed his commitment to the company's 2025 growth strategy. Wagoner made the reaffirmation alongside the release of LMI's 2020 annual earnings report, which the company said demonstrated its strong performance despite the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. The report showed […]
Charles Hazzard III serves as the president and CEO of DZSP 21, a joint venture of PAE and Parsons Government Services. DZSP 21 was created to provide support services to the Navy's operations in Guam. DZSP 21 provides port operations support, ordnance handling and management, facilities maintenance, transportation fleet management, utilities maintenance, materials and cargo […]
Parsons said it will help the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory develop experimental technologies in support of warfighters. The Army awarded a five-year, $69 million contract for the research and development of solutions related to tactical computational architectures, scalable technologies, machine learning and high-performance computing, Parsons said Tuesday. “Our mission is to […]
The General Services Administration's Technology Transformation Services has awarded Medallia and DLT Solutions a contract for a text analytics and natural language processing solution. The solution will let public-sector organizations collect and analyze social media, mobile, text files, chat transcripts and other data to extract insights for decision-making, Medallia said Monday. “Deploying Medallia’s text analytics […]
