AECOM has appointed Andrew Liu to the role of senior vice president and director of growth within the company's transportation business in the U.S. West region. Liu's appointment marks his return to the AECOM, where he previously led the Los Angeles transportation business, including surface transport, transit, aviation and ports. “Andrew rejoining our team is […]
Deloitte has launched a new artificial intelligence platform designed to accelerate the government's adoption of AI across the public sector. CortexAI for Government combines government and industry solutions, models, tools and architectures built for AI quality, audit and ethics, Deloitte said Thursday. “AI is more than technology. Through CortexAI for Government, we will help agency […]
The Defense Innovation Unit is financing the development of a cybersecurity platform made by European startup CounterCraft. Under a prototype other transaction agreement, CounterCraft is designing a platform that can gather threat intelligence and use deception tactics to better understand how the opponent is attacking, Nextgov reported Thursday. “The capability to elicit high-grade threat intel […]
Envistacom has been awarded a $235 million prime Army contract to provide information and communications technology infrastructure support services. The three-year award calls for field service representative support services for communications and IT infrastructure to the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces, Envistacom said Wednesday. “The Global FSR contract […]
Michael VanWoerkom is the founder and president of ExoTerra Resource, an entrepreneurship company whose stated goal is to reduce the cost of space exploration through innovative space infrastructure systems. The company grew on the backs of eight engineers with specialties in system design, mechanical design, stress analysis, electrical propulsion, mission analysis and thermal protection systems, […]
Blake Larson serves as corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman‘s space systems sector, which provides space and launch systems to national security, civil and commercial customers. Northrop’s space systems business unit offers launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; satellites, spacecraft and related components; and payload and ground systems. Larson is responsible for the […]
As executive vice president of Sierra Nevada Corporation's space systems group Janet Kavandi is in charge of space programs such as the Dream Chaser spaceplane. The Dream Chaser, a winged supply vehicle capable of landing on a commercial runway, is under contract to deliver supplies to the International Space Station starting 2021, SNC said. Kavandi […]
The Army's modernization priorities will remain unchanged amid the turn of a new administration, according to the service's top modernization official. Army Futures Command Commander John Murray, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker and two-time Wash100 awardee, said the Army will push through with its network modernization initiatives slated for 2021, FedScoop reported Monday. […]
The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded ICF a $94 million blanket purchase agreement to support Energy Star, a program that promotes energy efficiency and provides information on the energy consumption of products. ICF will provide strategic and technical support under the terms of the single-award re-compete deal. The BPA includes a one-year base period of […]
The Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic has awarded GRSi a five-year contract to provide cyber systems engineering services in support of Fleet Cyber Command and U.S. Cyber Command. The Navy awarded the new cyber integrated product team task through Seaport-O: Cyber Mission Engineering unrestricted competition, GRSi said Tuesday. “We're proud and appreciative of the confidence […]
