Brian Teeple, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, has joined Redhorse as its new vice president of digital solutions. In his new role, Teeple will help define and standardize technology processes in Redhorse, providing its external partners and customers with a more efficient resource base. “A theme that runs through everything I have done […]
The Navy plans to shift its cybersecurity architecture to a zero-trust model to better defend its networks, according to a top official. Navy Chief Information Security Officer Aaron Weis, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker and a 2020 Wash100 awardee, said the Navy will conduct the effort under the assumption that its networks have […]
Google Cloud has entered into a five-year agreement to provide the Department of Energy with a range of cloud tools, including its cloud platform and workspace productivity tools. The agreement is expected to make it easier for the department's over 100K employees and contractors to access Google's tools, effectively scaling research efforts and driving innovation. […]
Science Applications International Corporation has appointed Michelle Sutphin, a 20-year veteran of the security sector, to the role of chief security officer. Sutphin is now responsible for developing, implementing and overseeing compliance with the company’s policies and programs that support customers in the security space, including the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. “Michelle […]
Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute will lead a national initiative to create a discipline of artificial intelligence engineering. SEI Emerging Technology Center Director Matt Gaston said the institute will work with partners to create a research strategy that supports the Department of Defense's and Intelligence Community's priorities. Gaston added that SEI will work closely […]
Textron Systems and Shield AI, an artificial intelligence software company, have announced their collaboration in support of advanced, multi-domain autonomy for a range of military applications. In a press release, the partners said they are working on a proof-of-concept for integrating Shield AI technology into Textron Systems' air, land and sea unmanned systems. “We are […]
Andrew Hallman, former principal deputy director for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, has received his first Wash100 award from Executive Mosaic. Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson presented the award to Hallman, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, in recognition of efforts to develop new security and cybersecurity initiatives in both the […]
Cyxtera has announced that government agencies can now use its artificial intelligence/machine learning compute-as-a-service offering. The new offering uses the NVIDIA DGX A100, a universal AI workload system designed to help enterprises consolidate training, inference and analytics into a single AI infrastructure. “The federal government is one of the largest producers and consumers of data […]
ICF has been awarded a single-award blanket purchase agreement to provide information technology platform, operations and maintenance, advisory and development services to the Food and Drug Administration's Digital Services Center. Mark Lee, senior vice president and public sector lead, said ICF has been providing health IT, scientific support and survey research services to the FDA […]
SOS International announced that it has partnered with UiPath, a robotic process automation vendor, to provide business process automation to government customers. Kevin Bearden, senior vice president of SOSi's federal solutions business, said cognitive automation tools like natural language processing and machine learning can help process masses of structured and unstructured data. “This human-digital worker […]
