The White House has released a new strategy aimed at achieving and maintaining American leadership in emerging technologies, including advanced computing, artificial intelligence and autonomous systems. “American leadership in science and technology faces growing challenges from strategic competitors, who recognize the benefits of S&T and are organizing massive human and capital resources on a national […]
The Department of Defense has awarded over $197M to advance microelectronics technology and strengthen the American microelectronics industrial base. According to DoD, microelectronics is critical for the development of its technology priorities such as artificial intelligence, 5G communications, quantum computing and autonomous vehicles. “The microelectronics industry is at the root of our nation’s economic strength, […]
Robert Rangel serves as Lockheed Martin's senior vice president of government affairs. He is responsible for directing Lockheed's liaison with Congress, leading marketing activities with the Department of Defense and managing customer relationships with smaller jurisdictions. According to Lockheed, its government affairs program manages all U.S. government customer relationships and develops policy, regulatory and legislative […]
Kevin Richards, vice president and head of U.S. government relations at SAP, serves as the company's chief public policy liaison to the government and regulatory bodies, including Congress and the White House. He has over 22 years of experience in Senate legislation, corporate lobbying, policy advocacy and trade association management. In his role, Richards manages […]
Federal solutions provider ASRC Federal has announced the launch of its new brand, which the company said represents its bid to support a growing number of government missions. Company President and CEO Jennifer Felix, a Potomac Officers Club member, said the move reflects ASRC Federal's commitment to delivering services “with quality, passion, focus and humility.” […]
The Department of Defense has awarded about $600M in contracts for 5G experimentation and testing at five military test sites. Michael Kratsios, acting undersecretary of defense for research and engineering and a two-time Wash100 winner, said DoD is working closely with industry to ensure that the department fully benefits from the new applications enabled by […]
The Army's experimental hypersonic weapons have demonstrated an extremely high degree of accuracy in testing, according to a top official. “Hypersonic missiles are hitting their targets with a variance of only a mere six inches," Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, a 2020 Wash100 winner, said during a virtual conference hosted by the Association of the United […]
Science Applications International Corporation CEO Nazzic Keene, a Potomac Officers Club member, has received her third Wash100 award from Executive Mosaic. Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson honored Keene for her leadership in SAIC's major acquisitions, contract awards, cloud platform development and growth initiatives. Keene previously won Wash100 awards in 2015 and 2019 for helping […]
Northrop Grumman announced that its board of directors has elected Tom Jones as the next corporate vice president and president of the company's aeronautics systems business, effective Jan. 1, 2021. Jones brings into the roles about 30 years of experience in the aerospace and defense industry. He will succeed Janis Pamiljans who has announced plans […]
Parsons been awarded a SharkSeer 2.0 task order under the Defense Information Systems Agency's Systems Engineering, Technology and Innovation contract. The firm-fixed-price deal includes a one-year base period of performance and four option years. The contract would have a value of $28M if all options are exercised. “Leveraging the DoD’s expertise and product integration […]
