Customs and Border Protection has awarded Axon a $13M contract to equip 3.8K agents with body cameras armed with the company's technology. Axon said its Axon Body 3 cameras will enhance transparency and accountability and allow CBP agents to securely store digital evidence in the Axon Evidence cloud platform. “Axon is proud to partner with […]
Serco has announced the appointment of Gordon Foster as senior vice president and chief financial officer of the information technology service management company, effective Oct. 26. Chairman and CEO Dave Dacquino, a Potomac Officers Club member and 2014 Wash100 winner, lauded Foster's experience in the government contracting industry, saying the appointee will be valuable in […]
Machine intelligence company Primer has been awarded a multimillion-dollar Small Business Innovation Research contract to develop a solution against disinformation. The Air Force and the Special Operations Command awarded the deal to develop a machine learning-based platform that can automatically identify and assess suspected disinformation. “We've entered a new era where information warfare and the […]
Northrop Grumman is set to support the Defense Intelligence Agency's Transforming All-Source Analysis with Location-Based Object Services program in line with a $690M task order awarded by the DIA and the General Services Administration's Federal Systems Integration and Management Center. The effort is designed to help the DIA quickly deliver actionable intelligence and improve its decision […]
Defense officials are reportedly looking into designing reusable hypersonic systems similar to some existing rockets. Mike White, assistant director of hypersonics at the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, said DoD wants to create hypersonic vehicles that can be reused instead of just exploding. He said he envisions the system to […]
SHI, an information technology solutions provider, has been awarded a spot on the Army's $13B IT Enterprise Services – Software 2 contract for a deal that covers commercial off-the-shelf software and maintenance. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract was awarded by the Army Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions Office. The contractor said it can serve as a one-stop […]
Christopher Tersigni serves as the federal law enforcement account executive at SOS International. He is a senior-level leader supporting corporate growth. SOSi is a technology and services integrator in the aerospace, defense and government services industries with a portfolio of military, logistics, intelligence, software and cybersecurity offerings. Tersigni is a former special agent who spent […]
Harold Poston serves as Octo Consulting's vice president for Department of Defense accounts, a role he has held since October 2019. He holds profit and loss and growth responsibilities for the DoD business, in addition to being responsible for leading the company's support to defense customers. Poston has more than 20 years of experience leading […]
Richard M. Durand Jr., PMP, a Potomac Officers Club member, leads the Virginia Program Office under AT&T Government Solutions – National Security and is responsible for the delivery of strategic technology solutions and services to the National Security Community. Throughout his more than 30-year career with AT&T, Durand has gained valuable experience designing, deploying […]
Army Cyber Command plans to expand its mission beyond traditional cyber operations, according to its commanding general. Lt. Gen. Stephen Fogarty, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, said ARCYBER will take on new duties in “information advantage” and “decision dominance.” “Over the course of a year … we started to understand the problem is much […]
