Steve McMahon, Splunk's interim chief information officer, has shared how his organization adapted to the information technology pressure brought by the shift to telework. "We shifted all of our services to being targeted toward remote workers. And that’s something that I think has really helped keep our employee productivity very high, because we’re meeting employees […]
The Space Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $2.38B contract to deliver two Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared polar space vehicles for ballistic missile warning. Replacing the current Space-Based Infrared System, the Next-Gen OPIR will reportedly be key to detecting and tracking ballistic missiles threats while being more survivable than legacy systems. The Space and […]
The National Institutes of Standards and Technology is seeking sources that can provide solutions for implementing cybersecurity standards and best practices into 5G networks. In a Federal Register post, NIST said it expects solutions that will help demonstrate how 5G infrastructure can mitigate risks and meet industry compliance requirements, Nextgov reported Tuesday. “Participating organizations will gain […]
The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency's Strategic Technology Office has selected Dynetics for Phase 1 of its Air Combat Evolution program, Technical Area 3. DARPA's ACE program is aimed at implementing artificial intelligence into air combat by using aerial dogfighting as the initial challenge scenario, C4ISRNET reported Tuesday. "ACE performers will work to increase trust in […]
Potomac Officers Club member Steve Escaravage serves as Booz Allen Hamilton's senior vice president, leading the company's analytics practice and artificial intelligence services businesses. Escaravage, who served as the company's vice president from 2000 until April 2018, when he attained his seniority, supports customers with the operational integration of data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence […]
Potomac Officers Club member Steve Escaravage serves as Booz Allen Hamilton's senior vice president, leading the company's analytics practice and artificial intelligence services businesses. Escaravage, who served as the company's vice president from 2000 until April 2018, when he attained his seniority, supports customers with the operational integration of data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence […]
Anthony Robbins, a 2020 Wash100 winner and a Potomac Officers Club member, serves as NVIDIA's vice president for federal business, a role he has held for nearly three years. Robbins is responsible for supporting the company's customers in their efforts to advance artificial intelligence technologies. He works with partners from federal, state and local governments […]
A draft request for proposals from the Space Development Agency reveals its plans to launch a batch of hypersonic weapon-tracking satellites into orbit in fiscal year 2022. According to the RFP, SDA is looking for a source that can design and build eight wide field of view satellites equipped with infrared sensors for tracking hypersonic weapons, C4ISRNET reported. The […]
HawkEye 360, a satellite technology company, announced that government veteran Terry McAuliffe and defense-sector veteran Chris Inglis have joined the company's advisory board. McAuliffe served as the 72nd governor of Virginia and as chairman of the National Governors Association. He is credited with creating a commission that bolstered Virginia's cybersecurity ecosystem, Hawkeye 360 said. “I look forward […]
Implementing zero-trust frameworks is the next step in advancing the Small Business Administration's cybersecurity tools and strategies, said Guy Cavallo, the agency's chief information officer. “Our next step is to take all of this to every one of the 115 different SBA locations to zero-trust networking and break apart from everything being connected and once you […]
