Government officials are determined to use the benefits of artificial intelligence but reiterated the importance of adhering to law and values to reduce potential dangers. At the National Defense Industrial Association’s Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict conference, Kevin Fahey, assistant secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, said the Department of Defense struggled with AI policy-wise. He […]
Lumen Technologies has secured two spots on contracts to provide network services to the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Louisiana-based public company received the potential 15-year, $721M National Local Exchange Carrier Next Generation indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and the 12-year, $195M Data and Wide Area Network Carrier award. Under the IDIQ contract, the organization, which is transacting […]
Carol Politi has served as president and CEO at TRX Systems since April 2010, leading the company in providing position, navigation and timing services in environments that lack a global positioning system, including indoors, underground and in crowded urban areas. Headquartered in Greenbelt, Maryland, the organization was established in 2007. It specializes in personnel indoor […]
Kevin Coggins is Booz Allen Hamilton’s vice president for positioning, navigation and timing, responsible for addressing the customers’ technology issues on PNT, cybersecurity and information warfare in the space and critical infrastructure sectors. An advocate of the digital twin technology, he believes that military services and other companies should explore ways to protect satellites from […]
As president and chief executive officer at NavtechGPS, Carolyn McDonald leads the organization in providing customers with GPS and global navigation satellite system equipment options and product guidance. She has more than three decades of experience in the GPS and GNSS industry. In the said role, she heads the seminar division, which provides technical training […]
Jean-Yves Courtois is the chief executive officer and a co-founder of Orolia, a privately held firm headquartered in France providing global positioning system and positioning, navigation and timing products and services for the military and commercial markets. With over 400 employees and a sales presence in more than 100 countries, the 14-year-old company offers its […]
Nand Mulchandani, acting director at the Department of Defense Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, said the center is working on measures on how to counter artificial intelligence-driven cyberattacks. During the Emerging Technology Forum 2020 at the ACT-IAC virtual event held on Nov. 5, he said the center is […]
Katie Arrington, chief information security officer at the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and a 2020 Wash100 winner, has recommended revisions to the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program requirements. Arrington, the DoD lead for the CMMC program, added that the modifications are necessary to deal with high costs related to validating […]
DynCorp International has landed a potential $352M contract to continue helping the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection aviation program to control wildfires. The deal, which has a three-year base period with two one-year options, calls for the company to deploy 13 air tactical and 10 helitack bases throughout the state. Jeff Cavarra, program […]
The U.S. Air Force is using a new cyber training platform to help enhance its team's readiness in the digital space. The Persistent Cyber Training Environment, which the Army operates on behalf of the joint cyber force and Cyber Command, is a network that allows the 834th Cyberspace Operations Squadron to be online from any […]
