The U.S. Space Force has announced that warfighters can now access the limited version of the latest military GPS signal following the upgrade of the service’s grounds system. The encrypted M-Code programming language offers new anti-spoofing and anti-jamming capabilities meant to provide positioning, navigation and timing data to combatants notwithstanding opponents attempting to disrupt the […]
Appian has partnered with Accenture Federal Services to facilitate the federal acquisition system via a low-code automation platform. The collaboration calls for AFS to provide new delivery accelerators to advance Appian’s acquisitions solutions that streamline the procurement process and validate that the system complies with the Federal Acquisition Regulations policies, the company said Tuesday. Aaron […]
Gen. Richard Clarke, U.S. Special Operations Command commander, said the military’s elite joint force of fighters will be the first in the Department of Defense to use artificial intelligence in warfare. During the Hudson Institute virtual event held on Dec. 7, he said SOCOM will be the testbed for the emerging technology and fully AI-enabled […]
Equity firm Veritas Capital has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Northrop Grumman’s federal IT and mission support services business for $3.4B in cash. The unit, which is expected to generate $2.3B in revenue in 2020, offers various advanced technology services, including cybersecurity, data analytics, cloud, mission-critical application development and advanced engineering to defense, intelligence, […]
The U.S. Air Force has named three defense contractors to build drone prototypes for the Skyborg program. The service awarded Kratos, Boeing and General Atomics contracts valued at $37.8M, $25.7M and $14.3M, respectively. The companies are tasked to produce the prototypes for the program’s air vehicle segment and to compete in a series of experiments […]
AT&T has received a $92M contract to provide additional FirstNet capabilities to help with the FBI’s daily and emergency operations. The deal is considered to be the biggest commitment by a law enforcement agency to FirstNet, the country’s sole, high-speed broadband communications platform meant for first responders and the extended public safety community, the company […]
Thomas D’Agostino, a Wash100 winner, is the group president for Fluor Corporation government group, managing the sales and delivery of value-added services to government clients, including the Departments of Defense, Energy and Homeland Security, National Security Administration and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories. He brings into the role more than 30 years of experience in executive, leadership, […]
As Ameresco’s executive vice president and general manager for federal solutions, Nicole Bulgarino is in charge of the overall management of the business unit serving federal government customers. She is a seasoned industry executive with more than two decades of experience in developing and executing innovative energy efficiency and distributed energy solutions via multiple contract […]
Dan Brouillette serves as the 15th secretary for the U.S. Department of Energy, a role he has held since December 2019, succeeding former Texas Gov. Rick Perry. With around 30 years of experience in the public and private sectors, he was recently the agency’s deputy secretary for almost two years, DOE said. During his tenure, […]
Micheal Lempke, as president for the nuclear and environment group at Huntington Ingalls Industries, oversees the unit’s profit and loss performance, sales and customer growth, merger and acquisition activities, contract implementation, customer satisfaction and cross-functional collaboration. Consisting of the organization’s nuclear and energy subsidiaries, the group primarily produces nuclear and other specialty parts for the […]
