NASA and 11 companies and one university will be working to ensure seamless operations at the International Space Station. The space agency announced that it had selected the companies to work on the $478 million Research, Engineering and Mission Integration Services-2 contract. Under the deal, the contractors will provide several support services, including ground hardware, […]
Defense Information Systems Agency Director Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner, past POC speaker and 2023 Wash100 winner, said the agency will soon create a new intelligence unit. Speaking at the annual Army IT Day conference of AFCEA’s Northern Virginia chapter on Thursday, Skinner said the unit, which he announced in May 2023, will help the combat […]
Former government and military officials have joined Peraton’s advisory board, a move strengthening its strategic direction. On Thursday, the national security company appointed several new members of the board: former Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Bob Ashley; Lisa Porter, former deputy undersecretary of defense for research and engineering; former U.S. Central Command and U.S. […]
The U.S. Air Force has tapped a defense contractor to help accelerate weapons acquisition – from development to sustainment and ensuring it meets current and future capabilities. On Wednesday, digital transformation consultancy firm Expansia announced that it was selected as a prime contractor on the Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition Contract by the Air Force. EWAAC […]
The U.S. Air Force is turning to artificial intelligence to enhance intelligence gathering and, in the long run, establish a collective superintelligence database. On Thursday, Swarm AI technology developer Unanimous AI announced that it received a contract to develop a solution allowing artificial intelligence to gather real-time intelligence while networked groups of military officials are […]
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a woman-owned small business a contract to improve operational resiliency and protect operational technology systems from cyberthreats. On Thursday, Sentar announced that it received a Small Business Innovation Research Proof of Concept contract from DLA to integrate cyberattack protection technology into digital twin architectures. The contract requires a business […]
Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary of defense, said the United States remains committed to preventing any conflict in space or anywhere else, highlighting to its adversaries that conflict does not provide any benefit. Speaking at an event in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Wednesday, Hicks said the Department of Defense has launched a growing constellation of small, […]
The Department of Homeland Security is getting a new deputy chief information officer after Beth Cappello, a past POC speaker, announced her retirement effective Mar. 9. In an internal email, DHS Chief Information Officer Eric Hysen announced that Rear Adm. Christopher Bartz, also a past POC speaker, will take over the role to be vacated […]
A federal health veteran with a track record of driving business growth has taken over as the lead of a DMI public sector unit. On Tuesday, DMI announced Orstell Barnett as the new vice president of growth of its federal health sector. Barnett most recently worked at DLH as its director of strategic growth, leading […]
A Department of Energy component is continuing its work on advancing scientific research using high-performance computing in the cloud and in advanced artificial intelligence. To ensure the initiative’s success, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has entered into a partnership with Microsoft to take advantage of the benefits offered by AI to aid with scientific discovery. […]
