Microsoft has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Affirmed Networks its bid to explore business opportunities in the 5G industry. The acquisition will help Microsoft leverage its cloud platform for advancing in the telecommunications industry, the company said. It added that the partnership opens up opportunities to serve both their markets' needs for networking and edge computing capabilities. Affirmed […]
Parsons has named John Riordan as its new senior vice president of business development for the company’s space and geospatial solutions market. In this role, Riordan will handle account management, business development and customer engagement of the company’s space portfolio for the Department of Defense and intelligence community. Prior to his appointment at Parsons, Riordan […]
ThoughtSpot and Google Cloud have jointly launched Embrace, a program that runs searches and artificial intelligence-powered analytics in Google BigQuery without caching data. Available on Google Cloud, Embrace features a simple search interface that brings BigQuery's analytical power to users, ThoughtSpot said. The tool allows businesses to track specific key performance indicators and metrics and provides alerts […]
Raytheon has partnered with Uptake to equip deployed U.S. Marine Corps teams using M88 armored recovery vehicles with predictive maintenance capabilities. As part of the partnership, Raytheon will integrate technical abilities into the M88 to enable large-scale onboard recording, processing and transfer of sensitive data over secure Wi-Fi. Uptake will offer its suite of advanced […]
The White House plans to nominate John Whitley as director of the Pentagon's Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation office. He currently serves as the Army's assistant secretary for financial management and comptroller. If he is nominated, Whitley will join William Jordan Gillis, who was nominated as the next assistant secretary of defense for sustainment. Despite objections […]
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has confirmed that Lora Shiao will serve as acting director of the National Counterterrorism Center. Shiao will replace veteran counterterrorism official Russell Travers, whose dismissal was feared by some Intelligence Community members to be an act of political retaliation by acting DNI Richard Grenell. A source said Travers decided […]
SAP and Accenture have jointly developed an artificial intelligence-based solution for oil and gas companies based on the SAP S/4HANA Cloud. Designed to improve companies' visibility into operations and cash flow, the solution would help cut total ownership and operational costs and reduce work implementation time to minimize disruption risks, SAP said in a statement. The […]
James Miller has been elected as chairman of the National Armaments Consortium Executive Committee. The new chairman has been a leader at Dynetics for nearly 18 years, currently overseeing all of the company's other transaction agreement-related activities. NAC is confident Miller will provide steady leadership well into the future, NAC Executive Director Charlie Zisette said […]
President Donald Trump plans to nominate Russ Vought to serve as the permanent director of the Office of Management and Budget. Vought has served as acting director since January 2019, replacing Mick Mulvaney when he left to be White House chief of staff. Before joining OMB, Vought spent nearly two decades working on Capitol Hill […]
SparkCognition has added Curt Richtermeyer and Michelle Saab to its executive team as part of the company's efforts to expand its marketing and sales organizations. Richtermeyer will serve as executive vice president of sales, while Saab will work with SparkCognition's marketing team as VP of marketing communications. The new leaders bring creative strategy and experience […]
