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Executive Mosaic has featured Doug Lane, CEO of Capgemini Government Solutions over the past nine years, in the 2023 Wash100 list of leaders who drive and shape the federal contracting marketplace. This marks the second consecutive year and third time overall that Lane has gained recognition during the 10-year history of the Wash100 Award. In […] More
NASA is soliciting information on potential industry sources of a commercial off-the-shelf contract writing system for the space agency. The Information Technology Procurement Office calls for capability statements from interested parties who can meet the technical requirements for the contract writing system, according to a request for information published on SAM.gov on Thursday. Among the […] More
The Appian Platform for information technology automation has so far been implemented by more than 200 government agencies including the Department of Defense. The company said Wednesday the increasing adoption of its software technologies has led to contracts such as its collaboration with BigBear.ai and Palantir Technologies to create a unified Global Force Information Management […] More
BAE Systems has tested small unmanned aerial systems from Lockheed Martin‘s Skunk Works division on a variant of the Amphibious Combat Vehicle designed to support U.S. Marine Corps reconnaissance missions. The Stalker and Indago platforms were part of verification tests aimed to demonstrate the ACV’s potential to carry out command, control, communication and computers/UAS missions, […] More
Austal USA has dispatched Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Apalachicola (EPF 13) to the U.S. Navy. Following the delivery, the vessel is now the largest surface ship with autonomous capability in the U.S. Navy fleet, the shipbuilding company said Thursday. The company worked with L3Harris Technologies and General Dynamics‘ mission systems business in conducting […] More
Northrop Grumman has performed wind tunnel testing to demonstrate the design maturity of the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile system. Scaled models of the LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM underwent seven comprehensive test campaigns to measure how it would respond to conditions simulating missile launch procedures and various flight maneuvers, Northrop said Thursday. Sarah Willoughby, […] More
Leidos will apply its artificial intelligence-based algorithm to on-person screening systems at airport security checkpoints under a recently awarded contract from the Transportation Security Administration. The contractor is tasked to upgrade TSA’s ProVision advanced imaging technology systems with its AI algorithm to reduce incidents of security false alarms, Leidos said Thursday. ProVision is a radiation-free […] More
The 10th and final GPS III satellite that Lockheed Martin built for the U.S. Space Force received the “available for launch” designation from Space Systems Command on Dec. 8. The milestone marks the completion of GPS III satellite production and constellation modernization efforts, SSC said Tuesday. “The GPS III program contributions underpin U.S. national security […] More
General Dynamics’ information technology business has booked a $16 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to deliver electromagnetic environmental effects services to the U.S. Navy. The contract covers testing, evaluation and range and is in support of the service branch’s command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems, the Department of Defense said Thursday. DOD noted that General […] More
Jason Meil, chief data scientist and managing director of artificial intelligence at Science Applications International Corp., said the federal government should embrace AI as he believes the technology will become an integral part of future U.S. defense and national security missions. Meil wrote in a Federal Times opinion piece published Wednesday that AI offers use […] More
Nav Singh, a more than 10-year Dell Technologies veteran, has joined zero trust cybersecurity platform developer Fornetix as vice president of federal sales, according to a LinkedIn post published Thursday. He joined the Maryland-headquartered company from real-time data platform provider Aerospike where he served as director. Before joining Aerospike, Singh was an account executive at […] More
The U.S. Army has awarded contracts to 10 small businesses under the first phase of the Small Business Innovation Research program to enable them to further develop their proposed platforms in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning and clean technology. Each business will receive up to $250,000 to work on AI and ML […] More
