SAP has appointed three executives to the North America management team to oversee the company’s business operations in the U.S. and Canada. Stephen Shute, chief operating officer for SAP North America, has been promoted to executive vice president and chief business officer for the Americas and Asia Pacific Japan and will directly report to Jennifer […] More

Kemp Ross and Mike Sebastian have been selected to join a committee at Aon plc tasked with executing the company’s investment strategy. The Andy Cox-chaired Aon Global Practice Committee will guide and manage the direction of the company’s global investment operations, the company announced Thursday. Ross has been named the head of investment solutions and […] More

Aon Global Risk Consulting has completed a survey of captive directors to examine the attitude of organizations toward major threats. The Aon Plc risk management consulting arm extended its recent biennial Global Risk Management Survey in 2013 to investigate the respondents’ view on the top 50 risks, with a focus on analytics, Aon said Wednesday. […] More

Seven GovCon industry leaders have joined the Intelligence and National Security Alliance’s board of directors to provide direction, strategic guidance and business oversight as INSA works to drive collaboration to advance national security priorities. INSA said Wednesday six of the newly elected board members will serve three-year terms while one will serve a two-year term.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most sought-after digital solutions by the federal government. AI features, such as speech recognition, expert systems, machine vision, accurate detection, and efficient processing, are integrated into warfare and security systems to reduce risks, fortify defense, and achieve mission success. While the demand for AI is rising, many organizations […] More

Leidos has received a prime spot on a multi-award U.S. Marine Corps contract to create an uncrewed aircraft system. Under the 18-month, firm-fixed-price award, Leidos’ UAS design is expected to be capable of autonomously resupplying forward-deployed ground forces, the Reston, Virginia-based company announced on Tuesday. “The ability to autonomously deliver hundreds of pounds of supplies over long […] More

Kelly Ferrell is the Senior Vice President of the Intelligence and Homeland Security division of General Dynamics IT, a Virginia-based business unit. GDIT helps civilian, defense, homeland security, and intelligence agencies solve the most complex projects. It provides IT support services and expertise to help them understand, advance critical missions, and change how customers invest […] More

Stephen Homeyer is an accomplished engineering professional with over three decades of experience in government and commercial sectors. Throughout his career, Homeyer is successfully adept in basic and applied research, development, technology, and other capabilities. Get to know more about Stephen Homeyer, BAE Systems’ Vice President of Intelligence Strategy Who is Stephen Homeyer? Stephen Homeyer […] More

Photo of Jennifer Krischer at LinkedIn Jennifer Krischer is the Vice President and General Manager of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Programs at Maxar Technologies. Krischer has accumulated years of experience focusing on geospatial intelligence and national security solutions. Learn more about Jennifer Krischer and her journey to becoming Maxar’s Vice President and General Manager […] More

In the government contracting world, organizations can face roadblocks in pushing a technology from the research, development and prototyping phases out to the field. This “valley of death,” as it’s often referred to in GovCon, represents a culmination of challenges associated with funding, time, momentum and other bureaucratic hurdles.  Of these issues, the most difficult […] More

The Defense Innovation Unit and the office of the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment have announced the addition of several small unmanned aircraft systems to the Department of Defense’s cleared list of drones as part of the second iteration of the Blue sUAS project. The approved drones are Intense Eye V2 from Blue […] More

Ro Dhanda, formerly of Snowflake Computing, has been appointed vice president of federal business for H2o.ai, the visionary leading open source data science, AI and machine learning platform company out of Silicon Valley. Dhana brings significant experience and a long history of working in both the information technology and services industries.

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