John Wasson was undeniably optimistic as he discussed whether sustained levels of inflation would affect ICF International’s ability to grow and achieve its margin goals. But as the CEO zeroed in on wage inflation during the company’s Nov. 2, 2021, earnings call, he did not mince words. “This,” he said, “is a challenging time.” Wasson’s […] More

Jonathan Alboum, principal digital strategist for the federal government at ServiceNow, said agencies must focus on hybrid workforce development, vaccine management and tracking and digital services adoption to sustain its momentum in digital transformation. Alboum wrote in an article Nextgov published Tuesday that the federal government has accelerated its digital transformation efforts and technology adoption […] More

Joe Carson, formerly a vice president and chief procurement officer at Micron Technology, has been named VP of global operations and service at Vislink, where he will be tasked to help its executive team enhance procurement operations.

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Semiconductor manufacturer MACOM Technology Solutions has partnered with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to transfer the lab’s gallium nitride on silicon carbide process to the company’s Massachusetts-based foundry for semiconductor production.

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Get SAT and Inmarsat have demonstrated and deployed a satellite terminal system designed to boost the efficiency of on-the-move communications for government users.

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Artificial intelligence inference processor provider Mythic has raised $30M in a new funding round led by Valor Equity Partners.

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Epner Technology has received National Institute of Standards and Technology's gold standard recognition for the firm's infrared reflectivity technology. Laser Gold, the firm's electroplating process, is designed to produce gold coating that is pure (0.9999), three times harder than standard 24 karat equivalents and reflective to infrared, Epner said Monday.

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A sensor business under United Technologies Corp.’s aerospace systems unit has introduced a new imaging sensor as part of the U.S. Navy’s Spectral and Reconnaissance Imagery for Tactical Exploitation program. The company said Wednesday that its Sensors Unlimited business has delivered four prototypes of the indium gallium arsenide Near Infrared/Shortwave Infrared sensor to the Navy under a […] More

GetSAT has received a multimillion dollar contract to supply land and maritime variants of the company’s micronized communications terminal to the U.S. government. The government has selected GetSAT’s MicroSAT and MiliSAT L/M platforms that are designed to support Ka- and Ku-band communications on-the-move, the company said Friday. The rugged terminals are based on InterFLAT technology that can transmit […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and an industry consortium have selected six university research centers to conduct research efforts that seek to address challenges related to microelectronic technologies under a potential five-year, $200 million cost-sharing program. Linton Salmon, manager of DARPA’s Joint University Microelectronics Program, said in a statement published Wednesday JUMP and the […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency held a kickoff meeting with approximately 100 participants from commercial, academic and military sectors for the Common Heterogeneous Integration and Intellectual Property Reuse Strategies program. The CHIPS program aims to create a community of technologists and researchers as well as establish a technological framework designed to facilitate the segregation of […] More

Northern Virginia Technology Council board members and member company executives held a meeting with Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) on June 7 to discuss how H-1B non-immigrant visas help technology firms and universities gain access to highly-skilled employees. NVTC leaders told Cotton how H-1B visas help companies employ workers to fill job posts in the areas […] More