A team of scientists at the Sandia National Laboratories has sequenced the genome of an antibiotic-resistant pathogen strain to understand how its resistance operates and spreads to other bacteria. Patti Koning writes in a piece published Aug. 22 that Sandia’s Zach Bent, Corey Hudson, Robert Meagher and Kelly Williams studied the composition of the Klebsiella pneumoniae strain and encoded the New […] More

Rob Zitz joined Leidos in August 2011 – when it was known as Science Applications International Corp. – as senior vice president and chief ISR systems architect after a three-decade government career that culminated in a deputy director role at the National Reconnaissance Office. The Wash100 inductee and former senior Secret Service deputy associate director leads Leidos’ work to help intelligence […] More

United Launch Alliance will lift off K-12 student-built payloads on an intern-made sport rocket for an academic engagement event on July 20 at Fort Carson, Colorado in celebration of the Apollo 11 moon landing’s 50th anniversary.

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Ball Aerospace and other Joint Polar Satellite System-1 team members are preparing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration polar orbiting weather satellite for a scheduled Nov. 10 launch. The JPSS-1 team pressurized the propulsion system, fueled the satellite, cleaned the spacecraft and finished a final thermal blanket closeout in preparation for launch, Ball Aerospace said Thursday. JPSS-1 was […] More

Ball Aerospace has ranked as a Tier 1 supplier in the U.S. Air Force‘s Superior Supplier Incentive Program for 2016 in recognition of the company’s work as a prime contractor for the military branch. This is the first time the company qualified for the Air Force’s annual ranking, which evaluates contractors based on three years of contractor performance assessment reports, Ball said Tuesday. […] More

George Franz leads Accenture Federal Services’ Department of Defense cyber portfolio as a managing director, a role in which he focuses on cyber threats, risk mitigation opportunities and strategies for improving cyber defenses. In a recent interview with ExecutiveBiz, Franz shared his insights on the evolving cybersecurity landscape, the potential of the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture to revolutionize DOD warfighting capabilities and Accenture Federal Services’ role in providing the DOD with the technology necessary to achieve its mission.

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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

HII Chief Technology Officer Todd Borkey took on his first CTO role over 15 years ago, and has since gained a wealth of experience in defense and communications technology as well as in systems engineering and research and development. Prior to joining HII, he was CTO of Alion Science and Technology. In his current position, which […] More

Tommy Gardner, chief technology officer of HP Federal, said information technology organizations should advance the development of a proactive defense to prevent an IT mistake from leading to an “error string” or a cascade of errors, InformationWeek reported Wednesday. “IT teams should think through multiple problems at once, understand the limits and constraints of their […] More

In-Q-Tel, the intelligence community’s venture capital arm, has made multiple investments in Kent, Washington-based rocket developer Stoke Space, TechCrunch reported Saturday. William Morrison, principal at IQT, told the publication about the investments in Stoke Space and that he led the latest investment that closed in February. Stoke Space is working on a reusable rocket that […] More

Brian Young is an information technology industry veteran with a particular knack for market expansion and client-facing services. Over the course of two decades, he has gathered experience at Washington, D.C. area government contracting organizations like SE Solutions, RGS Associates and Perspecta. Prior to his current role at Iron Mountain, Young spent nearly four years […] More

Quantum computing is one of the most ascendent and sought-after technologies in today’s climate, with broad applications. Prognosticators believe that it will have widespread influence and effects in global citizens’ lives in the coming years. For example, experts have pointed to quantum’s usage in autonomous vehicles that can operationalize its speed of compute to help […] More