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Amy Gilliland: People, Tech Drive General Dynamics IT Business
Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics' information technology business, said Tuesday at the GDIT Emerge event that people and technology keep the business moving forward, MeriTalk reported Wednesday.
Army to Host Industry Day for ‘Enterprise IT as a Service’ Program
The U.S. Army will hold a government-industry collaboration day May 7 at Fort Belvoir in Virginia to discuss the service’s Enterprise Information Technology as a Service program. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says interested stakeholders have until April 29, Monday, to register for the event, which will discuss the Army’s strategy to upgrade its enterprise network and the other transaction authority as well as feature one-on-one sessions.
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Cloudera’s Shaun Bierweiler: Enterprise Data Cloud Can Play a Role in Agency Insight Generation
Shaun Bierweiler, vice president and general manager of the public sector business at Cloudera, has said public sector agencies could extract "actionable" insights by using an open-source enterprise data cloud platform that is built on emerging technology such as machine learning and artificial intelligence.
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Kathy Warden: Northrop on Track to Meet Synergy Targets as Orbital ATK Integration Continues
Northrop Grumman executives said they are seeing the benefits of the company’s acquisition of Orbital ATK, which now operates as Northrop’s innovation systems business unit, when it comes to new business opportunities and cost savings, SpaceNews reported Wednesday.
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Kenneth Possenriede: Lockheed Sees Demand for Missile Defense Platforms
Kenneth Possenriede, an executive vice president and chief financial officer of Lockheed Martin, said the company is seeing strong demand for its Hellfire, Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile and Patriot Advanced Capability–3 systems, Flightglobal reported Tuesday.
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Ultra Electronics USSI Appraised for Capability Maturity Model Integration Compliance
The Capability Maturity Model Integration Institute has granted a Level 3 appraisal to Ultra Electronics USSI's product development group in recognition of effective processes. CMMI establishes standards aimed at sustaining the performance of business processes, the company said Wednesday.
DARPA Seeks R&D Concepts to Support Biological Tech Office
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Biological Technologies Office is seeking research-and-development concepts to help address Department of Defense requirements and other national security requirements.
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The Boy Scouts of America to Honor Mac Curtis, President and CEO of Perspecta, During the Annual Good Scout Technology Award Luncheon on May 8th
Mac Curtis, president and chief executive officer of Perspecta, will be honored during the Boy Scouts of America National Capital Area Council’s Annual Good Scout Technology Award Luncheon on May 8th. You can find the registration page for the event here. More
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Hitachi Vantara CEO Dave Turner on Becoming End-to-End Data Service Provider
Dave Turner, president and CEO of Hitachi Vantara Federal, said the company is building a workforce composed of former government employees. It is also procuring cloud solutions and is exploring existing customer requirements to become “a credible end-to-end data services provider,†Federal News Network reported Tuesday.