Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Byron Bright, president for Government Solutions at KBR, as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award, the most valued award in all of government contracting (GovCon), for his efforts to develop military technology solutions and capabilities as well as drive revenue and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) for KBR.
Read More »Space ISAC Achieves Initial Operating Capability With Launch of Member Portal, Threat Intell Sharing Platform
The Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center, a security-focused organization for the space industry, achieved initial operating capability after it rolled out its Cyware-hosted threat intelligence sharing system and member portal.
Read More »Maximus’ Raj Parameswaran: Robotic Process Automation a Key Tool to Government IT Leaders
Raj Parameswaran, president of U.S. federal information technology at Maximus, said robotic process automation could help government agencies facilitate the delivery of services to citizens while allowing employees to focus on more complex tasks. “RPA will continue to grow as a valuable tool for government IT leaders because it allows the immediate expansion and scaling of human labor without impacting existing systems,” Parameswaran wrote in a guest piece published Friday on GCN.
Read More »Tyto Athene, MicroAutomation Partnership to Roll Out ACUITY Next Generation 9-1-1 Offering; Fabian Plath Quoted
Tyto Athene has partnered with MicroAutomation to launch ACUITY Next Generation 9-1-1 Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) offering. Tyto Athene’s ACUITY Micro Data Center was designed to provide mission-critical edge processing, analytics and unified communications. “Adding MicroAutomation and their Omni911 solution to our ACUITY platform is a perfect fit,” said Fabian Plath, vice president of Sales and Business Development at Tyto Athene.
Read More »Shawn Purvis, President of Northrop Enterprise Services, Named to 2021 Wash100 for Business Tech, Process Support Leadership
Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce that Shawn Purvis, corporate vice president and president of enterprise services at Northrop Grumman, has received her first Wash100 Award, the most coveted award in all of government contracting (GovCon), for her leadership in enabling large-scale technology infrastructure and transactional business services throughout the corporation.
Read More »NASA to Hold High-Voltage Ground Tests for X-57 Electric Aircraft
NASA is slated to conduct ground tests for high-voltage operation of an experimental plane being designed by Empirical Systems Aerospace to help the agency create certification requirements for electric aircraft units.
Read More »Nutanix Study: Majority of Global Public Sector, US Federal Government Leaders Bullish on Hybrid Cloud
A new Nutanix study has found that 82 percent of information technology leaders in the global public sector and 87 percent of respondents in the U.S. federal government cited hybrid cloud as the ideal IT operating model. The third annual Enterprise Cloud Index Report showed that IT leaders from the U.S. federal government intend to increase that to about 74 percent penetration within five years.
Read More »Leidos Subsidiary Concludes Preliminary Design Review of Human Landing System for NASA Program
Leidos' Dynetics subsidiary has finished the preliminary design review of a technology meant to help astronauts land on the moon as part of an upcoming NASA lunar mission. Dynetics said Thursday the PDR effort informed the space agency of the Human Landing System's design that complies with system requirements for NASA's Artemis program, which aims to revive manned space exploration.
Read More »Idaho National Lab Seeks to License Detection Tech for Cryptocurrency Mining Malware
Idaho National Laboratory developed a machine translation-based technology designed to detect malware that mines cryptocurrencies through compromised high-performance computing systems and is seeking to enter into a licensing agreement with a company that can bring the technology to market.
Read More »PAE President, CEO John Heller Receives His Sixth Wash100 Award; Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson Quoted
Executive Mosaic announced on Friday that John Heller, president and CEO of PAE, has received his sixth Wash100 Award for leading PAE’s transformation from a private equity-backed company into a publicly listed company and expansion in the government services arena through acquisitions and contract wins. Visit GovConWire to read John Heller’s full 2021 Wash100 Award profile.
Read More »N2WS’ Cloud Backup Tech Added to DLT Public Sector Offerings
N2W Software has teamed up with Tech Data's DLT Solutions subsidiary to offer a data backup and recovery product to government agencies that manage workload in an Amazon Web Services cloud environment.
Read More »Oracle’s Ken Glueck: Buying Commercial Cloud Applications Key to Advancing Federal IT Modernization
Ken Glueck, an executive vice president at Oracle, said the federal government looking to advance information technology modernization should focus on buying commercial cloud applications. “Focusing on applications also brings the additional benefit of modernizing government infrastructure. Investing in applications makes government data centers more efficient and secure as part of the package because modern cloud applications come with cloud infrastructure already included,” he wrote.
Read More »Self-Driving Software Developer Shield AI Raises $90M in Funding Round
Defense technology company Shield AI has secured $90 million in a round of Series C equity and debt financing led by venture capital firm Point72 Ventures. The company will use the funds to further integrate into additional defense platforms its self-driving software, called Hivemind.
Read More »Maximus President, CEO Bruce Caswell Receives Third Consecutive Wash100 Award; Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson Quoted
Executive Mosaic has recognized Bruce Caswell, president and CEO of Maximus, with his third consecutive Wash100 Award for his leadership, focus and commitment to the government contracting industry and his leadership in the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic that has created substantial change to the federal marketplace. Visit GovConWire to read Bruce Caswell’s full 2021 Wash100 Award profile.
Read More »Gerry Fasano, President of Leidos Defense Group, Recognized With 2021 Wash100 Award for Driving Massive Contracts & Acquisitions
Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce that Gerry Fasano, president of Leidos’ Defense Group, has received a 2021 Wash100 Award for driving massive defense contracts with federal customers and spearheading valuable acquisitions, which has expanded Leidos revenue and influence in the marketplace. This marks Gerry Fasano’s second consecutive Wash100 Award.
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