Joe Shepherd, vice president of directed energy innovation at Booz Allen Hamilton, said he believes the Department of Defense should increase funding for directed energy research efforts to $2 billion to encourage industry and academia to pursue work in the development of ultrashort pulse lasers and other capabilities. Shepherd wrote in a piece published Tuesday […] More

James Reilly II, retired NASA astronaut and former director of the U.S. Geological Survey, has been named as an executive adviser at Booz Allen Hamilton, where he will focus on its aerospace account. In his new position, Reilly will work with the firm’s Department of Defense, NASA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, intelligence community and commercial space […] More

Greg Wenzel, an executive vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, said countering technologically advanced adversaries requires the Department of Defense to come up with a unified, open network that could enable warfighters to quickly access, share and analyze disparate data sets and facilitate the decision-making process on the battlefield. […] More

Frank Calvelli, a 34-year federal service veteran who most recently served as principal deputy director at the National Reconnaissance Office, has joined Booz Allen Hamilton‘s national security unit as a senior vice president. His responsibilities include overseeing the company’s work in the space segment as it aims to provide new technology to intelligence and defense […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton, an Amazon Web Services partner, uses a cloud service delivery model to speed up the application development, testing and deployment process for federal customers. An AWS public sector blog post published Tuesday says Booz Allen’s platform-as-a-service offering supports security control inheritance for users who want to establish and maintain an authority to […] More

Kevin Coggins, vice president for positioning, navigation and timing at Booz Allen Hamilton, said he believes the space industry should implement zero-trust architectures to safeguard space-enabled networks from cyberthreats, Breaking Defense reported Monday. “The architectures of government systems are inherently trusting,” Coggins said. “If we continue to have these open, trusted links, we’re going to […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton has invested in Latent AI, an early-stage venture spinout of SRI Ventures that offers a suite of software tools that enable adaptive artificial intelligence and machine learning at the edge in support of defense organizations. “The National Defense Strategy calls for a more innovative, resilient military to maintain the U.S. competitive advantage, […] More

Kristine Martin Anderson, executive vice president and head of civil business at Booz Allen Hamilton, said the company will continue to deliver on existing contracts with the Department of Veterans Affairs and scale up using Liberty IT Solutions’ advancements in application program interface development and low code-no code platforms, FedScoop reported Friday. Martin Anderson said […] More

Peraton has named Rebecca McHale, former Booz Allen Hamilton executive, as chief information officer and announced two other appointments to its executive team. The company said Monday it has tapped John Reing to serve as chief human resources officer, and Lori Ellis to work as chief procurement officer. “As we focus on positively differentiating Peraton […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton has received a James S. Cogswell Award from the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency for an industrial security program being implemented at a company facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The consulting firm said Wednesday it was among the 40 cleared contractors selected to receive the award this year and the second time […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton has completed the acquisition of Liberty IT Solutions for $725 million in an effort to enhance the former’s ability to deliver end-to-end digital offerings and expand its digital transformation portfolio. Liberty will now operate as a Booz Allen company and integrate with its Civilian Services Group led by Executive Vice President Kristine […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton has secured a potential five-year, $189.9 million contract from the Enterprise Communications and Networks Division of Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific to provide a range of engineering, technical, cyber and programmatic services. The company said Wednesday contract work will support networking, communications and computer systems around the world in service to the […] More