Cognosante has maintained Level 3 ratings for its service delivery and development processes based on CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration appraisal conducted by Two Harbors. The maturity appraisal for 2021 marks Cognosante’s eighth year to receive a level 3 rating for service delivery and sixth year for development, the company said Thursday. CMMI serves […] More

David Young, senior vice president of public sector and hyperscaler business at Lumen Technologies and a two-time Wash100 Award winner, said public sector agencies should take a holistic approach as they develop plans to comply with President Joe Biden’s executive order on cybersecurity and deliver secure digital experiences to employees and citizens. Young wrote in […] 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

Benji Hutchinson, a two-decade biometric technology veteran, has joined Paravision to serve as the face recognition and computer vision software company’s new president and chief operating officer. Hutchinson will drive company efforts in scaling operations to address a market need for artificial intelligence technologies to be used in biometric applications, Paravision said. The newly appointed […] More

Dario Zamarian, former Maxar Technologies executive, has joined Pavilion Data Systems as CEO, bringing to company his extensive information technology experience. He will work to support Pavilion’s planned period of accelerated product offerings and go-to-market outcomes, the company said Friday. “As artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data-driven requirements accelerate, Pavilion is best suited to meet the […] More

Bell Textron is now shifting focus to an upcoming U.S. Army aircraft program of record competition in summer after ending the three-year flight testing of its V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft. The Textron subsidiary said Thursday that it would start working on the weapons system and subsystem designs of its Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft candidate. Bell […] More

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has issued a request for information to learn how digital media platform vendors could help update NGA’s learning methods for its 8,500 potential leadership development program beneficiaries. The RFI notice posted Monday seeks vendor pitches to update the agency’s competency model and implement interactive content along with tools to support a […] More

Relativity Space has introduced its plans for its 3D-printed launch vehicle, Terran R, and raised $650 million in a round of Series E financing to help advance production work on the reusable rocket. Terran R is a two-stage rocket that will lift off from the company’s launch complex at Cape Canaveral in Florida starting in […] More

In-Q-Tel has made a strategic investment in Fiddler to help the Palo Alto, California-based artificial intelligence platforms developer further advance its explainable AI tool development efforts. Fiddler also announced its participation in FinRegLab’s research to assess the fairness and transparency of machine learning models.

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Scientific Research Corp. has awarded Curtiss-Wright a contract to supply flight data and cockpit voice recording devices as part of a project to modernize the joint U.S. Air Force and Navy trainer fleet. Curtiss-Wright said Wednesday it will equip the T-6 Texan II military trainer aircraft with an updated version of the Fortress CVR25 recorder system.

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Maxar Technologies has expanded its partnership with Harris-Stowe State University, a historically black college and university in St. Louis, Missouri, as part of the company's continued commitment to the area, where the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is constructing its $1.7 billion modern campus. The company said Wednesday it focuses on building a diverse workforce in St. Louis.

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Lockheed Martin’s space business hired 2,700 employees and 700 interns in 2020 and executives discussed in an interview about the company’s college hiring and other recruitment initiatives amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Nick Spain, vice president for human resources at Lockheed Martin Space, said the company partners with universities, including minority-serving institutions and historically Black colleges and universities, to recruit potential candidates.

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