DirectViz Solutions has appointed Herman Hewitt as chief growth officer to expand capture strategies and diversification efforts, the company reported on Monday.
Read More »Siemens, Haugland Energy Partner to Supply Power Infrastructure at NY COVID-19 Facility
Siemens has collaborated with Haugland Energy Group to power a temporary COVID-19 care facility at the Westchester County Center in White Plains, N.Y.
Read More »Navy CIO Aaron Weis Inducted Into 2020 Wash100 for Information Management, Tech & Cybersecurity Vision
Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Aaron Weis, chief information officer at the Department of the Navy, as the newest inductee into the 2020 edition of the Wash100 Award for his guiding principles to drive DON’s information technology and cyber readiness goals.
Read More »DARPA Posts Presolicitation for Fifth OFFSET Swarm Tech Sprint
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a presolicitation notice to seek proposals in line with the fourth sprint of the OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics program.
Read More »Mario Coracides Appointed Vectrus Enterprise Operations SVP; Chuck Prow Quoted
Vectrus announced on Thursday that Mario Coracides has been appointed senior vice president of enterprise vectrus operations. Coracides will provide leadership for a primary dimension of the business, which includes business advisory and program initiatives.
Read More »DOE Selects Siemens for Microgrid Energy Mgmt System R&D Project
Siemens' U.S. research and development business unit has received a $6.4M contract to help the Department of Energy build a system to manage distributed energy resources. Princeton, N.J.-based Siemens Corporate Technology aims to create an energy management system that will use tools designed to increase the resilience of microgrids and facilitate autonomous power restoration as part of the Autonomous and Resilient Operation of Energy systems with RenewaAbles or AURORA project.
Read More »White House to Gather Industry Execs for Workforce Strategy Meeting
The White House is set to convene the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board for the first time on March 6, Reuters reported Sunday. The advisory board, which is being co-chaired by Ivanka Trump and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, is made up of 25 members, among whom are the CEOs of various major U.S. firms such as Lockheed Martin, IBM, Apple and Siemens.
Read More »25 Public, Private Sector Leaders Named to American Workforce Policy Advisory Board
Twenty-five representatives from the public and private sectors have been appointed to serve on a new board that will develop strategies to improve the state of the U.S. workforce. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Ivanka Trump, adviser to the president, co-chair the recently created American Workforce Policy Advisory Board, the Department of Commerce said Wednesday.
Tina Dolph, President & CEO of Siemens Government Technologies, Added to 2019 Wash100 for Energy Efficiency Leadership
Executive Mosaic is happy to announce that Tina Dolph, president and CEO of Siemens Government Technologies, has been selected to the 2019 edition of the Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for her 20 years of leadership experience in government and her efforts modernizing energy for a number of military facilities. This marks her first Wash100 award.
Read More »Siemens, Three DOE Labs to Collaborate on Electric Grid Tech R&D
Siemens has signed a memorandum of understanding with three Department of Energy-funded national laboratories to explore hardware and software platforms that can help update and secure the U.S. electric grid system.
Read More »Siemens, ISA Co-Sponsor Workshop on Energy Sector Cybersecurity
Siemens and the International Society of Automation co-sponsored a workshop on Monday, Oct. 29, in Houston to discuss new approaches to safeguard the energy sector from cyber attacks. Cybersecurity professionals from government and industry discussed how machine learning and security analytics platforms could help detect vulnerabilities and defend industrial control …
Read More »DARPA Unveils 8 Awardees on Second OFFSET Swarm Sprint, Solicits Offers for Third Core Area
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has announced the eight awardees for the second sprint of the OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics program and started to solicit proposals for the third sprint. OFFSET seeks to use swarms of up to 250 unmanned systems designed to provide ground military units with insights as …
Read More »Siemens Proposes Mini-Grids for Puerto Rico’s Electric Power System; Alan Bloodgood Comments
A new white paper from Siemens has recommended the establishment of a series of 10 mini-grids designed to improve the resilience of Puerto Rico’s current energy infrastructure in the event of natural disasters. Siemens said Monday the proposed mini-grids throughout the U.S. territory will leverage the current energy infrastructure and …
Read More »Siemens’ Federal Arm Starts Solar Farm Project in North Carolina; Sam Lewis Comments
Executives from Siemens’ U.S. federal subsidiary and tribal leaders conducted a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday to begin construction work on a solar farm at Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino in Murphy, N.C., the Cherokee One Feather reported Friday. “Siemens is really pleased at the opportunity to bring tribal and federal resources …
Read More »Curtiss-Wright Gets $85M Contract to Supply Turbines, Auxiliary Equipment for Navy Carrier
Huntington Ingalls Industries has awarded Curtiss-Wright an $85 million contract to produce main propulsion steam turbines and auxiliary equipment for installation on the U.S. Navy‘s future Enterprise (CVN 80) aircraft carrier. Curtiss-Wright said Tuesday its EMS division is scheduled to perform engineering and production work under the contract through at least 2022. HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division will receive …
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