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Kathleen Featheringham, director of artificial intelligence strategy at Booz Allen Hamilton, predicts the transportation sector will witness a paradigm shift as the industry advances its adoption of AI and believes federal agencies should prepare for such a major change by having an AI vision that includes all aspects of the organization. “Second, it's important to have an open meaningful conversation about the right applications for AI and the outcomes that are hoped to be achieved, ensuring that they are ethical auditable sustainable and reliable,“ Featheringham said.

Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Carey Smith, president and chief operating officer for Parsons, as an inductee into this year“™s Wash100 Award selection that annually recognizes the elite leaders in across the federal and government sectors for the eighth consecutive year. This marks the third Wash100 Award win for Smith.

Cubic Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement with an affiliate of Veritas Capital, under which Veritas and Evergreen Coast Capital, an affiliate of Elliott Investment Management, will acquire Cubic for $70.00 per share in cash. The all-cash transaction is worth approximately $2.8 billion, including the assumption of debt.

AECOM has appointed Andrew Liu as senior vice president and director of growth for the company's U.S. West region transportation business, where he will work to lead growth for the segment. “We are pleased to have Andrew return to AECOM and help lead our transportation strategy and growth,“ said Travis Boone, regional chief executive for AECOM's U.S. West region.

AECOM has appointed Jennifer Aument as chief executive of the company's global transportation segment and Drew Jeter as chief executive of its global program management business. Aument's appointment will take effect April 5 and Jeter's selection will begin on Jan. 25. "These appointments complement a diverse Executive Leadership Team advancing our Think and Act Globally strategy,'' said Troy Rudd, AECOM's CEO. 

Akima has secured a five-year, $101.3M contract from the Army Field Support Battalion at Fort Hood, Texas to provide logistics support for the service branch, the company announced on Tuesday. 

Dun & Bradstreet's government segment has named Yaneev Golombek, a Ph.D. student in civil engineering at the University of Colorado, as the recipient of the company's 2019 Geospatial Data Science Scholarship.

Justin Oberman, a former Transportation Security Administration official, has been named vice president of new markets at Cubic's government relations and strategy group.

Anthony Robbins, vice president for the North American public sector at NVIDIA, said the new White House executive order on artificial intelligence seeks to recognize the capability of AI and the government's role in advancing AI adoption to ensure the security and prosperity of citizens. Robbins wrote in a Nextgov article published Thursday how AI could help improve health care, cybersecurity, transportation, disaster relief, defense system sustainment efforts and other initiatives in the public sector.
 

The Transportation Security Administration has issued a request for information to determine potential vendors that can help an agency division manage and maintain information technology systems.

Michael Jenkins, senior scientist at Charles River Analytics, discussed the company’s efforts to develop an augmented reality display through a Federal Highway Administration-funded project aimed at hazard awareness for motorcyclists. He delivered a presentation about the BARRACUDA initiative at the third-annual meeting of the FHWA’s Motorcyclist Advisory Council last month, …

The Department of Transportation has announced plans to award $60M in total grants to multiple projects that aim to test the integration of automated driving platforms into the U.S. roadway infrastructure. DOT said Friday it seeks to collect safety data that can support the ADS rulemaking process, as well as encourage …

The Department of Transportation will launch the second round of a grant program that seeks to allocate up to $902.5M in federal funds for large and small infrastructure projects nationwide in fiscal year 2019. DOT said Friday it plans to award at least $25M each to large projects and at least $5M …

Mission Secure has completed a Series A financing round as the company aims to expand the reach of its cybersecurity software offering in the defense, transportation and energy markets. The MSi Platform is designed to help customers monitor and secure industrial-grade control systems within protected facilities, the company said Wednesday. Energy Innovation …

Los Angeles, Calif.-based firm AECOM has agreed to support the American Road and Transportation Builders Association in boosting its efforts in developing and managing safer transportation sites. The engineering company said Thursday the agreement involves education and certification of AECOM employees which will result in earning the American National Standards …