ExecutiveBiz News on Video 4/19/2022

Don Heckman, director in advanced solutions for Guidehouse, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the first two years of his tenure with Guidehouse and the critical aspects of the company’s successful culture and strategy to grow its footprint in the federal sector. In addition, Heckman also discussed the most critical challenges facing government contractors as cybersecurity and data hygiene […]

The U.S. Air Force is leveraging digital twins to optimize the acquisition process as part of a larger, Defense Department-wide digital transformation strategy that uses digital engineering and advanced modeling technology to achieve data centricity.  Part of this strategy is developing product lifecycle management, or PLM, systems that can link multiple facets of the acquisition […]

LexisNexis Risk Solutions has launched a platform meant to help government agencies and other public sector organizations improve identity management efforts to facilitate the delivery of benefits and other services to citizens. LexisNexis AmplifyID is a module-based platform that could streamline decision-making processes in the government by combining unique identity information with government program data […]

Science Applications International Corp. has received a contract valued at $49.39 million to support the management and operation of five U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ high-performance computing centers. Under the cost-plus-incentive-fee contract, SAIC will perform technical support work in Mississippi, Ohio and Maryland through April 17, 2023, the Department of Defense said Monday. Fiscal 2022 […]

Sarah Schellpfeffer, chief technology officer of Northrop Grumman’s space sector, said the company is advancing in-space sustainability through SpaceLogistics’ Mission Extension Vehicle, which is designed to extend the life of geosynchronous satellites through in-orbit satellite servicing, and is seeing an interest from defense and civil agencies in spacecraft servicing. “It’s really using this as an […]

Palantir Technologies is expanding its work to support the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s outbreak response and disease surveillance efforts. Palantir said Friday it will continue providing its Foundry platform to help manage disease information integration, management and analysis under CDC’s Data Collation and Integration for Public Health Event Response program. The extension and […]

The U.S. Army has approved the use of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, which is outfitted with Northrop Grumman’s OpenLift integrated digital cockpit, for operations during all meteorological conditions. Northrop said Monday the Instrument Flight Rules Airworthiness Release expands the flight envelope of the UH-60V, an upgraded model of the Army’s UH-60M helicopter that has […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of the Treasury and the FBI have released a joint advisory on a group of North Korean state-backed advanced persistent threat actors targeting blockchain companies, cryptocurrency exchanges and other businesses in the cryptocurrency industry. Cyberthreat actors launch intrusions by sending spearphishing messages to employees of cryptocurrency companies using […]

The General Services Administration’s technology innovation arm has launched an artificial intelligence-focused challenge aimed at identifying AI technologies capable of enhancing service delivery of agencies in response to COVID-19 pandemic and other related issues. According to a Challenge.gov posting, GSA Technology Transformation Service seeks white papers from traditional and nontraditional businesses about AI application in […]

Booz Allen Hamilton looks to boost its edge analytics capabilities through a strategic investment in Reveal Technology, a Silicon Valley-headquartered company that combines computer vision, artificial intelligence and edge computing technologies to support warfighter operations. The firm said Tuesday its Digital Battlespace technology will gain additional capabilities from Farsight software platform that is developed by […]