David Ray, senior vice president of operations and lead for the space business unit at Science Applications International Corp., said he sees a prime opportunity for the company to offer systems integration services to the Department of Defense’s planned military sensing and data transport system in low Earth orbit, Breaking Defense reported Monday. He told […] More

David Jevans, CEO of CipherTrace, was named to the list of 2022 Wash100 Award recipients, the most coveted award in all of government contracting (GovCon), for his visionary leadership as Cipher Trace CEO as well as driving innovative blockchain capabilities and being one of the first to adopt cryptocurrency in the late-90s. Executive Mosaic is […] More

Robb LeMasters, former managing director at Blue Harbor Group, has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer of BWX Technologies, effective Nov. 15. As part of BWXT’s executive succession planning process, LeMasters will succeed 30-year company veteran David Black, who has served as SVP and CFO since 2015, Lynchburg, Virginia-based government contractor said Friday. LeMasters currently […] More

Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business is building explainable machine learning and artificial intelligence systems that could support the missions of users in national security, space, cybersecurity, weather prediction and other high-stakes environments. The company said Tuesday its AI platforms could help weather forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predict the path of […] More

Craig Heartwell, chief technology officer at Presidio Federal, said Department of Defense leaders looking to scale and use data in real time for decision making must make sure disparate data aligns with DOD tasks and missions. He wrote in a blog post Nextgov published Friday that, in connection, the defense data strategy and the department’s […] More

David Portner, senior program manager for undersea weapons at Northrop Grumman, said he expects the U.S. Navy to issue a request for prototype proposals for a new torpedo in late August or early September, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. The Navy was expected to release the solicitation for the Compact Rapid Attack Weapon program in January, […] More

LookingGlass Cyber Solutions has appointed Mike Jackson, who formerly served with the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, to become the threat intelligence company’s chief of staff.  Jackson most recently served as NSCAI’s director of research and analysis, and brings to his new role two decades of experience in leadership, U.S. government policy and strategic […] 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

The U.S. Air Force’s Office of the Vice Chief of Staff has partnered with data capture company BeProductable to develop a platform meant to align airmen, processes and resources needed to enhance innovation pipelines. Under the partnership, BeProductable will prototype the system with AF CyberWorx and develop a pilot product using funds from the Small […] More

Raytheon Technologies‘ research center and two of the company’s business units are exploring approaches to better manage heat loads for aircraft engines as the U.S. military works to define next-generation fighter requirements. Collins Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney partnered in an effort to develop power and thermal management systems that may have potential applications to […] More

David Whitmer, a Department of Health and Human Services veteran, has joined Document Storage Systems as chief strategy officer for the company’s federal business line. Whitmer has two decades of experience directing facilities and operations for the Veterans Health Administration and the National Institutes of Health, including ten years as a member of the Senior […] More

Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space business is advancing an approach that uses 5G connectivity to enable warfighters to gain access to data derived from sensors and other systems and accelerate the decision-making process. “Being able to operate secure applications on 5G gives everyone up and down the command chain the ability to see the same […] More