ExecutiveBiz spoke with Dominic Delmolino, chief technology officer for Accenture Federal Services, about the impact that artificial intelligence is having in the federal market, how agencies are working to implement AI, and the creative ways it could be used in the future. More

The Energy Department has started administering a competition that gathers developers to accelerate the distribution of power across the American electricity grid. In the first phase of the Grid Optimization Competition, participants are tasked to develop and assess their own algorithms on mock power system models in an effort to address security constrained optimal power […] More

ExecutiveBiz spoke with Jennifer Chronis, general manager, Defense Department, about Amazon Web Services’ cloud offerings for defense and intelligence community customers, the pace of federal information technology modernization and what she sees in store for the future of cloud computing and adoption. “[The cloud] means solving problems faster, adapting to changing environments, dealing with sudden […] More

A partnership between the research arm of the U.S. Air Force and a private company in the semiconductor business has resulted in the development of a pliable microchip. The Air Force Research Laboratory and American Semiconductor have collaborated to create a flexible silicon-on-polymer chip featuring an onboard memory designed to be 7,000 times larger compared […] More

Written by: R.J. Kolton R.J. Kolton is Senior Vice President for Business Development for Data Systems Analysts, Inc., (DSA), a mid-tier employee-owned company. He oversees planning and implementation of the corporate growth strategy and business development operations. He is also Vice President for Mid-Tier Advocacy (MTA, Inc.), a 501(3)c organization that promotes the interests of […] More

The Aerospace Industries Association has named at least 20 executives from the government contracting sector to its board of governors for 2018. Thomas Kennedy, chairman and CEO of Raytheon, will succeed Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg as chairman of AIA, the trade group said Monday. William Brown, chairman, president and CEO of Harris, will serve as […] More

NASA has unveiled commercial licensing opportunities for two agency-built technologies geared for small spacecraft and satellites. The technologies were part of the recently launched Dellingr six-unit CubeSat created at the Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA said Tuesday. Enidia Santiago-Arce, senior technology manager for the Goddard Strategic Partnerships Office, said the unit constantly seeks partners and licensees for NASA […] More

“[PwC] is a firm whose mission and purpose is to provide high-quality consulting that helps the government solve complex problems that impact our society today and into the future.” EM: Could you tell us about what you do with strategic sales and pipeline development at PriceWaterhouseCoopers? Chris Stansbury: At PwC Public Sector, LLC (PS), our […] More

“Our ‘design-build-finance-and-operate’ model brings all of AECOM’s capabilities to bear across the full project life-cycle and sets us apart from our competitors.” EM: Tell me about your background and how you ended up in the federal contracting industry. Ron Costella: The first 20 years of my career I was an active duty Army officer, where […] More

The defense sector trade group Aerospace Industries Association has elected new members its executive board of governors for 2017 that includes at least 20 government contracting industry leaders. AIA said Thursday Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg was chosen to serve as the association’s chairman of the board and Raytheon chief executive Thomas Kennedy was elected vice chairman. David Melcher was reappointed […] More

The mission of Chantilly, Virginia-based contractor Vencore‘s internal technology development and engineering subsidiary remains the same year out from its initial rebrand and relaunch: transformative applied research for organizations in the government, utility and commercial arenas. More than 200 scientists, engineers and analysts now staff the Basking Ridge, New Jersey-headquartered Vencore Labs business and focus its applied research in […] More

Ball Aerospace and Technologies plans to open a new office in Columbia, Maryland  this summer as part of expansion initiatives after the company completed its acquisition of specialized engineering cyber services provider Wavefront Technologies. The company said Tuesday it seeks candidates from various fields such as systems engineering, software development, cybersecurity, intelligence analysis and computer science to join the Maryland office. Ball Aerospace […] More