Jim Haughwout has joined Savi Technology as the new chief architect, where he will direct the company’s software technology strategies and work to build up its machine learning and artificial intelligence portfolio. Haughwout most recently served as senior vice president of engineering and operations at CustomMade Ventures, the company announced Thursday. He is also a former vice […] More

Industry veterans Christopher Greeney, Vajira Ranaviraja, David Hernandez and Alex Stevens have joined professional services company Riva to serve in the company’s leadership team as part of their respective vice president and director roles.

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Accenture Federal Services (AFS) has been awarded a potential five-year, $89.5 million contract to establish a cloud-based common infrastructure for the U.S. Air Force's enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, the company announced Wednesday. AFS will manage the USAF's existing information technology (IT) infrastructure and support the service branch’s development of a cloud-based platform to host its ERP functions.

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Tovey Bachman and Pat Kumashiro of LMI wrote in an opinion piece published Wednesday on Defense News that implementing hedging models could help the Department of Defense address sustainment issues with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program.

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Esri will cosponsor an upcoming U.S. Navy event that would gather developers to boost the service branch’s digital capacities for protection of sea, air, space and subsurface domains. The Naval Sea Systems Command will host the HACKtheMACHINE event from Sept. 21 to 23 in Seattle, Wash., the company said Wednesday. Attending developers would receive access to […] More

Deloitte and Dcode have partnered to support startups in marketing their information security and space-related offerings to the public sector. Deloitte said Monday it will help Dcode form and train a group of six to 10 space-focused firms on how to handle business processes with the government for eight weeks, all in an effort to […] More

Science Applications International Corp. said it will sponsor the Washington Nationals Patriotic Series for the second straight year. The Major League Baseball team holds the four-game event at Nationals Park each year to pay homage to members of the U.S. armed forces. “Integrity and respect have been a part of SAIC’s culture since day one,” SAIC […] More

Tony Moraco, CEO of Science Applications International Corp., will discuss his work in managing the company’s transition following the SAIC-Leidos split in 2013 during the Washington Business Journal’s first Power Breakfast, the publication reported Tuesday. Jill Aitoro writes that Moraco will be the first featured guest of the roundtable event amid the rise of acquisition and divestiture activities […] More

Science Applications International Corp. CEO Tony Moraco and CFO John Hartley will speak at the 36th Annual Aerospace/Defense and Transportation Conference organized by Cowen and Company to be held on Feb. 5. SAIC said Thursday Moraco, an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 for 2015, will join Hartley in discussing the company’s business and answering questions from attending institutional investors. The conference provides an […] More

IBM, Florida Polytechnic University and Flagship Solutions are set to build a new supercomputing center equipped with cloud-based storage and to be used for STEM education, IBM said Wednesday. The newest addition to the State University System of Florida will house an IBM supercomputer designed to provide students with hands-on training opportunities using high performance computing systems. […] More

Science Applications International Corp CEO Tony Moraco and Chief Ethics Officer Laura Kennedy have been appointed to lead the Defense Industry Initiative on Business Ethics and Conduct’s steering committee and working group, respectively. The company said Monday Moraco and Kennedy will succeed Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson and Vice President of Ethics and Sustainability Leo Mackay Jr. in their respective positions on […] More

This is the first part of interview with Joe Kernan, vice president of business development at SAP National Security Services (SAP NS2), on his company’s non-profit organization NS2 Serves, and its mission to train veterans in information technology and help them gain employment after service. To watch a video on the program that will air […] More