The U.S. Navy tasked DCS to develop air traffic control and landing systems for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division's Webster Outlying Field organization as part of a five-year, $29 million contract. The company said Wednesday it started working with WOLF personnel under the Technical, Engineering Products and Software Services contract in December and the team will develop, integrate, test, manage and maintain air traffic control systems over the duration of the award.

Executive Mosaic is honored to announce that Jennifer Felix, president and chief executive officer of ASRC Federal has been recognized in the 2021 Wash100 Award for her strong leadership that guided the company through a notable rebranding effort, which increased the company’s growth. Felix’s leadership also contributed to the win of multiple valuable contracts with a variety of federal agencies. 

Steve Escaravage, a senior vice president and head of the analytics practice and artificial intelligence services business at Booz Allen Hamilton, said the U.S. has experienced leadership in other technology areas but could lose its edge in AI if it fails to take action in response to the call made in the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence’s final report, Nextgov reported Tuesday. Escaravage also highlighted the need for an “intense focus on an ethical approach” when it comes to AI.

Matthew Stern, vice president of Cybersecurity and a highly acclaimed CISO for Intelligent Waves, has written a thought leadership piece regarding the reasons and mistakes that lead to failures in cybersecurity practices by CISOs. Stern was recently named CISO of the Year by The Cyber Security Excellence Awards Competition for 2021. 

Executive Mosaic is pleased to recognize Gen. Paul Nakasone, commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and chief of the Central Security Service, as an inductee into the 2021 edition of the Wash100 for helping the U.S. military branches increase their agility across the cyber domain.

Teresa Carlson, vice president of the worldwide public sector business at Amazon Web Services and a 2020 Wash100 winner, said the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed government agency clients to adopt cloud platforms to address the increasing demands during the health crisis, the Washington Business Journal reported Friday.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 4, 2020 — A joint venture between Amentum and Envirocon will offer deactivation, decommissioning and removal services to the Department of Energy through a contract vehicle worth potentially $3B over 10 years, GovCon Wire reported July 22.

Dewberry will map approximately 13,600 square miles of land across 12 counties in Utah under a mapping service contract from the U.S. Geological Survey. The company said Thursday it will collect and analyze data using a light detection and ranging system for the project area encompassing the counties of Cache, Carbon, Dagget, Duchesne, Emery, Grand, Morgan, Iron, Weber, Summit, Washington and Uintah.

Shane McNamee, chief medical information officer of Perspecta, has been appointed to a similar role at the BPM+ Health  organization, Perspecta announced Thursday.

Veritas Technologies has named Carahsoft Technology its top distribution business partner for 2020 in recognition of the latter's sales and marketing support for enterprise data management products.

The General Services Administration is seeking information on the availability of software-as-a-service platforms that could help the agency's security operations division establish a bug bounty program. GSA looks to partner with a SaaS vendor and obtain access to a network of security researchers who can uncover technical issues across the agency's web-based information technology applications, according to a sources sought notice posted Tuesday.

Merivis, a nonprofit organization that trains military veterans in Salesforce cloud technology administration, has received a $100K grant from Accenture and its federal arm to offer training services in San Antonio, Texas.