Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. and former Defense Intelligence Agency Director Bob Ashley has joined artificial intelligence firm Primer Technologies as an adviser. Ashley brings to his new role over three decades of military service, which saw him exercise command responsibilities through six combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and take on leadership roles at various organizations, including the U.S. Army Joint Special Operations Command and U.S. Central Command, Primer said Tuesday.

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Stephen Townsend, a retired U.S. Army four-star general who served as combatant commander of Africa Command, was added to the federal advisory board of Primer Technologies. He brings over three years of AFRICOM leadership experience and several years of Army service to the federal advisory board, which was establishd to provide Primer with expertise and operation insights as the company works to deliver artificial intelligence tools to analysts and operators.

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Stephen Townsend, a retired U.S. Army general and former commander of U.S. Africa Command, has been appointed to the board of directors at Phoenix Defense. The four-decade Army veteran brings extensive military leadership experience to the board, having served in and led combat units at platoon, corps and joint task force levels, Phoenix Defense said Monday.

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A group of 12 defense technology companies and venture capital firms provided the Department of Defense with four recommendations to reform acquisition, make revisions to specific planning, programming, budgeting and execution structures and address challenges to innovation. In a Friday letter to Defense Secretary and 2023 Wash100 awardee Lloyd Austin, the companies said they endorse […] More

Sean Moriarty is participating as a panel moderator in the Potomac Officers Club’s 5th Annual AI Summit on March 21, 2024. Read on to know more about this executive and GovCon event. Who Is Sean Moriarty?     Sean Moriarty is the Chief Executive Officer of Primer.ai. He has held the position since April 2023. […] More

Former Central Intelligence Agency executive Susan Gordon has been added to the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Board along with several other new inductees. Gordon, a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, will join leaders such as former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Michael Mullen and LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman on the board, to help encourage a technology pipeline […] More

WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff has released a guide that aims to give government officials perspective on the state of driverless vehicles and the infrastructure and policy changes that could be made in response to them. The company said Monday the guide, titled “Driving Towards Driverless: A Guide for Government Agencies” was authored by Lauren Isaac, WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff manager of sustainable transportation. […] More

MapR Technologies and Teradata will host a one-day conference May 12 in Tysons Corner, Va. to discuss the Hadoop platform and its surrounding technologies. The “Big Data Everywhere” conference will bring users and developers together to share their experience via technical sessions and user success stories. Industry leaders will also exchange Hadoop knowledge, share best practices and also discuss use cases and […] More