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Charles Lyons-Burt is senior content specialist at Executive Mosaic, a media and events company serving the U.S. federal contracting community. A passionate lover of language, the arts, aesthetics and fitness, he also writes film and music criticism for outlets such as Slant Magazine and Spectrum Culture.
Even in his early career in the telecommunications industry as an electrical engineer, Tom Afferton understood the importance of information assurance and network security. His telecommunications experiences gave him some exposure to the nascent years of cybersecurity. He was then involved in building more resilient communications networks after the September 11, 2001 attacks, which motivated […] More
For over a decade, the Wash100 Award has cemented itself as the highest honor in government contracting. On an annual basis, it has recognized the most significant contributors to the market’s success, from both the public and private sector sides of the GovCon dynamic. The lists have included ambitious CEOs, decorated generals, innovative technologists and secret […] More
A lot has happened to Damian DiPippa since we last spoke to him in February. You see, DiPippa started his career as an aerospace engineer working missile and satellite solutions for the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative, which is now the Missile Defense Agency. Flash forward to June and he was offered something that was impossible to pass […] More
Artificial intelligence has been a presence in the government contracting world for decades now — at the recent Raymond James Defense and Government Conference, Parsons CEO and Wash100 awardee Carey Smith said it’s been an established part of the company’s toolbox for many years. Generative AI such as large language models, which are programmed via many-tiered language sets […] More
Behind every important development in military and defense is an innovative technology selected by a cunning engineer. This has been true for a while, but is especially relevant in the age of electronic and drone warfare, where soldiers are becoming rapidly reliant on technology to assist their efforts or take their place on the battlefield […] More
For over 20 years, Jason Adolf has assisted government agencies in identifying and implementing technologies that modernize their operations for today and the future. As the vice president of global public sector at Appian, he collaborates with defense and civilian agencies, as well as state and local governments and educational institutions to enhance and automate […] More
Chris Coligado made a bold decision this year and it’s paying off swimmingly. After spending the vast majority of his career — almost a quarter century — with Booz Allen Hamilton, he made the jump to a small business. Coligado began at information technology company Smoothstack in June. The organization specializes in app development, cloud, […] More
The rapid growth of artificial intelligence raises important questions across the defense sector, but one area of defense stands to gain from AI immediately: research and development. That’s according to Simon Porter, vice president of research futures with technology company Digital Science, who says “responsible AI” tools that help make R&D quicker and easier are already available. […] More
The Treasury Department and the IRS released final digital asset tax reporting regulations on June 28. The regulations establish rules for what data needs to be collected by digital asset brokers and reported to the IRS for tax purposes, while also clarifying rules for taxpayers regarding how capital gain or loss on the sale of digital […] More
Joint All-Domain Command and Control was already an ambitious undertaking. It’s been one of the most attention-getting Department of Defense initiatives of the 2020s, the Pentagon’s push to get all of its service branches interconnected across different access points (land, sea, air, space, etc.). But as of last year, DOD officials began introducing a new […] More
The career of Jim Edwards demonstrates unwavering support for the American defense ecosystem and national security. Two-and-a-half decades in the U.S. Army informs his current career in the government contracting world, which has included a pair of separate, sizable runs at SOSi as well as time spent at Peraton (formerly Perspecta) and Amentum (then DynCorp). […] More
The Alaska Native Chenega Corporation is dedicated to preserving national security through its wide array of business with the U.S. military, the Intelligence Community and various civilian agencies. Sonia Mundra, who currently serves as president of Astraeus Operations — a Chenega subsidiary primarily focused on IT, cybersecurity and engineering — is deeply rooted in the business. She […] More
