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Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
Hear about the latest product and service offerings from the government contracting industry’s leading providers. The Government Technology News section highlights developments in aerospace, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, defense, C4ISR, cloud, hypersonics, and space.
Executive Mosaic is thrilled to introduce Mike Kahn, CEO of CAES, as a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient for implementing new initiatives to renew the company’s focus on providing mission critical electronics that support the aerospace and defense sectors. This represents the second-time that Kahn has been selected for a Wash100 Award.
Satellogic has been named to several space-focused organizations in support of the company's effort to promote geospatial intelligence standards and applications in government and national security efforts. The company said Thursday it will work with the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation and the Intelligence and National Security Alliance to bolster the use of GEOINT in defense and intelligence areas.
Axon will market Skydio-made autonomous drones to the U.S. public safety and law enforcement communities under a new partnership. Axon said Thursday it will also integrate its drone video, digital evidence management and real-time operation platforms, named Axon Air, Axon Evidence and Axon Respond, respectively.
Northrop Grumman is working on a new 20mm cannon, called the Sky Viper, for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft, Military .com reported Thursday. Quinn Canole, director of the guns operating unit at Northrop, said the company is building the cannon, which completed the service’s initial design reviews, under a rapid prototyping agreement with the Army Development Command Armament Center.
Jacobs has partnered with IronNet Cybersecurity to collaboratively design and develop a new offering meant to help commercial and government parties detect and address stealthy cyber threats. The joint cybersecurity offering will utilize artificial intelligence and machine learning to gain awareness of both known and unknown cyber risks and bolster network security against attacks, Jacobs said Thursday.
The Aerospace Industries Association, Commercial Spaceflight Federation and Satellite Industry Association have asked the Department of Commerce to continue to fund the Office of Space Commerce. “Retaining staff in the Office of Space Commerce to continue to carry out its work until a new Director is named is critical to the success of our industry on a variety of fronts,†the three industry groups wrote in a March 9 letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.
Jennifer Chronis, federal vice president of Verizon, has received her first Wash100 Award for driving technology offerings, expanding revenue and partnering with industry leaders to drive digital transformation across the government contracting (GovCon) sector. Executive Mosaic congratulates Verizon Federal and Jennifer Chronis on receiving her first Wash100 Award in 2021.Â
BAE Systems Inc. announced on Thursday that Shelly O’Neill Stoneman, the company’s current vice president for Executive Branch and International Government Relations, will become senior vice president for Government Relations, effective on April 17th, 2021. Stoneman will succeed Frank Ruggiero and will report directly to BAE Systems’ President and CEO Tom Arseneault.Â
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.Â
Executive Mosaic presents Haywood “Woody†Talcove, CEO of Government for LexisNexis Risk Solutions and LexisNexis Special Services, as a recipient of the Wash100 Award for the second consecutive year. Executive Mosaic congratulates Haywood Talcove for his 2021 Wash100 Award. Visit Wash100.com to cast a vote for Woody Talcove as the most significant executive of consequence to the GovCon sector.
Parsons will further invest in research and development projects that seek to address the environmental issue of polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, which pose health risks to some sources of drinking water. The company said Wednesday its investments in PFAS research include machine learning and data-driven techniques to identify and mitigate PFAS risks.
David Berteau, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, told Federal News Network in an interview posted Wednesday about the potential benefits of extending section 3610 through the end of September in the latest stimulus bill to federal contractors amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Section 3610 “basically authorizes programs across the government, civilian agencies, the intelligence community and the Defense Department to reimburse contractors for costs they incur, keeping skilled personnel and key workers on the payroll when they can either access the facility due to some restrictions, Covid-19, etc, or do the work remotely,†said Berteau, a two-time Wash100 awardee.
