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Maria Demaree, VP & GM at Lockheed Martin Space, Clinches 2024 Wash100 Award for Fostering Space Innovation in Support of National Security Missions

Executive Mosaic is honored to present Maria Demaree, vice president and general manager of national security space at Lockheed Martin's space business, as an inductee into the 2024 edition of the Wash100 Award for driving space-focused innovation and advancing the development of integrated platforms in support of national security missions.

Vote for Demaree as your favorite GovCon leader as part of the 2024 Wash100 popular vote competition! Voting closes on April 30, so visit Wash100.com to cast your ten votes today.

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by Jane Edwards February 15, 2024, 11:08 am
in Announcements, News

Air Force to Use Northrop LITENING Large Aperture Targeting Pod on Aircraft Fleet

The U.S. Air Force intends to integrate the Large Aperture variant of Northrop Grumman's LITENING targeting pod onto its inventory of aircraft. Northrop said Tuesday that LITENING is an electro-optical/infrared targeting pod that works to detect, acquire, identify and track targets at extended ranges and that the LA variant offers new video and IR sensors and software that enable faster video processing and imaging at greater distances.

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by Aidan Daly February 15, 2024, 10:50 am
in Contract Awards, News

Serco Inc. Books $525M Recompete Contract to Provide Technical Assistance for FEMA’s Public Assistance Program; Tom Watson Quoted

Serco Inc. has secured a potential five-year, $525 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to sustain its support for the public assistance efforts of the Federal Emergency Management Agency during presidentially declared disasters and emergencies. The company will maintain its responsibility for recruiting and deploying staff, providing advisory and assistance services, conducting technical assessments and cost analysis as well as managing projects.

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by Kacey Roberts February 15, 2024, 10:05 am
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ECS AI VP Martin Klein Discusses Transformative Impact of Algorithmic Warfare

Integrating advanced algorithms such as artificial intelligence-based data analytics into military operations will speed up battlespace strategizing and decision-making, said Martin Klein, vice president of analytics and AI at ECS. He discussed in a recent article the transformative role of algorithmic warfare in consolidating warfighting systems, expediting threat response and streamlining resources and supply chains.

Klein will be one of the speakers at the Potomac Officers Club's fifth annual Artificial Intelligence Summit on March 21. Register now.

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by Jamie Bennet February 15, 2024, 10:02 am
in Artificial Intelligence, News

Recorded Future Releases Generative AI Tool for Enterprise Threat Intelligence Analysis

Recorded Future has announced the general availability of its generative artificial intelligence tool designed to provide automated, real-time analysis of enterprise threat intelligence. The Recorded Future AI tool is a generative AI-based assistant designed to help intelligence and defense analysts in monitoring the threat landscape to gain situational awareness and take appropriate actions against emerging threats, the company said Wednesday.

Join the Potomac Officers Club’s 5th Annual Artificial Intelligence Summit on March 21. Register here.

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by Naomi Cooper February 15, 2024, 9:34 am
in Executive Moves, News

Lincoln Hudson Named FTI Chief Operations Officer in Series of Executive Appointments

Frontier Technology Inc. has appointed technical and industry leader Lincoln Hudson as chief operations officer in a series of leadership appointments aimed at strengthening its technology and service offerings across the Navy, space and cybersecurity areas in support of customers within the Department of Defense and intelligence community. Hudson, who joined FTI in 2023, brings to the role over 25 years of experience providing support for DOD, the company said Wednesday.

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by Jane Edwards February 15, 2024, 9:09 am
in Contract Awards, Cybersecurity, News

DCCA Secures Defense Information Systems Agency Contract for Command & Control Capabilities Support

The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded veteran-owned IT and engineering services company Data Computer Corporation of America a contract with a maximum value of $37 million. DCCA said Wednesday that under the five-year deal, it will provide a variety of support services like systems and software engineering and cybersecurity to benefit DISA's command and control portfolio capabilities.

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by Jerry Petersen February 15, 2024, 9:00 am
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Michael Baker International Selects Rachael Richter to Lead Federal Planning Practice

Michael Baker International has appointed Rachael Richter as practice executive for federal planning. In this newly-created position, Richter will lead a team in providing federal government customers with planning and designing services, Michael Baker said Wednesday.

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by Jerry Petersen February 15, 2024, 8:57 am
in Contract Awards, News

Thales Subsidiary Receives DIU Prototyping Contract for Advanced Standard Batteries

A Thales subsidiary has received a contract from the Defense Innovation Unit to prototype a family of advanced standard batteries designed to simplify logistical and network operations. Under the contract, Thales Defense & Security Inc. will utilize processes already employed to support the AN/PRC-148 radio family of batteries to manufacture hundreds of prototypes of the Small Tactical Universal Batteries by 2025, the company said Wednesday.

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by Kacey Roberts February 15, 2024, 8:55 am
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Veritas Capital, KKR to Invest in Health Care Data Analytics Company Cotiviti; Ramzi Musallam Quoted

Investment firms Veritas Capital and KKR have agreed to invest in Cotiviti, a provider of data analytics services to health care organizations, to support the latter's commercial expansion and product development efforts. Veritas Capital and KKR will own equal ownership stakes in Cotiviti and allocate capital through their venture capital funds to help accelerate the company's fund growth and technology innovation investments, Cotiviti said Wednesday.

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by Naomi Cooper February 15, 2024, 8:33 am
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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson Earns 1st Wash100 Win for Spearheading Key Agency Missions & Fostering Partnerships

Executive Mosaic is excited to announce that NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has received a 2024 Wash100 Award for his commitment to empowering cooperative scientific exploration and technological progress through various agency missions. The esteemed Wash100 Award has honored the most influential leaders in the government contracting industry for 11 years.

The Wash100 popular vote contest is in full swing! Click here to cast your vote for Nelson as your favorite 2024 winner.

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by Ireland Degges February 14, 2024, 11:24 am
in Cybersecurity, News

OpenText Joins CISA Initiative to Help Enhance Cyber Defenses

OpenText has joined a Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency-led collaborative effort that seeks to improve the cybersecurity posture of the U.S. government and its international partners. As a member, the information management firm said Tuesday it will offer a range of services to bolster the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative in safeguarding sensitive data from cyber threats.

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by Kacey Roberts February 14, 2024, 11:04 am