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Adita Karkera, formerly deputy chief data officer for the state of Arkansas, has joined Deloitte Consulting’s government analytics and cognitive practice as a data and artificial intelligence architect. She will advise CDOs in federal and state agencies on their AI and data strategies and serve as a fellow in Deloitte’s AI Institute for Government.
The U.S. Army plans to begin accepting industry proposals on facial recognition technology with potential military and civilian security applications on April 14, according to a Small Business Research Innovation opportunity notice posted on SAM.gov.
Maximus announced on Thursday its appointment of Teresa “Terry†Weipert as general manager of the company’s U.S. Federal Services Segment. Weipert will replace the retiring previous Wash100 Award recipient Thomas Romeo. Romeo will stay with the company until July to assist with the transition and then serve on Maximus’ advisory board.
Alion Science and Technology announced on Thursday that Glenn Goodman has been appointed the company’s senior vice president and general manager for its newly created LVC Solutions Group (LSG). “Demand is great to provide sophisticated integrated LVC solutions for all U.S. Armed Services and our Allies to ensure combat readiness and anticipate new threats for today’s and tomorrow’s missions,†said Goodman.Â
Executive Mosaic is honored to present Chris Brady, president of General Dynamics Mission Systems, as a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient for driving the business unit’s growth by leading valuable industry partnerships and securing profitable contracts, which has expanded GDMS’ influence in the federal marketplace. This marks Brady’s second consecutive Wash100 Award.
Phebe Novakovic, chairwoman and CEO of General Dynamics, has been named a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award for her leading company initiatives in meeting federal government requirements and helping defend national security interests. Executive Mosaic congratulates General Dynamics and Phebe Novakovic for her 2021 Wash100 Award. Visit Wash100.com to cast a vote for Phebe Novakovic.Â
BWX Technologies announced on Thursday that NASA has awarded its subsidiary, BWXT Advanced Technologies, a one-year $9.4 million contract to continue its Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) design, manufacturing development and test support work. The contract builds on BWXT’s work that started in 2017.
Deloitte has been designated a technology and consulting partner for Amazon Web Services' mainframe migration competency. Deloitte said Wednesday its business operations and consulting services, development operations, security and the innoWake automation platform help customers migrate mainframe workloads to the AWS cloud.
Arctic Slope Technical Services, a subsidiary of ASRC Federal, has agreed to help NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center augment and further mature a rocket that would fly astronauts to space for future exploration missions. ASTS will use an engineering toolkit to conduct an artificial intelligence-driven analysis of engine and vehicle data sets to determine the failures, oddities and trends surrounding the Space Launch System, ASRC Federal said Wednesday.
A Raytheon Technologies business has received a $15.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Lifecycle Management Center to provide a modified version of the company’s high-energy laser weapon system. Raytheon Intelligence and Space said Wednesday it secured the award through the System of Systems Consortium and will supply HELWS to AFLCMC, which will then evaluate the weapon's potential to help air bases target threats such as unmanned aerial vehicles.
ICF has landed a two-year, $11 million contract extension from the Maryland Department of Human Services to continue the provision of customer support services to various programs in a move to help the state's residents secure access to shelter, food and other basic needs.
A new survey from Gartner has found that fifty-five percent of chief information officers are looking to increase the number of its full-time information technology employees throughout the year. Gartner said Wednesday that CIOs are more likely to increase the number of FTEs working on emerging technology programs.
