With the increasing use of artificial intelligence tools and technologies in federal missions, data security and cybersecurity have become top priorities for leaders. During the Potomac Officers Club’s 10th Annual Defense R&D Summit in January, thought leaders and defense experts weighed our paths forward in a panel discussion centered around unlocking potential for R&D results with AI. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.