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  • Mitre Elects Former DoD Official Paul Kaminski to Board of Trustees - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre Elects Former DoD Official Paul Kaminski to Board of Trustees

    Paul Kaminski, a former Defense Department undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, has joined Mitre‘s board of trustees. The nonprofit said Thursday he currently serves as president and CEO of Technovation, a consulting company that helps clients develop business and investment strategies related to aerospace and defense technology. Jason Providakes, Mitre president and CEO, said Kaminski will contribute […] More

  • Defense Science Board Report: Unmanned Systems Could Boost US Undersea Advantage - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Defense Science Board Report: Unmanned Systems Could Boost US Undersea Advantage

    A Defense Science Board task force has published a report that describes ways to increase the capacity of U.S. undersea assets and manned platforms using unmanned systems. The report titled “Next-Generation Unmanned Undersea Systems” explores how unmanned systems could disrupt adversary strategies and perform operations that are on hold due to lack of assets, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory […] More

  • Mitre VP William LaPlante to Co-Chair a Defense Science Board Task Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre VP William LaPlante to Co-Chair a Defense Science Board Task Force

    William LaPlante, vice president of Mitre‘s intelligence portfolio, has been appointed to co-chair the Defense Science Board’s task force on the design and acquisition of software for defense systems. He will lead the task force in efforts to examine the evolution of the Defense Department‘s software acquisition process over the past decade and offer recommendations to help DoD improve the […] More

  • Mark Maybury Named Mitre VP, Chief Security Officer, National Cybersecurity FFRDC Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mark Maybury Named Mitre VP, Chief Security Officer, National Cybersecurity FFRDC Director

    Mark Maybury, a vice president and chief technology officer at Mitre, has been named VP and chief security officer at the non-profit organization. Maybury will also serve as director of the National Cybersecurity Federally Funded Research and Development Center that Mitre runs for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Mitre said Friday. He will oversee partnerships, outreach programs […] More