ExecutiveBiz News on Video 10/18/2022

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., was recognized by the Boy Scouts of America’s National Capital Area Council as its recipient of the Technology Good Scout Award in 2003, when he was still serving as the governor of Virginia. The lawmaker is part of the Senate Finance, Banking, Budget and Rules Committees and serves as chairman of […]

Michael Shrader, vice president of Intelligence and Innovative Solutions at Carahsoft, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz about where the greatest opportunity lies in the government space during our latest Executive Spotlight interview. Shrader manages relationships with more than 250 tech vendors selling to all segments of the government market, in addition to overseeing work with thousands of Carahsoft partners. In […]

Former Central Intelligence Agency executive Susan Gordon has been added to the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Board along with several other new inductees. Gordon, a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, will join leaders such as former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Michael Mullen and LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman on the board, to help encourage a technology pipeline […]

Phil Fuster, vice president of federal sales at Proofpoint, said he believes the Department of Defense should create and maintain a risk profile on their workforce, suppliers and contractors in order to be nimble and secure from cyberattacks. He told DefenseScoop in an interview that having a continuous risk profile specific to the DOD’s staff, […]

Ohio-based defense electronics supplier Pole/Zero has received a six-year, $53.4 million contract to provide products for the communications suite of P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol planes operated by the U.S. Navy, Australia and other unnamed international customers. The firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers the procurement of 346 communication trays and antenna interface units, the Department of Defense said Monday. […]

Ensco’s rail business will help Stadler‘s U.S. subsidiary test diesel multiple-unit trainsets at the Transportation Technology Center in Colorado under an agreement signed between the two companies. The DMU testing program will mark the first industry effort to take place since Ensco took over responsibility for the operations of the DOT-owned railroad equipment testing and […]

Ronald “Fog” Hahn leads corporate growth strategy and a governmentwide acquisition center of excellence in his role as chief growth officer at Client Solution Architects. He also oversees CSA’s business development, branding and marketing, technology development, competitive intelligence and government relations functions. The retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel said in a recent Executive Spotlight interview […]

Omni Federal has received a $44 million phase three award to provide data security support and training to the U.S. Air Force Business Enterprise Systems Product Innovation Directorate. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research program covers the addition of data as a service as an operational capability on Cloud One, the […]

The General Services Administration has expanded a contract with power management company Eaton for electric vehicle chargers to include additional EV supply equipment and services. Eaton said Monday it will deliver Green Motion EV chargers and energy storage platforms to the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, and provide a framework to […]

Semiconductor chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries has secured $30 million in federal funding to produce gallium nitride on silicon chips designed for use in electric vehicles, power grids, solar energy, wireless technology and 5G broadband devices. GlobalFoundries said Monday the funding will be used to purchase tools and further implement 200 mm GaN wafer manufacturing at its […]