Finance veteran Larry Bradshaw has joined middle-market information technology and advisory services provider Tria Federal as chief financial officer. Bradshaw recently served as senior vice president of finance for BlueHalo, leading the firm’s financial planning and analysis, program control and pricing functions. He also held several financial leadership positions at various organizations, including vice president […]
Dan Smoot, Maxar Intelligence’s new CEO, has disclosed that the company will explore market opportunities beyond its traditional geospatial imagery and focus on new data products, such as 3D mapping. Smoot, a 4×24 member, told SpaceNews that the company will undertake the diversification initiatives once its WorldView Legion satellite constellation has been deployed. He added […]
Xcelerate Solutions has appointed David Kapusta as executive vice president of its integration unit, where he will lead strategic integration efforts between Xcelerate and IT solutions provider VMD, ensuring the two companies’ seamless operational alignment. According to Mark Drever, Xcelerate Solutions’ CEO and a 4×24 member, Kapusta’s expertise in managing successful mergers and acquisitions will […]
Gary Barlet, the federal chief technology officer for Illumio, said the 17th Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act scorecard presents opportunities to improve cloud security in various government agencies. FITARA 17.0 showed that agencies’ ratings have dropped, mainly due to the addition of a new cloud security category covering the implementation of best practices for migrating […]
Siemens Government Technologies has announced the appointment of Elizabeth Larson as its chief financial officer. In her new role, Larson will oversee all financial activities, including accounting, controlling and auditing. She will be responsible for supporting teams delivering technology and services to U.S. and international government clients, with a focus on energy efficiency, digital engineering […]
Intelsat and the U.S. government are holding talks to fund a new medium Earth orbit satellite network. The proposed constellation, comprising 17 satellites, aims to strengthen Intelsat’s multi-orbit broadband network, Intelsat said. David Wajsgras, Intelsat’s CEO, a 4×24 member and past Wash100 awardee, revealed the satellite operator is finalizing partnerships with manufacturers for the MEO […]
An innovative approach, such as using data fabrics, can help sift valuable data to enable the federal government to obtain information rapidly while maintaining accuracy, according to Pragyansmita Nayak, chief data scientist at Hitachi Vantara Federal. In an opinion piece, Nayak listed three advantages offered by data fabrics to federal agencies: enabling decision intelligence, operational […]
Noblis Ventures, the corporate venture arm of science, technology and strategy services provider Noblis, has invested in cloud software company Sedaro, which offers a platform for developing digital twins. Mile Corrigan, Noblis CEO and a 4×24 member, said Sedaro’s digital simulation tools use unified modeling, data fusion and automation pipelines to enable faster creation of […]
Washington Harbour Partners, a private investment firm, has invested over $60 million in Raft, a software engineering company specializing in national security solutions, to enhance the latter’s tactical edge command and control offerings, Raft said. The suite of defense solutions to be developed includes an artificial intelligence-powered battle management system, bi-directional data platforms, software platforms […]
The Department of the Air Force is working on a plan to elevate Air Forces Cyber to a major command, with the likelihood that the unit will be directly under the U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff or the department secretary, former cyber officials of the service branch told DefenseScoop. AFCYBER was established in 2019 […]
