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The Senate on Tuesday confirmed 425 military nominees after a nearly 10-month hold over Department of Defense nominations in the upper chamber. Defense Secretary and Wash100 awardee Lloyd Austin welcomed the move and called on the Senate to approve the remaining nominees.
The cybersecurity landscape across the globe is changing as new technologies and threats emerge. Executive Mosaic sat down with Accenture Federal Services CEO?John Goodman and Cyber Practice Co-Lead Managing Director?Rick Driggers to discuss the changes they’re seeing in cyber and learn more about how the company’s partnership with Google is helping to solve urgent cyber challenges.?
TechFlow has booked a more than $2.1 billion award from the?Transportation Security Administration to maintain and conduct performance-based logistics for explosives detection systems. Contract work will support over 300?airports and federal facilities within the U.S. and its territories.
Thales has closed its acquisition of Imperva, a San Mateo, California-headquartered cybersecurity software and services provider, in a move that made North America the second largest country of operations for the French multinational company. Patrice Caine, chairman and CEO of Thales, said, “[The acquisition] marks a new step in the expansion of our global cybersecurity capabilities for enterprises and governments around the world.â€
Frank Kendall, Air Force secretary and four-time Wash100 awardee, said the Department of the Air Force is committed to building and deploying artificial intelligence to help address security challenges posed by adversaries and is working to find out how to hold people accountable when it comes to AI applications.
Register here to attend the Potomac Officers Club’s?5th Annual Artificial Intelligence Summit on March 21 and hear federal leaders and industry experts discuss the latest developments in the field.
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Twelve companies will compete for task orders on a potential five-year $975 million contract to provide training support services to the U.S. Army. Army Contracting Command received 18 bids for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and will determine work locations and budget upon the issuance of each order, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.
The Oasis Systems-ERC combination has officially adopted the name Astrion with a focus on helping defense, space and civilian government agencies address cybersecurity, mission support, systems engineering and digital challenges. Dave Zolet, a three-decade government technology industry veteran and a four-time Wash100 awardee, will oversee Astrion as CEO.
Kenneth Bedingfield has been selected to serve as senior vice president and chief financial officer of?L3Harris Technologies, effective Dec. 11. In his new role, Bedingfield will guide the company’s?financial strategy while overseeing its global finance team.
RTX (NYSE: RTX) will continue manufacturing and supplying terrain-following/terrain-avoidance radars and spare components under a five-year, $321.27 million contract from Special Operations Command. Work on Silent Knight Radar systems will be conducted in McKinney, Texas; and Forest, Mississippi, through Dec. 31, 2028.
Andrew Hallman, vice president of national security strategy and integration at Peraton and a previous Wash100 awardee, recently spoke about the importance of intelligence channels in light of the Israel-Hamas conflict. "Intelligence channels have proven to be an effective means of negotiation because they tend to offer enduring, lasting trusted channels that tend to be more resilient to shifting political wins,†he said.