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SilverEdge Government Solutions Appoints Tom Burkholder as VP & Sector Manager
Tom Burkholder has transitioned from his role as vice president of capture and proposal management to VP and sector manager at SilverEdge Government Solutions. His experience in the defense contracting industry includes nearly a decade at Parsons and more than five years at Lockheed Martin.
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DHA Taps Vistant to Support Medical Directorate Logistics & Acquisition Support Program
Vistant was selected for a two-year project to provide the Defense Health Agency's National Capital Region with services for its Medical Directorate Logistics and Acquisition Support Program.
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Whitney Palacios Assumes CISO Role at BigBear.ai
Whitney Palacios, former director at BigBear.ai, was promoted to the role of chief information security officer at the Columbia, Maryland-based developer of artificial intelligence-powered decision intelligence offerings. The move was announced by James Dalton, vice president of information technology at BigBear.
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PickNik to Further Develop Robotics Platform With Pre-Seed Investment
PickNik Robotics has secured funding in an investment round led by Cypress Growth Capital and Stellar Ventures and will use the capital to further develop its robotics platform designed to enable engineers and developers to create and field robot arm applications.
DRT Strategies Backs FDA’s Move to AWS Cloud to Advance Application Modernization
DRT Strategies has helped the Food and Drug Administration move its 27 mission-critical applications from an on-premises data center to the Amazon Web Services cloud environment to enable FDA to facilitate food substance review process, accelerate the identification of foodborne pathogens and quickly field new applications.
CGI Combines Metaverse & USMC System to Improve Situational Awareness; Horace Blackman, Wes Anderson Quoted
CGI Federal has concluded a real-time pilot set in a planetary-scale Metaverse space with the U.S. Marine Corps. To conduct the pilot, CGI and partner organizations Microsoft and Battle Road Digital incorporated the Marine Corps Platform Integration Center logistics and asset management systems with digital twins, the company announced from Fairfax, Virginia on Friday.
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Salman Rashid Takes on CFO Role at Woolpert
Salman Rashid, a 25-year financial and consulting industry veteran, has been selected to succeed Josh Heid as chief financial officer at construction engineering company Woolpert. Rashid will oversee the company's financial, legal and administration functions and help drive acquisitions and organic growth in his new position.
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Former Acting FAA Administrator Billy Nolen Elected to AAR Board
Billy Nolen, former acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, has been elected to the board of directors at commercial aviation services provider AAR Corp. The U.S. Army veteran brings over three decades of experience in aviation safety management, operations, certification and regulatory affairs.
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Fornetix CTO Charles White Emphasizes Importance of ICAM in Military Zero Trust Security
Identity, credential and access management provides "a consistent view of identity" in mission partner environments, making communications more efficient, enhancing command and control and increasing lethality, according to Charles White, chief technology officer of Fornetix. White made the remarks in a column published Wednesday where he commented on an article by General Dynamics Information Technology Business Development Director Eric Tapp about ICAM and its role in establishing a zero trust collaboration environment.
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Zolon Tech-PCS Joint Venture Receives HHS Contract for IT Services
The Administration for Children and Families within the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a joint venture between Zolon Tech Inc. and Pioneer Corporate Services a $30 million contract for support services. Zolon PCS II will provide comprehensive information technology service management in support of the ACF Office of the Chief Information Officer.
Parsons’ Ricardo Lorenzo Discusses Operationalizing AI Systems for Department of Defense Missions
Ricardo Lorenzo, chief technology officer at Parsons, said the company helps military customers build, operationalize and employ artificial intelligence systems for multi-domain missions. According to Lorenzo, Parsons builds operational AI capabilities designed to function within real-world hardware and communications-constrained environments, interact with legacy software systems and operate on disparate and unreliable sensor feeds.
