ExecutiveBiz News on Video 6/30/2022

Frank Sturek, president of SkyePoint Decisions, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the company’s recent growth initiatives and how recent partnerships in the federal marketplace as well as everything SkyePoint is doing to perform with strong business ethics and give back to the greater community during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. “SkyePoint is a growing IT Services business, and […]

Several industry experts shared their insights on a 47-page document that provides a roadmap on how the Department of Defense will advance the responsible use of artificial intelligence, FedScoop reported Wednesday. The Responsible Artificial Intelligence Strategy and Implementation Pathway outlines proposed actions to promote responsible AI use across the department based on six foundational tenets: […]

Maxar Technologies has released its inaugural Environmental, Social and Governance Report to highlight the efforts done by the company in the recent year to ensure good governance, support its people and community as well as promote environmental sustainability. Dan Jablonsky, president and CEO of Maxar, said in a statement published Thursday the 2021 ESG Report […]

A joint venture between Amentum and InDyne has received an $80.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide services in support of aircraft engineering and developmental flight test events and fleet training activities of the Atlantic Ranges and Targets Department. Reliance Test and Technology will conduct research and development, test and evaluation, engineering […]

Teledyne FLIR’s unmanned ground systems division has received a $62.1 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army to provide robotic systems that assist in locating and discarding unexploded ordnance and improvised explosive devices. The Department of Defense said Wednesday work on the Army’s Man Transportable Robotic System Increment II program will approximately run through Oct. 2, 2023. The […]

A Govini report has found that the Department of Defense continues to face difficulty when it comes to engaging innovation and venture communities and that limited U.S. investments are paving the way for China to gain a competitive edge in artificial intelligence, machine learning, quantum computing and other emerging technology areas. “This year we believed […]

Carahsoft Technology has partnered with Chicago-based data analytics start-up Ocient to offer the latter’s hyperscale data warehouse to U.S. public sector customers. Ocient said Wednesday its hyperscale data analytics platform is designed to support government customers in key mission areas such as geospatial calculation and analysis, cybersecurity and anomaly detection, weather forecasting, climate change study […]

BAE Systems and the U.S. Army have jointly demonstrated the former’s autonomous open system combat vehicle during a tactical scenario at the annual Experimental Demonstration Gateway Exercise. The company said Wednesday its Robotic Technology Demonstrator showcased its ability to fire APKWS laser-guided rockets at multiple ground targets at distances up to six kilometers. The robotic […]

Software company QuSecure has received a contract award for its post-quantum cybersecurity as part of the third phase of the Small Business Innovation Research program. QuSecure said Wednesday the award is for the procurement of QuProtect, a PQC offering designed to leverage quantum secure channels to ensure quantum resiliency and security of encrypted communications and […]

A pair of identical supercomputers being operated by General Dynamics‘ information technology unit started to process weather forecast models from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The General Dynamics IT business said Wednesday it maintains the Dogwood and Cactus machines at two separate facilities in Virginia and Arizona, respectively, as part of the agency’s Weather […]