Booz Allen puts more emphasis on products in its new fiscal year
In talking with Wall Street, CEO Horacio Rozanski describes how this leg of the firm’s strategy aims to align with the administration’s desire for more fixed-price and outcome-based contracts. Booz Allen Hamilton has directly tied growth in headcount to financial success on its top and bottom lines, but that relationship appears likely to be less direct […]
Airbus’ US defense arm promotes Veneziano to CEO
The 15-year company veteran was part of the leadership team responsible for standing up the Airbus U.S. Space and Defense entity. Airbus’ subsidiary for the U.S. government market has promoted a new chief executive from within its own ranks in Alex Veneziano, a 15-year company veteran and formerly chief administrative officer. Veneziano’s promotion takes effect immediately […]
The edge is where military AI meets reality
Deploying AI at the tactical edge isn’t a software problem. It’s a full-stack engineering challenge that commercial architectures weren’t built to solve, writes Cale Stephens, vice president at Crystal Group. Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming military operations and the conversation is shifting. The defense community is no longer asking whether AI can deliver operational value. The […]
Deloitte awarded $249M Army contract as lone bidder
The firm will support the service branch’s 15-year, $18 billion effort to modernize depots, arsenals and ammunition plants. Deloitte was the sole bidder on a $249 million to provide enterprise IT and other solutions support as part of the Army’s base modernization program. The 15-year, $18 billion endeavor kicked off in 2021 and is known as […]
Army walks away from business system consolidation contract
The 10-year, $1 billion program will not proceed. But the winner Accenture Federal Services is not going anywhere thanks to incumbent contracts. The Army has started to move away from a multiple-year plan to consolidate its various business systems by not renewing its contract with Accenture’s U.S. federal subsidiary for the Enterprise Business Systems – Convergence program. […]