The CTO’s role in how CACI shifted to tech solutions
Glenn Kurowski, who is retiring as CACI International’s chief technology officer, reflects on how partnerships and talent development helped transform the company’s culture. Glenn Kurowski talks so enthusiastically about technology and trends in the federal market, that it’s hard to believe that our interview took place on his last day as chief technology officer at CACI […]
Industry launches $100B AI-infrastructure effort to keep ahead of China
Oracle, OpenAI focus on data centers as AI race begins to turn on computing power instead of math. Updated: Jan. 22, 2:20 p.m. ET. Oracle, OpenAI, and investors in Japan and the UAE have launched a $100 billion effort to build data centers to run AI applications, an indication of how the U.S.-China race for artificial […]
COMMENTARY:The 3 pillars of public sector AI transformation
How federal agencies and government contractors must align data, operations and culture to succeed in the ‘Insight Age.’ The public sector is entering what speaker and author Joel Neeb calls “The Insight Age,” a period where both private companies and public sector agencies are incorporating artificial intelligence to create a better user and stakeholder experience, streamline […]
Demo concerns emerge in fight for $1B Army business system contract
New filings from the protester Groundswell allege both an improper evaluation process and technical misrepresentation on the Army’s part. Newly-unsealed filings offer new insights into the dispute involving the Army, Groundswell and Accenture’s U.S. federal subsidiary over what could be an eight-year, $1 billion contract to revamp several of the service branch’s business systems. Groundswell, under the name […]
Treasury chooses 10 for $20B cyber support pact
Appropriately dubbed PROTECTS, this blanket purchase agreement aims to set up an enterprise approach for cybersecurity across the Treasury Department. The Treasury Department has made awards on a potential eight-year, $20 billion blanket purchase agreement for broad cybersecurity services in support of efforts to standardize solutions and operating models across the organization. Known as PROTECTS, the […]
Redwire pushes further across defense with $925M Edge Autonomy acquisition
In explaining the move to Wall Street, Redwire’s chief executive Pete Cannito cites connectivity between space assets and drones closer to Earth’s surface as a growth opportunity for the company. Redwire was born in 2020 as a space company and that should remain its DNA following its agreement to acquire the unmanned aerial system maker Edge […]
COMMENTARY: Army budget emphasizes security and virtual training
The $6.2 billion plan prioritizes cryptographic modernization, intelligence capabilities, and training, writes immixGroup’s Grier Eagan. In a previous article on Department of Defense’s fiscal 2025 IT budgeting, we looked at the department as a whole, and followed it up with budgeted Navy IT spending. Today, we’ll take a deeper dive into the IT funds being allocated […]
Trump signs order setting up DOGE with a focus on government tech
Trump is wielding — and renaming — the US Digital Service in service of the DOGE. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to set up his Department of Government Efficiency, charged with “modernizing Federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity.” Billionaire Elon Musk is leading the effort, which Trump set up […]
Trump axes Biden’s AI executive order
President Donald Trump vowed to repeal the order during campaigning and in his presidential platform. President Donald Trump rolled back former President Joe Biden’s executive order focused on artificial intelligence just hours after being inaugurated. It’s just one of nearly 80 Biden-era executive actions Trump wiped away with his own, new executive order on Monday. Trump’s […]
QinetiQ’s US arm appoints Vecchiolla as CEO
Tom Vecchiolla now will lead the subsidiary’s work to execute the strategy of its parent company that centers around the AUKUS security partnership. QinetiQ’s U.S. subsidiary has appointed Tom Vecchiolla as chief executive, less than one year after the 15-year defense industry veteran joined its board of directors. The move took effect on Friday and was […]