Leidos Books Potential $1B FAA Flight Service Modernization Contract; Jim Moos Quoted Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has landed a potential 15-year, $1 billion contract to update the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) digital flight briefing service with aeronautical and weather data as well as flight planning support features.  The Future Flight Services …

David Egts, chief technologist of Red Hat's (NYSE: RHT) North American public sector business, has said that open-source procedures can help organizations meet digital transformation goals while promoting mobility and addressing a skills gap.

The Department of Defense has teamed up with Red Hat to help enhance flight scheduling for the aircrews of the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps.

David Egts, chief technologist for North America public sector at Red Hat, said he believes more companies will pursue Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification in calendar year 2020 as the process gets easier, Federal News Network reported Monday.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 19, 2019 — Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) executive David Egts believes that federal agencies should keep in mind that upgrading to more modern technology requires a cultural change in how processes are carried out, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 28.

David Egts, chief technologist for North America public sector at Red Hat, wrote in an FCW commentary piece published Thursday that there are four best practices federal information technology administrators should consider adopting to support their agencies’ IT modernization efforts and one is focusing on people and processes.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) has closed its acquisition of Red Hat for $190 in cash per share or approximately $34B.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) has secured unconditional approval from the European Commission for its proposed acquisition of Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) for $34B cash, nearly two months after the U.S. Department of Justice cleared the transaction. The commission said Thursday the merger, which both companies first announced in October 2018, would not put market competition at risk.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 24, 2019 — David Egts, chief technologist of Red Hat‘s (NYSE: RHT) North American public sector business, said predictive analytics tools and digital assistants are some of the resources already utilizing artificial intelligence that government agencies can look into as they move to adopt the technology, …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 16, 2019 — Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) collaborated with Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to utilize open source architecture, DevSecOps practices and an Agile methodology for the development and deployment of updates for the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 Raptor fleet, ExecutiveBiz reported May 7. The open source …