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General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has secured a potential $200 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from U.S. Special Operations Command to integrate and test modified medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicles. GA-ASI will install Special Operations Forces peculiar modifications into the MQ-9 and ...
Ed Jopeck, former senior adviser at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, was named director of business consulting at CGI‘s (NYSE: GIB) federal business arm, according to his recent LinkedIn announcement. Jopeck joined CGI Federal in October 2021 as a director and consulting expert. Before that, he was with CISA for over a yea...
Christopher Calio, president and chief operating officer of RTX (NYSE: RTX), has been elected to the Arlington, Virginia-based aerospace and defense company’s board of directors and will assume the role of CEO in May. He will succeed Gregory Hayes, who will continue to serve as RTX’s executive chairman, the company said Thursday. “Toda...
In May 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order calling on federal agencies to improve their cybersecurity posture. Zero trust, an approach to cybersecurity that relies on continuous authentication, is a core part of the order, and since it was released, public sector organizations have made strides in moving toward full zero trust imple...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will provide technology and prototype development support services for the National Security Agency under a potential $700 million contract. The company said Wednesday it will support the analyst community by providing subject matter expertise to help NSA build and maintain technology, techniques and tools under the single-award,...
The Senate on Wednesday voted 87-13 to pass a defense policy bill that would authorize a total of $883.7 billion in fiscal year 2024 funding for national defense. The FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act would authorize $841.4 billion for the Department of Defense, $32.4 billion for the Department of Energy’s national security programs a...
At peak overload, the Department of Homeland Security reportedly administered 190 million hours’ worth of forms and data collection from the general public. In 2022, it was able to cut that back by 21 million hours for the year, but they’re looking to make bigger reductions through the efforts of a newly established customer experience offi...
Data is a foundational element of medical research and patient care, offering those working in the healthcare sector with insights into broad trends in the field and specific needs of individual patients. One way providers make these connections is by analyzing consented data, or information that has been approved for collection by an individu...
The Department of Defense’s Strategic Capabilities Office established the Project Pele endeavor in 2019 with the goal of producing a transportable micronuclear reactor. This energy source would be secure, environmentally sound and able to generate one to five MegaWatts of electricity for at least three years of full-power operation. Ideally, ...
The U.S. Army has renewed BAE Systems‘ contract as the operator of the government-owned Holston Army Ammunition Plant in Tennessee. The company said Tuesday it will continue to modernize the facility into an advanced chemical processing site under a potential 10-year, $8.8 billion contract. The Holston Army plant, which manufactures high...
