CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has secured a potential $82 million contract to help the U.S. Army secure electronic countermeasures and explosive ordnance disposal systems. Under the four-year contract, the company will develop cybersecurity platforms for the Army’s EOD ECM systems and provide vulnerability inspection support services to the ...
The Senate unanimously approved the nomination of Chris Inglis, a 28-year National Security Agency veteran, as the first national cyber director, The Hill reported Thursday. He will be responsible for coordinating policies to increase the security of federal information systems and will serve as a point of contact between the White House and Congres...
GovCon Wire Events hosted its Army: IT Management and Transformation Forum on Thursday featuring an opening keynote address from Raj Iyer, chief information officer with the U.S. Army and 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, discussing innovative initiatives and concepts that will strengthen the Army’s warfighting ability. If you missed the Army: IT ...
Potomac Officers Club (POC), the leading membership organization dedicated to connecting and empowering executives within the government contracting (GovCon) community, hosted its 2021 CMMC Forum on Wednesday, June 16th. If you missed the 2021 CMMC Forum, you can still access the OnDemand footage by visiting Potomac Officers Club’s Event Page. Th...
Michael Baker, staff VP and chief information security officer at General Dynamics Information Technology, served as the moderator for an expert panel discussion during the Potomac Officers Club’ 2021 CMMC Forum on Wednesday. The following panelists discussed cybersecurity maturity in an era of mounting vulnerabilities featuring Karlton Johnson of...
The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) and L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) other transaction authority agreements to build, integrate and demonstrate communications intelligence and electronic intelligence sensor prototypes for the High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System under the initial phase of the Multi-Domain Sens...
Randy Soper, lead data strategist at Illuminate Mission Solutions, acted as the moderator for an expert panel discussion during GovCon Wire Events’ Data Innovation Forum on June 15th, 2021. The following panelists discussed the federal government’s data innovation goals and priorities featuring Chris Borneman of Software AG Government Soluti...
Forcepoint has agreed to buy U.K.-based Deep Secure for an undisclosed sum to expand its portfolio of cybersecurity offerings for governments, critical infrastructure and enterprises worldwide. Forcepoint said Tuesday it expects the transaction to be completed in August, pending regulatory review and other customary closing conditions. “The ad...
Kim Koster, vice president of GovCon Strategy at Unanet, co-author of the company’’s 2021 GovCon Success Guide and GovCon Expert, published her latest article on Tuesday as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program. After exploring the challenges facing supply chain and GovCon executives as the compliance requirements, such as CMMC...
During Potomac Officers Club’s Trusted Workforce Forum, elite private and public sector executives will discuss the future of Trusted Workforce 2.0, major initiatives and policies to accommodate future technology-driven Trusted Workforce capabilities and how private industry can assist with reducing the security clearance backlog. William Lietza...
