An Institute for Security and Technology task force has released a report outlining a comprehensive framework of 48 recommendations that government and private sector leaders can implement to counter the threats posed by ransomware, GovCon Wire has learned. The framework developed by IST’s Ransomware Task Force is structured around four interlocki...
Paul Dillahay, president and CEO of NCI Information Systems, was presented his 2021 Wash100 Award on Tuesday during a recent visit to NCI by Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the Wash100 Award. “Paul Dillahay is a heads up CEO that has transformed NCI into a robust enterprise-wide IT solutions provider, while...
Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security business earned $7.2 billion in revenue for the first quarter of its 2021 fiscal year, a 19 percent increase from the same period a year ago. The segment accounted for almost half of the total $15.2 billion company revenue for the quarter and reported a 5.6 percent increase...
Visit Wash100.com to cast your TEN votes before the 2021 Wash100 Vote Standings comes to an end on Friday. In THREE days, the most competitive voting season in the history of the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon) will end with a buzzer-beater. The Wash100 Award celebrates the accomplishments of the elite...
President Joe Biden has nominated national security veterans Frank Kendall and Gina Ortiz Jones to serve as secretary and undersecretary of the U.S. Air Force, respectively. Kendall, a three-time Wash100 Award winner, previously worked at the Pentagon as undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics and principal deputy underse...
Private equity firm Greenbriar Equity Group has purchased aircraft components supplier PCX Aerosystems for an undisclosed sum as the latter completed its acquisition of the Senior Aerospace Connecticut business from global manufacturing and engineering company Senior plc. PCX said Monday it produces flight systems for rotorcraft and fixed-wing platf...
GovCon Expert Chuck Brooks, a highly esteemed leader to the cybersecurity and government contracting (GovCon) sectors as well as an influential member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program, has released his latest article with the program. Previously, Brooks discussed the details in understanding cybersecurity in our sector, its massive capa...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has agreed to buy software company Koverse for an undisclosed sum as part of a push to expand its analytics and artificial intelligence capabilities. Nazzic Keene, CEO of SAIC and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, said Koverse’s data management platform and track record among its government and comm...
The 2021 Wash100 Vote Standings will be coming to an end this Friday, April 30th. With only six days left in the most competitive voting season in the history of the Wash100 Award, your votes are necessary to determine who will secure first place in the standings and who will represent the most prestigious award...
The State Department has approved Australia’s request to buy General Atomics-built MQ-9B remotely piloted aircraft, related equipment and services under a $1.651 billion foreign military sales agreement. The transaction includes the purchase of up to 12 units of MQ-9B, Multispectral Targeting systems-D EO/IR sensors, Lynx AN/APY-8 synthetic apertu...
