The Air Force Research Lab and the U.S. Space Force have initiated the development of new cybersecurity architecture for satellites, FedScoop reported Monday. The Space Force will work with Xage Security to create a zero trust-style security system that is “rooted in tamperproof blockchain technology” to protect space systems....
Gerry Fasano, president of Leidos’ defense group, was presented his 2020 Wash100 Award for the first time in his long career in the government contracting (GovCon) sector. Fasano received his first Wash100 Award from Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, on Thursday. Visit the Wash100 site to learn about the other 99 winners of the...
August Jackson, senior director of Market and Competitive Intelligence at Deltek, will be featured as a keynote speaker during ArchIntel’s AI in Competitive Intelligence Virtual Event. After his address, Jackson will moderate the expert panel, hosting Suki Fuller from The Council of Competitive Intelligence Fellows, Fred Hoffman with Mercyhurst Un...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 18, 2020 — Cubic (NYSE: CUB) secured certification for its M3X-APP server to run version 7.0 of VMware's (NYSE: VMW) vSphere ESXi hypervisor following completion of a compatibility test on the two products, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 1....
The Department of Defense reaffirmed its decision to award the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud computing contract to Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) in early September but a joint status report issued by the Court of Federal Claims Tuesday reveals several scenarios that could extend the JEDI contract protest into 2021, the Washington Bus...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a $51.2M contract from the U.S. Space Force to build, test and integrate a missile warning technology into the government's planned common ground command-and-control infrastructure for multiple satellite missions. The company said Wednesday it will develop mission software to support the transition of Geo...
Oracle has expanded its Government Cloud to support demand, with the addition of National Security Regions for Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) customers, the company reported on Wednesday. Oracle expanded its platform to address IC and DoD needs at Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Impact Level 6, Secret and Top ...
A study from LexisNexis Risk Solutions has found that the overall rate of cybersecurity incidents due to human factors declined 33 percent during the first half of the year while bot-driven attacks rose around the world as digital transactions increased over the six-month period....
American Systems has promoted Sheri Murphy, former director of information technology governance, risk and compliance, to vice president of quality assurance and continuous improvement. The 24-year company veteran will advise the leadership team on matters related to program and risk management, quality assurance and corporate business standards....
The U.S. Navy has announced the service branch’s recent efforts to support the Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2). The Naval forces operate in multiple domains and are focused on the Indo-Pacific region. JADC2 recently had a second test event where companies competed in a trial to test the technical capabilities of the new “internet o...
