Clyde “Tom” Nixon, a more than 25-year public sector market veteran, has joined MetroStar Systems as chief growth officer at the Reston, Virginia-based information technology and consulting services contractor. He will oversee MetroStar’s growth strategies and help align its business operations with consumer preferences and market ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxTgt4y5Z2g Arriving in 2018! With a successful maiden flight, USAF™s first KC-46 moves closer to delivery. KC-46A tanker will be certified to refuel 64 US and allied receivers. During the 3. 5 hour flight , Boeing test pilots took the tanker to a maximum altitude of 39,000 feet and performed operational checks o...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIKmfOWcpzk In this simulated exercise, operators deploy two Bluefin SandSharks micro-AUVs from a larger, deep-water rated Bluefin-21 Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV). The mission includes intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and neutralization of a potential threat. In August 2016, a General Dynamics Bluefin-21 ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 12, 2017 ” SAP National Security Services (NYSE: SAP) has secured provisional authorization for its cloud-based human capital management offerings to federal agencies under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Mark Testoni, SAP NS2 president and CEO, noted in a pr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 12, 2017 ” Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) has received recognition from the Construction Management Association of America for its work in leading a California-based construction project for a federal government customer, GovCon Executive reported Monday. The company said Friday the Project of the Year aw...
Keith Rigdon, former director of operations at Comprehensive Health Services, has been promoted to program director at the Cape Canaveral, Florida-based workforce medical services company. Comprehensive Health Services said Monday Rigdon will oversee the company’s work with the Department of Health and Human Services and will co...
Tony Cole, vice president and global government chief technology officer at FireEye (Nasdaq: FEYE), has said federal agencies should establish an intelligence-led cybersecurity strategy that transitions the focus from regulatory compliance toward risk mitigation. The adoption of an intelligence-driven strategy calls for agencies to know their a...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isjHDjVv0mQ The Weekly Wire Rundown is a weekly video blog from the Office of the Chief of Naval Personnel, highlighting the top stories affecting Sailors and their families. The video compliments the print edition of the @USNPeople Weekly Wire, which you can subscribe to by e-mailing usnpeople.fct@navy.mil. It can al...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 11, 2017 ” Bob Fortna, president of the federal business at Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT), has said the company’s security product portfolio for the federal government is built on the Fortinet Security Fabric approach for network infrastructure to support mission requirements amid information technolo...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 11, 2017 ” DLT Solutions will seek to supply enterprise software products and services to the Defense Department under a potential $40 million multi-award blanket purchase agreement, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. “The DoD today is facing sophisticated cyber threats, a growing network of devices and use...
