The General Services Administration has awarded a $568.7 million contract to Viasat to support the continued migration of the command, control, communications, computers, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities from special forces to general purpose forces. According to an award notice posted on SAM.gov, the ...
Voyager Space has appointed Matt Magana, an aerospace and defense industry leader, as executive vice president of national security. Supporting National Security Programs The space technology company said Thursday Magana will use his team development and strategic leadership experience to help drive Voyager’s efforts to support the national se...
Parsons, a technology-focused firm and federal government contractor, reported record revenues, earnings and other milestones in the third quarter of 2024. In a statement released Wednesday, Carey Smith, chair, president and CEO of Parsons, said, “We delivered record third-quarter results for total revenue, organic revenue growth, net income, ...
Maxar Technologies’ intelligence business has appointed industry executives Matt Santangelo, Matt Jenkins and Peter Wilczynski to its leadership team to drive innovation and growth initiatives. Maxar Intelligence said Tuesday Wilczynski joined the company in early summer as chief product officer, while Santangelo and Jenkins have been named chief ...
Mary Ann Carlson, a federal industry veteran, has joined EXPANSIA as senior vice president of business development and capture. In this capacity, Carlson will oversee the government technology consulting firm’s business development efforts, pursue new client acquisitions and advance the delivery of innovative platforms to customers, EXPANSIA said ...
Private equity firm OceanSound Partners has acquired Antenna Research Associates, or ARA, for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to help the latter expand its client relationships and radio frequency capabilities to facilitate the delivery of new technologies to the aerospace and defense market. New York-based OceanSound said Tuesday ARA’s ...
The Department of Homeland Security is making moves to adapt to the changing homeland security landscape. Agencies across the department have updated their strategic plans to reflect the demands of this technology-driven era of competition. While agency-specific strategies may differ slightly, an emphasis on partnerships has emerged as a common thre...
Cloud technologies have become widely adopted across the federal government. The Department of Defense made a significant investment in cloud at the end of 2022 with its $9 billion multi-vendor JWCC contract. But now, two years later, what’s on the horizon for cloud in the public sector? According to Steve Derr, vice president of Oracle̵...
Graphika CEO Guyte McCord said government agencies that intend to understand online events, quickly identify threats and take action should recognize the key role of open source intelligence or OSINT tools and how such technologies could help them. “Leaders in national security are realizing they perhaps relied too heavily on classified intelligen...
In 2016 and 2020, foreign influence on the U.S. presidential election was a concern. Russian efforts were detected in 2016 in particular and Iranian activities were identified in 2020. Both of these nations, along with China, are being closely watched by the Department of Homeland Security, which asserts that bad actors are more active than...
