ExecutiveBiz featured James Koch, president of federal programs and services at Michael Baker International, in its recent Executive Spotlight interview published Thursday. He discussed the company’s strategic growth goals and its reorganization aimed at driving focus on the federal market and delivering value to its customers. Koch also share...
Over the course of the last two and a half years, the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, known as CMMC, has undergone multiple changes, organizational shifts, revisions and updates. Now, DOD officials are expecting to include CMMC requirements in federal contracts as soon as May 2023 — but there is s...
As the threat of ransomware and cyber attacks continues to rise, organizations are rethinking their cybersecurity strategies, budgets and processes in order to strengthen their cyber posture and improve their ability to mitigate hacks. However, some organizations are not evolving quickly enough. A recent study by ThoughtLab, and co-sponsored by...
ExecutiveBiz featured Denise Oberndorf, vice president of growth, defense and intel with Capgemini Government Solutions, in its recent Executive Spotlight interview published Wednesday. She talked about the company’s recent growth initiatives, the key factors that contributed to its recent quarterly results and the efforts to drive values for empl...
U.S. space agencies are prioritizing “integration by design” with mission partners, industry, academia and allied forces to tackle threats and deter adversaries in the largest and most highly contested domain today. Gen. James Dickinson, commander of the U.S. Space Command said the “partnered element” of the command’s approach to mission o...
The Vertex Company has secured a potential five-year, $130 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command maintain aircraft and weapons that support strategic deterrence operations. The company said Wednesday it will support the UH-1N and the MH-139 aircraft fleets assigned to the branch’s 582nd Helicopter Group at F.E...
The U.S. Marine Corps released a new update of its Force Design 2030 earlier this month that shifts the service’s main focus more toward sensing and reconnaissance, but not necessarily away from lethality. “The security environment is characterized by proliferation of sophisticated sensors and precision weapons coupled with growing st...
Demetrias Rodgers, former Commonwealth of Virginia technology executive, has joined Planet Technologies as chief technology officer for state and local government and education and commercial operations. He will provide strategic leadership as the company delivers technology platforms and services to defense industrial base, SLED and commercial clie...
The Department of Energy has awarded $53 million to multiple small businesses to develop clean energy materials and systems in support of the Biden administration’s net-zero emission goals. DOE said Wednesday it will issue the funds through the department’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer program...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has secured a potential five-year, $622.5 million contract to help manage the security and privacy of information technology processes across the NASA enterprise. The company will work with NASA’s Office of Chief Information Officer under the Cybersecurity and Privacy Enterprise Solutions and Services contract, also...
