Researchers recently discovered a series of cyber vulnerabilities dubbed Ripple20 in a common networking stack that poses risks to mission-critical devices and Erik Floden, director of federal civilian agencies at Forescout Technologies, said security teams at agencies should take steps to address the risk....
During Potomac Officers Club’s 7th Annual Defense Research and Development (R&D) Summit, notable federal and industry leaders will meet to discuss the latest priorities across the R&D landscape. Featuring Dr. Victoria Coleman, director of the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), as keynote speaker, the summit will also address...
Pfizer has entered into an agreement with the departments of Health and Human Services and Defense to provide 100M more doses of the messenger RNA-based COVID-19 vaccine that the company developed with pharmaceutical firm BioNTech....
Merck (NYSE: MRK) has reached a $356M deal with the departments of Defense and Health and Human Services to further develop and seek regulatory approval MK-7110, the biopharmaceutical firm's investigational drug for hospitalized COVID-19 patients....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 28, 2020 — Carahsoft has agreed to be the master government aggregator of Opus Interactive's suite of end-to-end cloud computing services under multiple public sector contract vehicles, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 15....
SRI International has received a sole-source contract with a $90.1M value ceiling to support a Defense Logistics Agency program aimed at developing military-grade technology that enables a continuing source of integrated circuits....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 28, 2020 — American Systems will help the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering address mission requirements through its position on a $496M Washington Headquarters Services contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 14....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 28, 2020 — Anthony Robbins, vice president of NVIDIA's federal business and three-time Wash100 awardee, said the federal government has rallied industry to explore opportunities and challenges associated with artificial intelligence adoption as part of initiatives to transform agency systems, ExecutiveBiz reported ...
A Battelle-led team that includes five universities and two small businesses will help the Department of Energy run the Savannah River National Laboratory under a potential 10-year, $3.8 billion contract. The Battelle Savannah River Alliance's subcontractors are Clemson University, South Carolina State University, Georgia Institute of Technolog...
A spending package that includes $900B in COVID-19 relief funds is now headed to the White House for President Donald Trump’s signature after the Senate passed the bill in a 92-6 vote late Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The Senate’s decision came hours after the House voted 359-53 to approve the relief measure and a $1.4T spen...
