The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Telesat’s U.S. subsidiary a potential $175.6M contract to develop and demonstrate its spacecraft buses in low-Earth orbit as part of the agency’s Blackjack program....
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) named former BAE Systems executive Michelle Sutphin as chief security officer to supervise compliance with SAIC’s security policies and programs supporting customers. “Michelle brings a wealth of experience in the security field, and her in-depth knowledge and strong relationships in the comm...
Potomac Officers Club’s (POC) 2020 Navy Forum continued with an expert panel full of significant names of consequence to the development of the collaboration and innovation for the Navy. If you missed the event, you can still register to watch the Navy Forum in its entirety by visiting Potomac Officers Club’s Event Archive....
TerraPower and X-energy will each receive an initial $80M award to build and demonstrate advanced nuclear reactors under cost-shared partnership agreements with the Department of Energy....
Medical diagnostic technology maker Cue Health has been awarded a $481M other transaction agreement by the Department of Defense to increase manufacturing capacity for testing kits meant to detect COVID-19 infections....
James “Hondo” Geurts, assistant secretary for Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN (RD&A)) with the U.S. Navy, delivered his keynote address during Potomac Officers Club’s 2020 Navy Forum on September 30th. If you missed this pivotal event, you can still register to watch the footage in Potomac Officers Club’s Event Archive....
GovConWire Events will host the Winning Business and FY21 Opportunities Virtual Forum featuring keynote speaker Brian Barnes, Associate Administrator of the Office of Small Business Utilization with the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), on October 20th. To register for the Winning Business and FY21 Opportunities Forum, as well as view futu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 14, 2020 — Drew Schnabel, vice president of Zscaler's federal business, outlined the potential advantages of combining the secure access service edge model with a zero-trust architecture for the Department of Defense's transition to a data-driven security approach, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 30....
AT&T (NYSE: T) has received a task order to provide its FirstNet public safety broadband service to 72 U.S. Army bases nationwide and in Puerto Rico. “It’s an honor to help the U.S. Army enhance its vital communications with FirstNet capabilities," said Jill Singer, vice president of defense and national security for AT&T's pub...
Information technology consulting company Unissant has won six-year task orders worth $229.5M combined to help modernize the Customs and Border Protection’s software and technologies for analysis and targeting operations....
