On Nov. 14th, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission warned the U.S. government of the potential dangers of being too reliant on Chinese technology in its annual report. A congressional advisory panel claims purchasing internet-linked devices manufactured in China is leaving the United States open to possible security breaches. œ...
Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) has received a potential five-year, $89.5M task order to continue to help the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services maintain the Medicare Part B claims processing system. The Chantilly, Va.-based company said Tuesday it will provide life cycle services for system maintenance, user and production support and other app...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 20, 2018 ” CAE (NYSE: CAE) has developed a simulation platform that works to train the pilots of military fighter and fast jets on formation, low-level flight, air-to-air refueling and target identification operations, ExecutiveBiz reported Oct. 23. The company said Oct. 23 the CAE Medallion MR e-Series Vis...
Tom Topping, senior director of strategic programs at FireEye (Nasdaq: FEYE), has said agencies should leverage cyber threat intelligence to manage risks and protect information technology systems from adversaries. Topping wrote that security teams can determine potential attackers as well as their tactics, techniques and procedures used to compromi...
The Federal Trade Commission has given Cloudera (NYSE: CLDR) and Hortonworks (Nasdaq: HDP) antitrust approval to proceed with their plan to merge through an all-stock transaction. FTC released a notice of early termination of the required waiting period for the deal under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, the c...
Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has released a report that outlines some of the technology priorities of Michael Griffin, undersecretary for research and engineering at the Defense Department. One of the priorities is the need to accelerate the deployment of a space-based sensor layer to defend against hypersonic threats as mandated in the...
Amazon™s decision to establish new headquarters in Northern Virginia and New York is expected to help create up to 37,850 jobs by 2034, the Washington Business Journal reports. Over the next two years alone, the tech giant plans to to hire 1,200 people in the Greater Washington area to work in Crystal City, Va. The...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 16, 2018 ” ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) will build updated sensors for the U.S. Navy‘s Hawkeye aircraft with the E-2/C-2 Airborne Tactical Data System Program Office under a $45M deal, ExecutiveBiz reported Oct. 16. The company said Oct. 15 the award via the Defense Department Information Anal...
Peraton will continue to provide telemetry, tracking and command services to NASA™s Space Communications Network Services program under a one-year, $243M contract extension. The company said Thursday it will help the Goddard Space Flight Center plan and engineer the mission integration process for near-Earth and space communicat...
The Pulse of GovCon‘s analysis of information technology contracting opportunities at the Defense Information Systems Agency predicted more than $27.5B in potential awards before fiscal year 2019 ends, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Pulse researchers came up with this estimate after they analyzed 30 of the 55 IT contracts DISA expects t...
