TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 7, 2021 — Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) will help the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency update and maintain a web-based map data crowdsourcing platform under a five-year, $26.4 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 20. Tony Frazier, executive vice president of global field operations at Maxar and a five-time...
GovCon Wire Events hosted its IT Modernization and Transformation Forum on Wednesday featuring Ann Dunkin, chief information officer of the Department of Energy (DOE), as the keynote speaker to discuss her goals, strategies and priorities for the DOE. “We want to advance, as always, the use of technology. One of the things we do in...
Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its Building the Future Battle: The Keys to JADC2 on Tuesday to showcase the key executives’ efforts as they work to develop the first phase of Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) and address the speed and timing challenges of technology development for our military branches and systems. Following an...
GovCon Wire Events hosted its IT Modernization and Transformation Forum on Wednesday to bring together a handful of the most significant members of the federal landscape as well as those who want to learn more about the current set of challenges surrounding our cybersecurity systems, data modernization goals and IT transformation strategies. As the ...
Government Executive Media Group has acquired 1105 Media’s Public Sector 360 group for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its portfolio of decision-support tools and insights to defense, federal, state and local government markets. Troy Schneider, general manager of Public Sector 360, will join GovExec as GM of government technology b...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug 30, 2021 — Kevin Coggins, a vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), urged U.S. space companies to consider incorporating the zero trust security model into space-based networks as more organizations increasingly rely on the domain, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 17. Breaking Defense reported Aug. 16 that Coggins links...
Preston Dunlap, chief architect for the Air Force and Space Force, recently spoke with GovConWire for an exclusive Q&A session regarding the first phase of delivery for Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2), the speed and timing challenges of technology development, the future of network modernization and a lot more. Dunlap will also be f...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 27, 2021 — Prima Access, a cloud-based security platform developed by Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) for government agencies, has earned a moderate-level certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 13. “Now, we are seeing an evolution towards a permanent hybrid ...
Chris Weggeman, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general, has joined Deloitte’s government and public services practice as a managing director within the cyber and strategic risk portfolio. Weggeman’s “deep understanding of the cyber threat environment will help Deloitte maximize our cyber security services for clients in the public and pri...
Federal agencies are embracing modern technology such as cloud computing and artificial intelligence to transform information technology systems in the digital age. When Jerry Ma assumed the directorship of emerging technologies in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, he vowed to streamline the processes in deploying and procuring advanced technol...
