Nine companies have won potential seven-year contracts to provide technical, management and professional services in support of the U.S. Navy’s cyber space operations. The Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific received 18 offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts, which cover support for interoperability of systems a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 8, 2019 ” David Egts, chief technologist of Red Hat‘s (NYSE: RHT) North American public sector business, said open source and hybrid cloud platforms will be key to federal agencies’ adoption of high-performance computing, ExecutiveBiz reported April 25. Egts wrote in a GCN guest piece published April 24 that t...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 7, 2019 ” The Raytheon-sponsored (NYSE: RTN) National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition awarded a team from the University of Virginia last month as the 2019 champion of the cybersecurity contest, ExecutiveBiz reported April 26. The company said April 26 the university repeats as the winner of the Alamo Cup, besting ni...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 7, 2019 ” Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology business, told her audience at the GDIT Emerge event last month that the company leverages its people and technology to continue to advance in the market, ExecutiveBiz reported April 25. MeriTalk reported April 24 that Gillilan...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 6, 2019 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) established a new production line for the F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft last month in South Carolina as it seeks to use the refurbished hangar as manufacturing base for the F-16 Block 70 later in the year, ExecutiveBiz reported April 24. Michele Evans, executive vice...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 6, 2019 ” Scott Goldstein, chief strategy and technology officer of Ensco, was inducted into the U.S. Army Infantry School Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame during a ceremony held April 29 at Fort Benning, ExecutiveGov reported April 24. The company said April 24 Goldstein, who served with both the Army...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 3, 2019 ” Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and compliance at Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS), has called for a shared certification process that agency chief information officers can use to approve platforms under the Trusted Internet Connections 3.0 policy, ExecutiveBiz reported April 23. Kovac wrote in a commenta...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 3, 2019 ” Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) secured a new $27M contract that serves to extend the company’s work with the U.S. Army to test biological and chemical substances and train relevant personnel at a military installation in Utah, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the bridge cont...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 2, 2019 ” Mike Leff, vice president for defense within AT&T‘s (NYSE: T) public sector business, said the company is working with the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps to understand the needs of each base for the delivery of public safety communications capabilities under the FirstNet program, ExecutiveBiz reported Apri...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 2, 2019 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) will continue maintenance and support work for the ground infrastructure of the Department of Defense’s Enhanced Mobile Satellite Service gateway under a $54M contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency, ExecutiveBiz reported April 23. The company said April 2...
