Paul Battaglia, vice president of government sales at BlackBerry (NYSE: BB), has said agencies should protect mobile devices from hackers and adversaries and one way to do that is through the use of derived credentials. Battaglia wrote that such an approach could help agencies verify the identity of government officials and employees by generating a...
On Aug. 8th, GovCon public and private sector representatives gathered for the Potomac Officers Club™s 2018 Air Force Acquisition Forum, featuring keynote speaker Maj. Gen. Sarah Zabel, director of information technology acquisition development, in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition. Following her speech, Zab...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 27, 2018 ” Todd Probert, vice president for mission support and modernization at Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) intelligence, information and services business, has said a multidomain command-and-control system will be key to support military decision-making in the future combat environment, ExecutiveBiz reported July 13. ...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has received a five-year, $92 million task order to support the U.S. Navy™s Information Assurance and Cyber Security Program Office in efforts to safeguard maritime systems from cyber attacks. The company said Tuesday it will provide cybersecurity, program management and technical services to PMW 130 under the ta...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 20, 2018 ” Mitre will deploy an open source tool to assess the cybersecurity capabilities of eight companies and subsequently release findings in October as part of an initiative by the nonprofit research organization, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The Washington Business Journal reported Tuesday that Mitre will u...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 19, 2018 ” A Raytheon-built (NYSE: RTN) radar and unmanned aircraft system designed to detect and counter adversary drones will be utilized by the U.S. Army in its battlefield operations, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday its Coyote tube-launched UAS, which will be deployed bef...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 11, 2018 ” BAE Systems is collaborating with L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) to transfer the former’s Compass Call electronic warfare technology from the legacy EC-130H to the newer EC-37B aircraft as part of the U.S. Air Force‘s Cross Deck program, ExecutiveBiz reported Tu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 27, 2018 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has expanded its aerospace manufacturing facility in Moss Point, Miss., with a new operational area to house work on manned aircraft in addition to the autonomous systems production the site originally hosted, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the plant ex...
L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) has received a three-year, $391 million contract to produce binocular night vision goggles for the U.S. Army. The company said Monday it will supply the military service with Enhanced Night Vision Goggle Binocular devices to help ground forces engage threats and obtain a common operating environment. ENVG-B is eq...
CACI InternationaI (NYSE: CACI) has received a potential six-year, $407 million task order to help Department of Homeland Security components implement cybersecurity tools. DHS awarded the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Dynamic and Evolving Federal Enterprise Network Defense – Group A order via the General Services Admini...
