MANTECH has secured a potential seven-year, $910 million task order to provide enterprise-level cyber and data-informed IT services for U.S. Southern Command, or SOUTHCOM, and mission partners. The company said Thursday the General Services Administration awarded the task order. “Always advancing the capabilities of our warfighters and deliver...
Day & Zimmermann has launched a new division focused on helping intelligence partners and security organizations mitigate and respond to complex threats in a rapidly evolving security environment. D&Z said Wednesday that the National Intelligence Division, or NID, uses advanced data analytics, real-time threat assessment, integrated securit...
Scale AI has secured an other transaction authority agreement from the Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office for the delivery of advanced AI tools to warfighters. The five-year deal is valued at $100 million, the San Francisco, California-headquartered company said Wednesday. AI for Defense Applications Under...
Commercial quantum computing and networking company IonQ has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Vector Atomic, a company specializing in advanced quantum sensors for positioning, navigation and timing applications. Expanding Quantum Technology Offerings IonQ said Wednesday the planned acquisition is intended to expand its quantum tec...
Federal technology services provider ERT has appointed industry executive Mary Beth Stoddard as vice president of business development. “We have exciting plans for the future and I’m honored to be part of the team. Let’s find a time to catch up and explore ways to collaborate,” Stoddard said in a LinkedIn post announcing her ...
McLean, Virginia-based Xcelerate Solutions has completed its acquisition of General Dynamics Information Technology’s background investigation assets. Xcelerate said Tuesday it has executed the transition of personnel, contracts and systems to ensure the continued delivery of mission support and services to customers across the Department of H...
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has awarded BWX Technologies a $1.5 billion contract to establish a domestic uranium enrichment capability to provide nuclear fuel for defense requirements. DUECE Pilot Plant Under the contract, BWXT said Tuesday it will initiate requirements to construct the Domestic Uranium ...
By Chuck Brooks, president of Brooks Consulting International The Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification is more than a compliance checklist. It is, in my view, a strategic transformation designed to strengthen the entire defense industrial base against today’s and tomorrow’s cyber adversaries. What...
Amentum has appointed Susan Lockey Hawkins as senior vice president of growth for intelligence and cyber and Kimberly Withers as vice president and associate general counsel of mission solutions. Lockey Hawkins and Withers announced their appointments through LinkedIn Monday. Who is Susan Lockey Hawkins? Lockey Hawkins is a seaso...
Prateek Temkar, head of product management for Symantec’s information and network security business at Broadcom, said government agencies looking to protect data at rest and in transit should advance encryption, policy enforcement and continuous monitoring. In an article published on Carahsoft.com, Temkar wrote that one of the measures agencie...
