The federal government™s use of the General Services Administration™s Information Technology Schedule 70 to buy IT platforms and services is expected to increase in fiscal 2019 as agencies intend to compete their contracts through the vehicle, Bloomberg Government reported Friday. The Defense Department plans to compete its potential 10-ye...
The Defense Department on Tuesday announced that the Pentagon Force Protection Agency detected a substance that is suspected to be ricin in two envelopes received at DoD™s remote mail screening facility. DoD said in a tweet that it handed over the suspicious mail to FBI for further analysis. The Wall Street Journal reported that the...
Trent Teyema, a former cybersecurity official at the FBI, has joined Parsons‘ federal business as senior vice president and chief technology officer. Parsons said Thursday Teyema will oversee research-and-development and customer engagement efforts related to the company’s intellectual property protection platforms and oth...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has won a potential five-year, $170.8 million contract to provide linguist operations support for a Defense Intelligence Agency center that coordinates interagency efforts to examine data from seized foreign paper and electronic documents. The Defense Department said Friday the company will provide foreign language tran...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh9D0rameLg Soldier safety is at the core of Northrop Grumman™s mission. As part of this mission, we have advanced our rocket motor technology to meet current U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) insensitive munitions (IM) requirements. Insensitive munitions are munitions that are chemically stable enough to withstan...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkTEVt0lTj0 Directed Energy weapons operate at the speed of light, are hard to detect, and have an almost unlimited magazine. They™ll make our military operations more effective and efficient, ultimately helping reduce costs and save lives. Former Missile Defense Agency Director and Directed Energy Lead Trey Ober...
Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) has added Richard Ledgett, former deputy director at the National Security Agency, and Christopher Painter, former top cybersecurity official at the State Department, to its public sector advisory council to help shape the company™s cyber strategy and offer advice on security and technological needs of government...
IAP Worldwide Services has named John Campbell, a retired U.S. Army general; Herbert œHawk Carlisle, a retired U.S. Air Force general; and Mike Rogers, former congressman; to its board of directors. IAP CEO Terry DeRosa said in a statement Campbell, Carlisle and Rogers bring to the board insight, business acumen, military leadership and experie...
Weekly Roundup April 16 – April 20, 2018 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes Big Contract Wins & Wash100: The Final Countdown Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic CEO This week saw significant contract activity, such as: Lockheed Martin secures a $928M Air Force contract. General Dynamics Information ...
Cheryl Peace, formerly a senior executive at the National Security Agency, has joined Cyxtera Technologies as chief operating officer of the information technology infrastructure company™s federal group. Peace™s œexperience offers a deep understanding of the complex challenges that government agencies face in securing their infrastruc...
