TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 8, 2018 ” CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has secured provisional authorization at Impact Level 5 to deploy and operate milCloud 2.0 in support of military and national security platforms with controlled unclassified information and mission-critical data, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the De...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 8, 2018 ” Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) has secured a provisional authorization from the Defense Information Systems Agency for its cloud service offering at impact level 5, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. DISA said Tuesday the 18-month authorization for Oracle Federal Managed Cloud Services‘ Oracle CSO serv...
Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) has wrapped up the purchase of the Airbus DS Communications business from Airbus Group‘s defense and space segment. Chicago-based Motorola said Wednesday it made the acquisition to expand its portfolio of command center and software enterprise platforms. Airbus DS Communications offers the VES...
Douglas Rosendale, formerly CEO of clinical informatics consulting firm CAIRNformatics, has been named federal chief medical interoperability officer at Deloitte‘s consulting business. The more than 25-year healthcare veteran will work with federal clients to help them address interoperability goals through the use of technology, Deloitte...
Tom Vice, formerly president of aerospace systems sector at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has joined Reno, Nevada-based Aerion Supersonic as president and chief operating officer. Vice will report to Brian Barents, Aerion chairman and CEO, and oversee the development, certification and delivery of the firm™s AS2 supersonic aircraft, the company...
NASA has awarded multiple two-year contracts worth a combined $96 million to 128 proposals from U.S. small businesses that will conduct research and development projects in support of the agency’s future space missions. Selected companies will perform R&D work under the second phase of NASA’s 2017 Small Business Innovation Resea...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 7, 2018 ” Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has unveiled a Microsoft 365 software package specifically for government customers with support from three government cloud platforms, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. A company blog post said Monday the Microsoft 365 for U.S. Government package includes Office 365, Enterprise...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 7, 2018 ” In-Q-Tel Executive Vice President Lisa Porter has been named a potential nominee for the role of deputy undersecretary for research and engineering at the Defense Department, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. The White House posted Friday Porter’s name alongside nominees for other key administration position...
Gary Wentz, formerly vice president of human and commercial systems at United Launch Alliance, has been appointed VP of government and commercial programs. He will oversee ULA’s efforts to help customers manage programs and missions, integrate hardware and launch space missions in his new position, the Boeing (NYSE: BA)-Lockheed Mart...
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a $73 million contract modification from the Federal Aviation Administration to update a computer system that works to help air traffic controllers manage airspace. The company said Tuesday it will conduct the first technical refresh of FAA’s Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System in an effo...
