Cloud-based work management system provider Smartsheet has leveraged Amazon Web Services’ GovCloud (US) platform and resources offered through the Authority to Operate on AWS program to accelerate the process of securing a provisional ATO under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its Smartsheet Gov offering....
A General Atomics business unit has landed a potential five-year, $93M contract from the U.S. Special Operations Command to integrate and test modified variants of two unmanned aerial vehicle platforms. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will incorporate Special Operations Forces Peculiar modifications into MQ-9 and MQ-1C medium altitude...
ECS has partnered with Elastic NV to provide the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency with an integrated dashboard platform for continuous monitoring and mitigation of cyber threats and vulnerabilities within the CISA ecosystem....
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has named human resources executive Carol Goode and Yvette Kanouff, a partner and chief technology officer at Silicon Valley-based private equity firm JC2 Ventures, to SAIC’s board of directors....
Arthrex has won a five-year, $375M contract to provide hospital equipment and accessories for the Defense Logistics Agency's electronic catalog. DLA received 89 responses for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract via a competitive bidding process, the Department of Defense said Thursday....
Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Thursday officially unveiled U.S. Space Command as the 11th unified combatant command led by Air Force Gen. John Raymond. “Gen. Raymond is acutely aware of the vital role that space plays in U.S. national security and our way of life and is an ideal choice to lead this new command,” Esper, a 2019 Wash100 winner,...
Caitlin Kalinowski, head of virtual reality hardware at Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), has joined the board of directors at public safety technology provider Axon (Nasdaq: AAXN)....
The U.S. Army has selected General Motors’ defense segment as one of three competitors in a new program to develop a ground mobility platform for infantry forces, Defense News reported Thursday....
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a potential $349M cost-plus-incentive-fee contract to continue modernizing the Tomahawk cruise missile system as part of the U.S. Navy's rapid deployment capability efforts. The company will begin phase 2 of the Maritime Strike Tomahawk program after completing design, integration, test and evaluation effort...
Parsons (NYSE: PSN) has won a three-year, $139.1M contract to perform repair work on a runway at the Bucholz Army Airfield located on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers received three bids for the project and obligated the full contract amount at the time of awards, the Department of Defense said Wednesday....
