The Week’s Top GovCon News Stories View this email in your browser Weekly Roundup June 12 – June 16 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Many agencies, companies, organizations and individuals were caught off-guard by the recent rise in cyber crime. Mali...
Military cyber defensive and offensive capabilities are far greater now than they were in the past, but the lengthy security clearance process has proved a challenge for the ever-expanding cyber mission, several senior commanders told a Senate panel this week. The Navy has decided to begin moving the process earlier in a sailor&#...
Air Force Lt. Gen. Kevin McLaughlin, Deputy Commander of U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) said Wednesday that too much of the cybersecurity threat conversation on Capitol Hill discusses threats as a “theory” – rather than the reality these threats already are. “What are we going to do when? I...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 23, 2017 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will provide technical assessment, program definition and other technical services in support of a U.S. Navy intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform under a $43 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Monday the Space and Naval Warfare S...
At Yuma Proving Ground earlier this year, the U.S. Army selected Northrop Grumman Corporation™s (NYSE: NOC) Highly Adaptable Multi-Mission Radar (HAMMR) to demonstrate the multi-mission capability of the 2017 counter-rocket, artillery and mortar (C-RAM.) HAMMR incorporates an Active Electronically Scanned Array fighter radar mounted on a ground...
Weekly Roundup May 15 – May 19 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Last week President Trump signed an executive order to bolster our nation’s cybersecurity and maintain and strengthen U.S. cybersecurity capabilities. The order addresses the n...
Steve Schorer, former president of DynCorp International, has joined Alion Science and Technology as president and CEO. Schorer will assume the posts Friday to succeed Bahman Atefi, who will transition to the role of vice chairman of the board of directors at the McLean, Virginia-based government services contractor, Alion Science said Wed...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 12, 2017 ” Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) will provide engineering and integration services in efforts to update two U.S. Army vehicles under a potential $61 million task order from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday it...
All legacy Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications Systems throughout the Air Force and National Guard are nearly consolidated, reports C4ISRNet. This core migration will cover over 100 individual top-secret communication sites, which make up 38 legacy domains. ” JWICSs, which are centrally managed, were owned and operated by individu...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a potential one-year, $332 million contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency to continue to provide technical integration and operational support services for the ballistic missile defense system. The modification increases the contract™s total value from $3.85 billion to $4.18 billion and e...
