Space-based missile tracking has become a top priority for U.S. space agencies as global adversaries’ use of hypersonic and long-range missiles continues to skyrocket, posing a significant threat to national security. Countries like China, North Korea and others have been building and testing an increasing amount of intercontinental ballistic miss...
General Atomics’ electromagnetic systems business will supply structural hardware for the propulsor of the U.S. Navy’s Columbia-class nuclear submarine under a sole-source delivery task order. The task order awarded by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division is part of the Propulsor Demonstration Hardware indefinite-delivery/indefin...
The Department of Defense’s research and engineering office has made changes to its organization to help DOD speed up the transition of technologies into capabilities for warfighters. DOD said Tuesday the office redesignated the three directors of defense R&E as deputy chief technology officers. The deputy CTO for science and technology, forme...
Oscar Montes, former CEO of Magellan Federal, has been appointed chief growth officer at health and human services contractor Gainwell Technologies. He will be responsible for developing and implementing Gainwell’s growth strategy and driving business development, sales and marketing efforts in his new position, the company said Monday. Montes spe...
The National Security Agency is shifting more and more of its core business and functions to commercial platforms as part of the agency’s larger modernization effort, officials say. Ryan Agee, technical director for NSA’s capabilities directorate, said the agency is currently running a data fusion and analytics environment called the IC GovCloud...
Raza Latif, president of Nuaxis Innovations, has assumed an additional role as CEO in a series of executive appointments aimed at advancing the company’s growth as a federal information technology services provider. “I know from personal experience that our federal government plays a critical part in changing lives for the better,” Latif s...
Adam “AJ” Jarnagin, CEO and founding partner of EXPANSIA, recently spoke with GovCon Wire regarding the company’s mission to drive technology advancement and digital transformation efforts at the edge for federal and intelligence agencies. In addition, Jarnagin also discussed EXPANSIA’s recent contract award to provide the AGORA Di...
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is undergoing a shift in its cloud migration and acquisition strategies, top officials say. But first, the agency is taking a look at its needs and requirements, which will help steer these efforts. “We’re looking at how we migrate our workloads to the cloud by getting a good understanding of our...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will work with NATO to help modernize the ballistic missile defense capabilities of the organization under two single-award, firm-fixed-price contracts from the organization’s Communications and Information Agency. The company said Friday the internationally competed contracts are worth $90M in total estimated value a...
Matt Hayden, a more than two-decade cybersecurity professional, has joined General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business as vice president of cyber client engagement. He will help advance General Dynamics Information Technology’s cyber growth strategies and thought leadership and forge relationships with government leaders and ind...
