The fate of the Army’s Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) program remains uncertain, as members of Congress debated its battlefield communications performance. Senators were divided on “whether to accelerate or do away with the program,” reported C4ISR, as concern has spread about the slow pace of the WI...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured an $89 million contract from the U.S. Navy to help the service branch incorporate a Block II infrared search and track system into the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet fighter aircraft. The Defense Department said Thursday that Boeing will provide initial design and development, prototyping hardware procureme...
President Donald Trump™s fiscal year 2018 budget proposes to spend $95.7 billion to update Federal information technology, a 1.7 percent increase from fiscal year 2017, according to the administration. The funding request asks for investments for four functions: mission delivery; administrative services and support systems; IT in...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 25, 2017 ” AECOM (NYSE: ACM) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) have partnered to develop a scorecard for the United Nations that works to guide local governments in efforts to drive resilience and preparedness against natural disasters, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. IBM said Tuesday the team built the Disaster Resilience Scorec...
The Army has over 1.1 million users, 33,0000 servers, 3,500 private web servers, nearly 1,500 public-facing websites, and over 1,000 authorized networks — so the job of keeping all that information secure is no small feat. It falls to people like Ronald W. Pontius the Director for Command and Control Programs and Policy within the...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a potential two-year, $87.3 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide technical and program management services in support of the Trident II D5 submarine-launched ballistic missile’s navigation subsystem. The Defense Department said Wednesday the contract covers navigation hardware and sof...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 24, 2017 ” Parsons has received recognition from the American Planning Association for the company’s West Pond environmental assessment project in New York, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. APA’s federal planning division gave Parsons the Honor Award for Outstanding Environmental Planning...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 24, 2017 ” Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) will open a new Tennessee-based center of excellence in information technology this summer to offer cloud, cybersecurity and data science services, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the Technology Integration Gateway in Cookevi...
Christopher McDaniels, a 14-year U.S. Air Force cybersecurity veteran, has joined Phoenix, Arizona-based information security and consulting services provider Mosaic451 as chief information security officer. McDaniels will oversee the development of a cybersecurity initiative and standard operating procedures backed by a training program to fac...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 23, 2017 ” In-Q-Tel and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) are among the investors that participated in a $16 million funding round for cloud application delivery company Frame, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. IQT said Wednesday Frame aims to utilize the funds to support further development of its cloud-native applicat...
