Amazon Web Services, Google (Nasdaq: GOOGL) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) have secured separate contacts to help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provide environmental data sets for public access through the use of cloud computing platforms.
Read More »Lesley Kalan to Add Chief Strategy & Development Officer Role at Northrop
Lesley Kalan, corporate vice president of government relations at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), will assume additional duties as chief strategy and development officer on Jan. 1.
Read More »ViON’s Rob Davies, NVIDIA’s Anthony Robbins on Operationalizing AI in Federal Space
Rob Davies of ViON and Anthony Robbins of NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) told MeriTalk in an interview published Tuesday about the needs and factors federal agencies should consider to operationalize artificial intelligence.
Read More »Leidos Strikes $1.65B Cash Deal for Dynetics; Roger Krone Quoted
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has agreed to acquire Huntsville, Ala.-based technology services contractor Dynetics for approximately $1.65B in cash to further build up its position in the intelligence, civil and defense markets. "The addition of Dynetics will significantly increase our capabilities for rapid prototyping and agile system integration and production, enhancing our overall offerings and services to customers," said Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos and a 2019 Wash100 winner.
Read More »Raytheon, Red Hat Form DevSecOps Software Dev’t Partnership; Paul Smith Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 17, 2019 — Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) embarked on a joint project to develop a cross-domain application that would support unclassified-level software development and accelerate classified environment deployment, ExecutiveBiz reported Nov. 14.
Read More »Former Octo Consulting Exec Robert McCord Named CNSI President, COO
Robert McCord, former president and chief operating officer at Octo Consulting Group, has taken the same roles at Tysons, Va.-based health information technology contractor CNSI.
Read More »Roger Krone, Carey Smith, John Heller Named to 2020 PSC Board Leadership Posts
Federal contracting industry veterans Roger Krone, Carey Smith and John Heller have been elected to serve in key leadership positions on the Professional Services Council's board of directors next year. "With the experience and knowledge of Roger, Carey and John, we will continue to advance our industry in helping serve our government customers and the American people," said David Berteau, president and CEO of PSC and a two-time Wash100 awardee.
Read More »Red Hat Gets NIST Recertification for ‘Enterprise Linux’ Operating System; Paul Smith Quoted
A Red Hat operating system offering has earned recertification that validates the platform's capacity to process sensitive information in line with National Institute of Standards and Technology requirements. Red Hat said Tuesday it renewed Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 cryptography certification for the Enterprise Linux 7.6 software.
Read More »McAleese & Associates Outlines Four Key Themes From Ellen Lord’s Pentagon Briefing
Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and a 2019 Wash100 awardee, highlights in a new report four primary messages from Pentagon acquisition chief Ellen Lord at a press briefing Friday, including the launch of the Department of Defense's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program in January.
Read More »Ellen Lord: DoD Aims to Protect Defense Supply Chain Through New Cybersecurity Certification
Ellen Lord, undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Defense Department and a 2019 Wash100 winner, has said DoD will roll out cybersecurity maturity model certification in January as part of efforts to protect the Pentagon's supply chain.
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