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Claire Grady, former acting deputy secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, has joined Gryphon Technologies as an executive vice president.
Read More »Former DoD, DHS Official Claire Grady Appointed Gryphon EVP
BAE Secures Potential $105M Navy Radio, C5ISR Systems Support IDIQ
BAE Systems has won a potential $104.8M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide technical and engineering support for various systems installed at shore facilities and aboard surface combatants of the U.S. Navy.
Read More »Coast Guard, Army Medical Vet Trenton Janda Named Apprio Chief Medical Innovation Officer
Trenton Janda, a former U.S. Coast Guard medical officer and U.S. Army physician, has joined government health technology contractor Apprio as chief medical innovation officer.
Read More »EM’s Weekly Roundup: Anne Neuberger’s Priorities for NSA, Chris Townsend Joins UiPath, $820M DoD BPA, CACI, GE Aviation Secure Big Contracts and Weekly Top 10 Stories
Anne Neuberger, who directs the National Security Agency’s (NSA) new Cybersecurity Directorate, revealed that the NSA will launch a directorate in October to focus on ransomware attacks that could make our upcoming elections vulnerable during Billington CyberSecurity’s 10th Annual Summit last week. Neuberger also discussed NSA’s efforts to protect the nation from …
Read More »Birdon Subsidiary Wins Potential $191M Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat Service Extension IDIQ
A subsidiary of marine engineering company Birdon has won a potential 10-year, $191.1M contract to support the U.S. Coast Guard's service life extension program for 47-foot Motor Lifeboats.
Read More »Weekly Roundup: House Approves $733B Defense Bill, ICF, CACI, Palantir, ECS Receive Big Contracts, POC Hosts 2019 Secure Supply Chain Forum & Weekly Top 10 Stories
On Monday, the House passed a $733 billion defense policy bill, by a 220 to 197 vote, for fiscal year 2020. The lower chamber’s 2020 National Defense Authorization Act is $17 billion less than the president’s budget request. Lawmakers are expected to meet in the coming months to reconcile the …
Read More »BAE, KBRwyle, ENGlobal Land Spots on $124M US Military Automated Fuel System Installation IDIQ
BAE Systems' U.S. subsidiary, ENGlobal and KBRwyle (NYSE: KBR) have won spots on a potential five-year, $124M contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to install automated fuel systems.
Read More »Regina Kassar Named Salesforce Coast Guard Account Executive
Regina Kassar, former account manager of federal hybrid cloud software at IBM (NYSE: IBM), has been appointed as Salesforce’s (NYSE: CRM) new account executive focused on the U.S. Coast Guard, G2Xchange ETC reported Thursday.
Read More »Jon Spaner, Public Sector Practice for McKinsey & Company, Receives Executive Mosaic’s Chairman’s Award for Second Consecutive Year
Jim Garrettson, chief executive officer of Executive Mosaic, presented Jon Spaner, Public Sector Practice for McKinsey & Company, with the Chairman’s Award for completing his second year as chairman of the DHS Group for Executive Mosaic’s 4×24 program. Spaner has served in his role with McKinsey & Co. since Feb. …
Read More »FirstNet Surpasses 600K Connections; Used By Over 7,250 Public Safety Agencies Nationwide
FirstNet, a communications platform built by AT&T and the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority), is being used by more than 7,250 public safety agencies with over 600,000 device connections to date, FirstNet announced on Monday. The platform continues to expand its coverage, capacity and capabilities for first responders that …
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