The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a broad agency announcement to seek additional technology platforms that can help U.S. military personnel manage space assets through rapid delivery and presentation of data. DARPA said Tuesday the Hallmark Tools and Capabilities 2 initiative looks to create and validate technologies to complement a set of tools and systems being […] More

Symantec has been included on Gartner‘s “Magic Quadrant for Cloud Access Security Brokers” that details the performance of vendors, leaders, challengers, visionaries and niche players in the CASB market. The company said Monday it made the leaders quadrant for its CloudSOC platform designed to help organizations secure data and applications in a cloud environment. Gartner evaluated […] More

Cubic‘s global defense business division will participate in the three-day International Fighter Conference in Berlin, Germany, to discuss multiple training platforms designed to support air combat training and mission readiness efforts. Some Cubic Global Defense personnel will address various topics at the event such as incremental live, virtual and constructive systems as well as multidomain Joined and […] More

Sal Fazzolari, former chief operating officer of Arlington, Virginia-based management consulting firm eGlobalTech, has been named executive vice president for strategy and growth at Evermay Consulting Group. The more than 30-year information technology industry veteran will be responsible for helping expand Evermay’s offerings from acquisition strategy advisory services to a full-spectrum government acquisition consultancy, Evermay said […] More

Ronald Spoehel, a former chief financial officer at NASA, has been elected as chairman of the board of directors of hydraulic fracturing technology manufacturer RocketFrac Services. RocketFrac said Tuesday Spoehel brings more than 35 years of executive and general management experience in the energy and technology sectors to his new role. He served as founder and […] More

McMurdo Inc. has received a potential five-year, $3 million contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to provide 16,000 FastFind 220 personal locator beacons for crews to use during emergencies. FastFind 220 works to notify emergency personnel during a land, air or water emergency through the 406-megahertz frequency to send a distress signal that contains beacon identification information […] More

Kay Kapoor, president of government solutions business at AT&T, has won the Women in Technology’s 2016 Leadership Award for the corporate large market sector category in recognition of her work in the technology industry. WIT held the 17th Annual Leadership Awards Thursday at the Hyatt Regency in Reston, Virginia, in an effort to acknowledge the mentorship, […] More

The government contracting industry and its agency customers are both grappling with questions as to how they can keep pace with fast technology advancements as requirements and demands of users change with those trends. Coupled with those changes is the work of both public and private sector organizations to hire qualified talent with skills and […] More

The Northern Virginia Technology Council will auction off some prominent executives in the government contracting industry as part of a fundraising event scheduled on April 25. CXO Auction attendees will electronically bid for opportunities to meet with c-level regional and industry executives to gain insight on various businesses, NVTC said Monday. The event aims to raise money for the council’s […] More

James C. Reagan serves as executive vice president and chief financial officer at Leidos. In this capacity, he manages financial reporting, investor relations, accounting, tax, treasury and other financial functions at the Reston, Va.-based contractor. Reagan worked for more than two years at Vencore as senior VP and CFO before he moved to Leidos. The certified […] More

Stan Soloway has announced plans to leave the Professional Services Council after 15 years as president and CEO of the trade association that represents several government contractors. Soloway said Wednesday he will continue to serve in his roles until the organization finds a replacement and begins the transition process. Anne Altman, general manager at IBM […] More

The University of Maryland University College will honor John Hamre and Steven Shirley at a cyber event for their contributions to the field of cybersecurity. UMUC said Friday that Hamre, president and CEO of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and former defense deputy secretary, will receive the Pioneer Award in Cybersecurity. The university […] More