John Zarour, director of state and local government and K-12 at Splunk, wrote in a piece published Wednesday on GCN that agencies should re-evaluate their approach to cybersecurity and invest in modern tools to avoid a breach. Zarour said he believes state and local agencies can also be targets of an attack like the U.S. […] More

The U.S. Navy has awarded Assurance Technology a potential five-year, $24.7 million task order to provide systems development, integration support and technical services for the Space Systems Development Department as SSDD works to develop software definable systems. Assurance Technology secured the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract through a competitive procurement process under the General Services Administration’s One Acquisition Solution […] More

Microsoft has partnered with SADA Systems to provide technology consulting and implementation services to government customers of Microsoft’s cloud computing platforms. SADA Systems showcased its offerings for the public sector during the Microsoft One Government Cloud Summit in Washington, SADA Systems said Thursday. “We’re happy to join forces with partners such as SADA Systems in […] More

A partnership between Northrop Grumman and Shield AI has secured a rapid prototyping other transaction agreement from the U.S. Army to build a prototype of an unmanned aircraft system designed for vertical take-off and landing. Northrop said Tuesday it has teamed up with the artificial intelligence-powered aircraft manufacturer to develop an open-architecture version of the […] More

Albers Aerospace has made an investment in Lusby, Maryland-based Hop Flyt to help the latter further improve the design, develop and produce military versions of its electrical vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, ExecutiveBiz has learned. Hop Flyt is working on military versions of three unmanned aircraft systems – Squall, Cyclone and Vortex – and Albers […] More

Valiant Integrated Services announced on Thursday that the company has been awarded a spot on a potential five-year, $1.31 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide sustainment services and training requirements in support of fielded training systems.  Under the Fielded Training Systems Support V IDIQ, Valiant will help the U.S. Navy operate and maintain training systems, including training […] More

BAE Systems and Embraer will examine the potential defense and security applications of an electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle being manufactured by the latter’s urban air mobility division. Engineers from BAE’s air sector in Lancashire, U.K. will collaborate with the Brazilian company’s Sao Jose dos Campos team on a joint study to determine whether […] More

Compass Federal Consulting has teamed up with Tantus Technologies to help the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences implement a cybersecurity risk management framework under a task order from the National Institutes of Health. The task order is part of a blanket purchase agreement managed by NIH’s Office of the Chief Information Officer and is […] More

VTG will provide engineering services in support of the Conventional Prompt Strike program, a U.S. Navy initiative that aims to develop a precise and long-range hypersonic missile. The single-award prime contract covers delivery of programmatic and technical services, logistics, systems engineering, test planning and engineering as well as research and development expertise, VTG said Thursday. […] More

VTG will equip five of the U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers with a directed energy weapon designed to counter adversaries’ unmanned aerial system-mounted intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities. The integration of VTG’s AN/SEQ-4 Optical Dazzler Interdictor, Navy aboard more ships is part of a prime contract awarded by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, […] More

VTG has secured a five-year, $27 million contract to provide services in support of Naval Sea Systems Command efforts in managing and supporting research and development projects pursued by small businesses. The company said Wednesday it will define focus areas, develop topics and collect proposals for NAVSEA’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology […] More

Ace Info Solutions has received a potential $37 million task order to help the U.S. Forest Service's natural resource manager directorate sustain agency information technology tools and applications. The Dovel Technologies subsidiary said Thursday it will perform operation and maintenance work on more than 70 systems that support agency business processes under the five-year task, as part of the Department of Agriculture IT Support blanket purchase agreement.

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