Jeffery Cherry, founder, CEO and managing partner of The Porter Group, has joined the board of directors at McKean Defense Group. Cherry brings more than 34 years of experience in the federal market and at startup and mid-size companies to the McKean board, the company said Monday.

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Troy Phillips, a former federal account executive at Oracle, has joined MuleSoft to serve as regional vice president for federal civilian efforts, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Friday.

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The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division has awarded DynCorp International a second task order under the potential seven-year, $1.7B Contracted Maintenance, Modification, Aircrew and Related Services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support T-34, T-44 and T-6 aircraft, the company reported on Wednesday.

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Amazon Web Services has recognized ECS as a premier consulting partner for the fifth consecutive year.

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Jonathan Alcabes and Jen Baird, both from Accenture Federal Services wrote in a joint article published Wednesday that agencies should combine what they describe as conversational AI tools to create an end-to-end customer experience.

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Adam Clater, chief architect for North American public sector business at Red Hat, wrote in a Nextgov article published Monday that government agencies should address the cultural divide between development, security and operations teams by creating an environment that is built on trust in order to meet their mission objectives.

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Kevin Fagan, a more than 15-year government information technology services industry leader, has joined Washington, D.C.-based open-source software and IT services company Amida Technology Solutions as chief growth officer.

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The Department of Homeland Security has awarded 24 contracts to 22 small businesses to conduct research-and-development efforts that seek to address mission requirements across the DHS enterprise. The latest SBIR awards include the 1,000th contract issued since the Small Business Innovation Research Program's inception in 2004, DHS said Friday.

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Chenega Corp.'s healthcare services subsidiary and MedCognition will collaborate on a project to develop augmented reality-based training modules for trauma care in the U.S. military sector.

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Saudi Aramco and Raytheon’s Saudi Arabian arm have agreed to set up a joint venture firm focused on cybersecurity through a memorandum of understanding. The new JV will build and offer cyber defense hardware and software platforms, advance research-and-development work related to cybersecurity and provide related capabilities in Saudi Arabia and other countries in the […] More

Executive Spotlight sat down with Helene Fisher, president of mission services and solutions, to discuss DLH Corp.’s work serving federal healthcare customers, the future of machine learning in the healthcare market and where she sees the company providing solutions moving forward. “[AI] will be the cornerstone enabling increased efficiencies, truly scalable solutions and the reduction […] More

Three small businesses have secured spots on a potential five-year, $35 million contract to help the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers construct renovate or repair military and federal buildings. USACE received 16 bids for the contract via the internet and will determine performance locations and funds with each order, the Defense Department said Friday. DoD […] More