Citrix has named Mike Singer to lead its defense team out of the company’s regional headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. As new senior director for the Defense Department business, Singer will strive to help the company bring its products in line with market needs with his experience in the federal information technology industry, Citrix said Wednesday. Prior to […] More

A General Dynamics business unit has obtained approval from the Federal Aviation Administration for radio systems designed to help air traffic controllers and aircraft pilots exchange digital voice communications. General Dynamics C4 Systems said Tuesday that FAA approved theCM-300/350 VHF and UHF radios to replace legacy radios at air traffic control sites across the U.S. Prior to […] More

Federal cloud service providers that are seeking a FedRAMP authorization have access to Autonomic Resources’ FedRAMP Express service if they want to fast-track the compliance process. Through the express lane, vendors can achieve FedRAMP Authority to Operate status by using an authorized FedRAMP and DoD infrastructure-as-a-service platform to run their software, Autonomic Resources said Tuesday. Autonomic Resources […] More

A joint venture of Lockheed Martin and MBDA has obtained federal certification for a technology that works to identify non-hostile aircraft during combat operations. The Defense Department‘s International AIMS Program Office has certified the MEADS International-built Mode 5 Identification Friend or Foe tool for the Medium Extended Air Defense System, Lockheed said Wednesday. Dave Berganini, president […] More

Economic Systems has obtained a FedRAMP certification for a cloud computing technology the company built for government clients to ensure the offering complies with security requirements under the FedRAMP initiative. Knowledge Consulting Group assessed EconSys’ Federal Human Resources Navigator through an auditing and approval process in order to ensure the tool complies with security requirements under the FedRAMP initiative, KCG said […] More

  IBM has launched marketing campaigns to offer its Watson computing technology in the federal market with the goal of helping agencies manage health records, the Washington Post reported Monday. Mohana Ravindranath writes that IBM professionals went to Capitol Hill last year to demonstrate the computer’s potential clinical applications to lawmakers. The company also hopes […] More

Stephanie C. Hill, vice president and general manager of the civil business within Lockheed Martin‘s Information Systems and Global Solutions line, has been selected to receive the 2014 Black Engineer of the Year award from the Career Communications Group. The group recognized Hill for her 27-year career in engineering and leadership roles at Lockheed Martin […] More

Neil Albert serves as vice chairman of MCR‘s board of directors where he oversees strategic growth, business development, community outreach and a number of other company functions. The 26-year company veteran is the former president and CEO and has served in many leadership roles at the McLean,Va.- based firm including VP and director. Albert caught […] More

Click here to view the full list of GovCon and Government Leaders inducted into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 in 2013. The 2013 GovCon market saw a historic period of turmoil, uncertainty and change that will impact GovCon firms, the federal government and U.S. citizens for years. As the Asia pivot took hold, next-gen technologies grew up […] More

Lynne Chamberlain serves as vice president of business development for Red Hat‘s public sector. The more than 20-year industry veteran has been at Red Hat since 2004 and has previously held leadership roles at Unisys, HP and NetApp. In her Q&A with ExecutiveBiz, Chamberlain discussed her work with systems integrators, some of the newest cloud offerings […] More

Autonomic Resources has released a cloud service offering for software providers to migrate their applications to federally mandated platforms in order to comply with federal agency requirements. Customers can use the new service to move their application stacks into the Federal Risk and Authorization Program and Defense Department-accredited Autonomic Resources cloud platform, Autonomic Resources said […] More

Concurrent Technologies Corp. has received a provisional authority-to-operate from a third-party assessment organization under the Federal Risk Authorization and Management Program. The P-ATO from Knowledge Consulting Group was for CTC’s Unclassified Remote Hosted Desktop software-as-a-service offerings, KCG announced Wednesday. With this approval, CTC became the first company to have its SaaS tools complete the process and […] More