Executive Mosaic is proud to name Carahsoft Technology President Craig Abod as a 2024 Wash100 Award winner. Abod, who appears on the prestigious Wash100 list for the tenth time this year, is recognized for driving continued innovation in the government software and information technology ecosystems and for elevating Carahsoft’s offerings through partnerships with cutting-edge technology companies.

Last year, Abod was a fierce competitor in the Wash100 popular vote competition. He appeared in first place in the weekly rankings for a record-breaking nine weeks. Help propel Abod to the top yet again — cast your votes at Wash100.com!

A General Atomics business unit will demonstrate the capability of its optical communications terminals aboard a satellite in low Earth orbit under a contract with the Space Development Agency. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems is developing two OCTs for integration with two GA-75 satellites to support data sharing and other on-orbit computing resources.

Allison Transmission has secured a one-year, $83.3 million contract to deliver upgraded and new X1100 transmissions for Abrams main battle tanks. Deliveries will run through December and cover enhancing the armored vehicles used by the U.S. Army and foreign military sales clients in Asia Pacific and Eastern Europe, the company said Thursday.

SAIC has booked a $156 million award from the U.S. Army Reserve Command for system support services. Under the contract, SAIC and its collaborators will deliver a cost-effective service model that centers mission imperatives and user experience with secure, resilient IT services, the Reston, Virginia-based company announced on Thursday.

SAIC is sponsoring the Potomac Officers Club’s Achieving Transformative Cooperation for National Defense Forum on March 14. To learn more and register to attend the event, click here.

Maximus has received a contract from the Internal Revenue Service to help develop two systems. Under the $32 million Data Delivery Services award, Maximus is responsible for improving existing technological components and processes associated with these systems, the Tysons, Virginia-based company announced on Friday.

SAIC has been selected for a $63 million U.S. Navy contract focused on hypersonics and strategic mission support. Contract services will be provided to the Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs and Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Crane, Indiana Strategic Hardware Division, SAIC announced from its Reston, Virginia headquarters Thursday.

SAIC is sponsoring the Potomac Officers Club's Achieving Transformative Cooperation for National Defense Forum on March 14. Click here to register.

Tim Boltz, a sales director at Carahsoft Technology, said implementing analytics, observability and a “secure by design” approach could help schools and universities meet their education missions and personalize the academic learning experience to better support students. In a blog post published Tuesday, Boltz wrote that observability is one of the steps to achieve cybersecurity as educational institutions deal with evolving cyberthreats and advance the adoption of new technologies.

The Veterans Health Administration has lengthened its contract with AppliedVR, under which the company is providing an at-home chronic lower back pain, or CLBP, treatment program. Issued by the administration’s VA Immersive division, the extended award will support continued access to RelieVRx, AppliedVR’s virtual reality-based immersive therapeutics program, the company announced from Los Angeles, California on Wednesday.

SpaceX and SEOPS will launch small satellite missions under four task orders awarded by NASA under the Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare launch services contract. SpaceX received three of the four task orders and will provide launch services for the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2 satellite as well as the Dione and ARCSTONE satellites under the CubeSat Launch Initiative, the space agency said Wednesday.

CACI has booked a $420 million contract to provide engineering services for two U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command components. Responsibilities under the five-year, single-award task order include mechanical, electrical and modeling and simulation engineering support, CACI announced from its Reston, Virginia headquarters on Tuesday.

CACI is sponsoring the Potomac Officers Club's Challenges and Best Practices to Achieving Audit Readiness in the DOD Forum, which will take place virtually on Jan. 29, 2024. To learn more and register to attend, click here.

Amentum will continue to support the Department of Defense's Biological Threat Reduction Program in Africa through a potential five-year, $56.1 million contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The company said Monday it will bolster the biosafety and biosecurity measures of the African Union's Pan African Veterinary Vaccine Center in Bishoftu, Ethiopia, under the award.

Pragyansmita Nayak, chief data scientist at Hitachi Vantara's federal subsidiary, has outlined strategic steps to integrate artificial intelligence tools into government systems to optimize operations, enhance security and achieve mission objectives. Federal agencies must first establish a data management strategy, focusing on data provenance and lineage, to ensure data quality and prevent the infiltration of "poisoned" data that threat actors may exploit to disrupt AI systems, Nayak wrote in an opinion article Federal News Network published Friday.