OST Global Solutions has unveiled an incubator program that seeks to help small businesses secure federal contracts and transition into prime contractors. The GovCon Incubator will work to provide member companies networking and mentoring services through its in-house consulting personnel, the company said Wednesday. The incubator also has a curriculum in entrepreneurship, business development, operations and […] More

By land, air or sea, unmanned systems are a technological marvel in today’s efforts in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, as well as mine warfare, electronic warfare and command and control operations. Some of the benefits to unmanned systems are reducing risk to U.S. sailors and marines, as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (DASN) for […] More

Dong Ha, a retired U.S. Army colonel and 27-year military veteran, has been appointed CEO of Northrop Grumman‘s South Korean subsidiary. Northrop said Thursday Ha will oversee the company’s operations in South Korea as well as support current programs and in-country expansion initiatives. “Dong brings a deep understanding of South Korea’s global security challenges to this leadership […] More

Darin Stolte, formerly a general manager at Knight Point Systems, has been promoted to vice president of service delivery at the Reston, Virginia-based information technology services contractor. Stolte will oversee contracts staff and general managers as he works to monitor project metrics on a monthly basis and facilitate service delivery across the company’s contracts, Knight […] More

Crunchy Data has unveiled an open source project with the goal to help agencies automate compliance with the Defense Department‘s security standards dubbed Security Technical Implementation Guide. The company said Tuesday it developed the PostgreSQL STIG Automation project to support the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency‘s efforts to accelerate the authority-to-operate certification process for cloud platforms. The Defense Information Systems Agency […] 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

Jack London, executive chairman of CACI International and a retired U.S. Navy captain, has received recognition from the Naval Historical Foundation for his leadership in efforts to preserve naval history. The company said Wednesday NHF Chairman William Fallon presented the 2017 Distinguished Service Award to London during the National Maritime Awards Dinner held Tuesday. “I congratulate Dr. London on his recognition as a patriotic […] More

Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has received a five-year subcontract from Naval Systems Inc. to provide technical support services to the Naval Air Systems Command‘s specialized and proven aircraft program office. ACT I said it will perform work at the Naval Air Station in Patuxent River, Maryland. “We are pleased to provide subcontract support on a wide range of PMA-226’s […] More

Veris Group, which now operates under cyber risk management services provider Coalfire, has completed the review of three additional service offerings within Amazon Web Services’ GovCloud (US) platform as a third-party independent assessment organization for AWS under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Coalfire said Tuesday the Amazon CloudWatch Logs, AWS CloudTrail and Amazon Relational […] More

Amazon Web Services has received a provisional authority-to-operate from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program‘s joint authorization board for three of the company’s GovCloud service offerings for U.S. government clients. The board issued high baseline certifications for AWS’ Relational Database Service for MySQL, Oracle, and PostgresSQL; Amazon CloudWatch Logs; and AWS CloudTrail, the company said Friday. “We are […] More

General Atomics has introduced a software platform designed to manage big data workloads. The company said Thursday Nirvana 5.0 works to help clients in energy exploration, scientific research and media sectors manage data-intensive workflows as well as locate information through the use of workflow-defined metadata. General Atomics’ metadata software is designed to consolidate multiple storage silos into […] More

PAE is set to provide maintenance and logistics support services for 44 F-5 aircraft of the U.S. Navy after the service branch cancelled a stop-work order on the company. PAE said Tuesday it began contract transition performance on May 25 and will continue work through a four-year period if all options are exercised. The contract awarded by the […] More