CollabNet VersionOne is demonstrating software development and governance platforms for the defense and automotive  sectors this week during a Siemens-hosted industry event.

The California Polytechnic State University is working with Amazon Web Services on a new initiative aiming to enhance satellite connectivity and access to data from low-Earth orbit to utilize the information for wildfire mitigation, agriculture yield assessment and other purposes.

Deltek has agreed to provide a cloud-based enterprise resource planning platform to small and midsize contracting firms through a partnership agreement with the Virginia Chamber of Commerce.

Tiphanie Forst, former senior executive of U.S. federal accounts at Cerner, has joined SeKON Enterprise as senior vice president for federal health growth, G2Xchange Health reported Tuesday. 

Definitive Logic announced on Tuesday that OnStream Software named the company a Gold level implementation partner. Gold status is granted to partners that demonstrated success implementing OneStream technology while showing a commitment to align with OneStream’s strategic vision and proven ability to bring value to shared clients.

New management and a rebranding initiative are two signs of change for Maxar in 2019, but the company’s focus on growth and delivering innovative technology remains the same. Radiant Solutions, SSL and DigitalGlobe were consolidated into Maxar. The company is focused on two strategic market segments, earth intelligence and space solutions.

Krato Defense & Security Solutions has become a founding member of a sector-specific membership organization that aims to help the federal government gather, analyze and distribute information about potential threats to space-based assets.

Carey Vereen, formerly senior director of strategy and business growth for Department of Homeland Security programs at Knight Point Systems, has been named director of business development within Data Systems Analysts' information systems and solutions group, G2Xchange ETC reported Thursday.

Carahsoft Technology has agreed to distribute Skuid's application development platform across the public sector through a NASA contract vehicle and two cooperative purchasing arrangements.

ManTech International has established a research-and-development laboratory at the Naval Surface Warfare Center's Crane Division in Indiana as part of efforts to help the U.S. Navy shore command build weapons systems and cyber warfare platforms.

Executive Mosaic is happy to announce that Paul Smith, senior vice president and general manager of Red Hat's public sector business, has been selected to join the 2019 edition of the Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for his efforts to accelerate hybrid cloud platforms and other technology to help federal agencies and grow the cyber workforce. This marks his third Wash100 win.

The U.S. Navy has tested the ballistic missile defense of a new anti-air radar with the support of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions. The AN/SPY-6(V)1 air and missile defense radar detected and tracked a ballistic target during the Vigilant Nemesis test on Jan. 31, the company said Tuesday.