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  • Nightwing Appoints Yvonne Vervaet as Chief Growth Officer
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    Nightwing Appoints Yvonne Vervaet as Chief Growth Officer

    Nightwing has named Yvonne Vervaet, former chief growth officer at Acclaim Technical Services, to the same role at the intelligence services firm. Vervaet will lead strategic vision, business development and expansion of capabilities across the intelligence community, federal civilian, defense department and commercial markets, Nightwing said Wednesday. Commenting on her new position, Vervaet said, “Our customers are facing […] More

  • LogicMonitor Secures FedRAMP ‘In Process’ Status
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    LogicMonitor Secures FedRAMP ‘In Process’ Status

    LogicMonitor has earned the FedRAMP “In Process” designation for its artificial intelligence-powered Envision platform, which provides enterprises such as government agencies with comprehensive observability across a hybrid multi-cloud IT infrastructure.   Justin Fessler, LogicMonitor’s vice president of public sector, said in his blog post on Wednesday that the status signifies a partnership with a federal agency sponsor […] More

  • BAE Systems Lands $70M Contract for Enhanced Submarine Firepower, Payload
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    BAE Systems Lands $70M Contract for Enhanced Submarine Firepower, Payload

    BAE Systems has been awarded a $70 million contract by General Dynamics’ Electric Boat subsidiary for the procurement of missile tubes for the U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class submarines. The defense contractor said Wednesday it will manufacture Virginia Payload Module, or VPM, missile tubes for future Block VI Virginia-class submarines. Boosting Submarine Firepower The VPM missile tubes boost […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL, Microsoft to Use AI for R&D Projects
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    Johns Hopkins APL, Microsoft to Use AI for R&D Projects

    The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory and Microsoft are collaborating to develop robotics and materials discovery innovations using artificial intelligence. Under the partnership, the two parties will explore autonomous robot teaming systems, APL said Wednesday. APL and Microsoft will combine their expertise to advance AI capabilities for research and development projects. Developing Robotic Teams That […] More

  • Fortress Platform Gets Navy Cybersecurity IL6 Accreditation
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    Fortress Platform Gets Navy Cybersecurity IL6 Accreditation

    The U.S. Navy has granted Impact Level 6, or IL6, accreditation to Fortress Government Solutions, allowing the cybersecurity firm to store and process data categorized as Controlled Unclassified Information and Secret in its Fortress Platform. The platform’s accreditation allows the company to further assess risks to the Navy’s supply chains, Alex Santos, Fortress CEO, said […] More

  • Booz Allen Hamilton’s Brad Medairy Discusses Cyberthreats to US Infrastructure
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    Booz Allen Hamilton’s Brad Medairy Discusses Cyberthreats to US Infrastructure

    A top official at Booz Allen Hamilton emphasized the critical threat cyber adversaries pose on American critical infrastructures and national security and predicted a future where artificial intelligence will play a major role in cyber offense and defense. In an interview with Virginia Economic Development Partnership’s President and CEO Jason El Koubi, Brad Medairy, executive […] More

  • Tang Pham Named Vice President of Defense at AT&T
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    Tang Pham Named Vice President of Defense at AT&T

    Tang Pham, formerly general manager of the national security group at Microsoft, has joined the federal group within AT&T as vice president of defense. In a LinkedIn post on Tuesday, the executive expressed excitement about the opportunities ahead and said he is honored to lead efforts for the Department of Defense, Defense Industrial Base, Department of Energy and […] More

  • Booz Allen Promotes 4 Industry Executives to New Leadership Roles
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    Booz Allen Promotes 4 Industry Executives to New Leadership Roles

    Booz Allen Hamilton has promoted Rebecca McCall, a 20-year company veteran, to senior vice president and named industry leaders Donald Polaski, Cora Murphy and Tucker Moore to VP roles. McCall, Polaski, Murphy and Moore announced their new positions at the McLean, Virginia-based technology consulting firm through separate LinkedIn posts published Tuesday. Rebecca McCall McCall has […] More

  • Brigitte Custer Named Strategy, Solutions VP at Unissant
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    Brigitte Custer Named Strategy, Solutions VP at Unissant

    Unissant has appointed Brigitte Custer as vice president of strategy and solutions, bringing over three decades of experience advising senior executives and leaders across the intelligence community and defense sectors. In her new role, Custer will lead strategic programs and deliver innovative capabilities to national security customers, Unissant said Tuesday. She will also advance efforts […] More

  • Hitachi Vantara’s Hybrid Cloud System Passes Software Security Review
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    Hitachi Vantara’s Hybrid Cloud System Passes Software Security Review

    A third-party assessment on the hybrid cloud infrastructure that Hitachi Vantara offers has validated its conformity to the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Secure Software Development Framework, or SSDF. In a company statement Tuesday, Mark Serway, Hitachi Vantara Federal’s CEO and a Wash100 awardee, stressed the urgency for federal agencies to accelerate their cybersecurity […] More

  • Microsoft’s Candice Ling Discusses Need for Proactive Measures Against Cyber Threats
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    Microsoft’s Candice Ling Discusses Need for Proactive Measures Against Cyber Threats

    Microsoft Senior Vice President and 2025 Wash100 Award winner Candice Ling foresees cybersecurity and artificial intelligence going hand in hand in the coming years. Sophisticated Cyber Threats The head of Microsoft’s federal business said during a recent episode of the Virginia Economic Review Podcast that she expects cyber threats to become increasingly sophisticated and so […] More