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is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.
Private equity firm KPS Capital Partners announced in July that it agreed to acquire AM General and Andy Hove, president and CEO of the military vehicle maker, told Defense News in an interview published Thursday that KPS is confident in AM General’s capabilities and strategy.
John Mengucci, president and CEO of CACI International and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said the company is coordinating with other firms in the GovCon industry to extend a provision in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act that offers reimbursement to contracting personnel who are unable to work due to the COVID-19 pandemic but kept in a "ready state," Inside Defense reported Thursday.
Google, Microsoft, Twitter and Facebook announced that they have expanded their group with the addition of new partners and met with representatives from the Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the FBI to discuss efforts to protect the upcoming presidential elections from disinformation campaigns and foreign interference, the New York Times reported Wednesday.
Pradman Kaul, president of Hughes Network Systems, said the company believes its investment in satellite company OneWeb has paved the way for Hughes to offer low-Earth orbit broadband connectivity to compete for the Federal Communications Commission’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, SpaceNews reported Wednesday.
Mark Forman, vice president of digital government strategy at Science Applications International Corp., said that government agencies should adopt digital transformation techniques and tools to scale supply chains in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other future crises.
Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance and a previous Wash100 awardee, said he believes the company offered competitive pricing in its bid for the second phase of the U.S. Space Force’s National Security Space Launch program, SpaceNews reported Tuesday.
The U.S. Army has awarded Mercury Systems, Elbit Systems of America and Physical Optics other transaction authorities to help the service develop the Aviation Mission Common Server, Inside Defense reported Monday.
Northrop Grumman has unveiled plans for the central module of NASA’s Lunar Gateway, including the module’s planned launch with Maxar Technologies’ Power and Propulsion Element from a spaceport in Florida by 2023, the NASASpaceflight website reported Friday.
Hermeus has received a $1.5M contract from the U.S. Air Force to evaluate the possible modification of its Mach 5 aircraft into a presidential plane, FlightGlobal reported Thursday.
Wendi Whitmore, vice president of a team working on threat intelligence and incident response at IBM, said the company’s Cost of a Data Breach report shows a connection between the adoption of security automation and orchestration practices and reduced data breach costs, Nextgov reported Thursday.
