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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.
Northrop Grumman has completed activation of the Space Systems Command’s two Enhanced Polar System-Recapitalization, or EPS-R, payloads hosted aboard two satellites for Space Norway’s Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission, or ASBM. The company said Tuesday the two GEOStar-3 satellites – ASBM 1 and 2 — launched in August aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg […] More
The National Institutes of Health has awarded 11 companies positions on the fourth iteration of the potential $100 million NIH Conference, Administrative and Travel Services contract, or NIHCATS IV. According to award notices published on the Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation, the NIH Office of Logistics and Acquisitions Operations issued a solicitation in October 2023 […] More
Maximus will continue to provide contact center operations support for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The company said Tuesday the announcement comes after CMS moved to end the early recompete process for the Contact Center Operations contract, or CCO. Under the current CCO contract, the available option periods will run through 2031. The […] More
Amit Kohli, a vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, said advancing the adoption of artificial intelligence-assistive tools and data analytics could enable the Customs and Border Protection to support CBP officers’ well-being and help improve their ability to make sound enforcement decisions while strengthening border security. In an article published Monday on Homeland Security Today, […] More
Shubhi Mishra, founder and CEO of defense technology company Raft, said the U.S. needs to reassess and overhaul its approach to defense contracting by adopting new technologies and methodologies to stay competitive and address modern warfare challenges. In a commentary published Monday on Federal News Network, Mishra wrote that the U.S. government could help break […] More
Venture capital firm Marlinspike has appointed three defense and intelligence leaders to the newly created advisory board for its second growth fund to provide strategic guidance and insights as it invests in early-stage companies focused on developing dual-use technologies. The Washington, D.C.-based firm said Friday the advisory board members for Marlinspike Disruptive Technology Fund II, […] More
SOS International has appointed Jeffrey Mounts, who has nearly three decades of experience at the State Department, as senior account executive for the federal civilian sector. In this role, Mounts will use his experience in overseeing large-scale financial operations and enterprise resource planning tools to help align SOSi’s digital innovation and transformation capabilities with customers’ […] More
Atom Computing and Microsoft have set a world record by creating and entangling 24 logical qubits made from neutral atoms. The two companies also demonstrated the capability to detect and correct errors and perform computations on 28 logical qubits, Atom Computing said Tuesday. According to Microsoft, they created the world’s largest entangled logical qubit state […] More
VAST Data‘s federal subsidiary and MITRE have formed a strategic partnership to field new data capabilities to support a sandbox environment that could be used to train artificial intelligence models designed for federal government applications. According to a joint release published Monday, MITRE has reinforced its Federal AI Sandbox by deploying VAST Data Platform capabilities […] More
Agile Defense has appointed Jamie Burkhardt, a retired U.S. Navy officer, as general manager of Air Force, Naval and Combatant Commands and vice president of defense operations. Burkhardt announced his new position in a LinkedIn post published Wednesday. In this capacity, he will be responsible for growth initiatives and contract execution in support of Air […] More
The Lockheed Martin-built Patriot Advanced Capability-3, or PAC-3, missile engaged and intercepted an advanced tactical ballistic missile target during a flight test held Monday at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Lockheed said Monday that during the test, the PAC-3 missile integrated with the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, or LTAMDS, radar […] More
Nokia has received the Federal Information Processing Standards, or FIPS, 140-3 Security Level 2 certification for its Layer 1 optical transport platforms. Created by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the FIPS 140-3 standard seeks to ensure the protection of sensitive data within federal platforms, includes additional NIST-mandated requirements to improve data security and […] More
