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is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.
Forty-one companies took part in a pilot program the Department of Defense and HackerOne facilitated over the past 12 months to help participants identify cybersecurity weaknesses on publicly accessible systems. Volunteers with 348 systems signed up for the Defense Industrial Base-Vulnerability Disclosure Program and 288 security researchers at HackerOne offered 401 actionable reports to asset […] More
Citrix has been certified under the federal government’s cloud computing program to offer digital workspace software products designed to help agencies manage virtual desktops and information technology applications. The company said Monday its Cloud Government and Desktop as a Service offerings received Moderate Status from the FedRAMP Program Management Office and Joint Authorization Board. Government […] More
Chris Wilkinson, former president of DLT Solutions, has been named senior vice president of platform sales at public sector information technology reseller Four Inc. He will be responsible for growing Four’s contract resale programs and value-added partnerships in the government IT market, the company said Monday. Wilkinson served as president of DLT Solutions, a provider […] More
A Raytheon Technologies subsidiary continues to provide support to the Air Force Research Laboratory’s on-orbit evaluation of a small satellite that was launched in December 2021. AFRL deployed the Blue Canyon Technologies-built Ascent spacecraft to test in geostationary orbit the performance of commercial satellite systems, including a cold gas propulsion system from the Georgia Institute […] More
Khalid Syed, a senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, said in a recent Executive Spotlight interview that the company aims to help the U.S. military achieve system interoperability and apply a digital battlespace concept in support of the Department of Defense’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control strategy. “As JADC2 envisions a force that is […] More
Tony Frazier, executive vice president and general manager of public sector Earth intelligence at Maxar Technologies, said at the GEOINT 2022 event that shareability is a key feature of imagery from commercial satellites, Defense One reported Thursday. The five-time Wash100 Award winner noted that the company will deploy additional satellites designed to take very high-resolution […] More
A Presidio Federal organizational unit has rated at Capability Maturity Model Integration Level 3 based on the results of an appraisal conducted by GMS Registrar. The rating for Presidio Federal’s voice over internet protocol technology systems business used ISACA’s CMMI for Development model, the company said Wednesday. Maturity Level 3 signifies a “defined” level of […] More
Seventeen companies and the National Security Space Association have forged an alliance to fundraise for humanitarian aid and relief efforts to help people in Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion. The Space Industry for Ukraine consortium said Tuesday it has raised almost $1 million to date and aims to deploy medical and food supplies, mobile refugee clinics […] More
Textron‘s Bell subsidiary has teamed up with Sierra Nevada Corp. to integrate an open architecture-based mission system into the Bell 360 Invictus offering for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack and Reconnaissance Aircraft competition. SNC will provide integration support to the Modular Open Systems Approach that will serve as the digital backbone of Team Invictus’ proposed […] More
A heavy-lift helicopter that Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary designed and built for the U.S. Marine Corps has entered the initial operational capability phase. The service branch issued its IOC declaration for the CH-53K program after the manufacturer and the Department of the Navy completed initial test and evaluation procedures, Lockheed said Monday. Sikorsky previously demonstrated […] More
EY and Deloitte have won separate contracts to provide professional services to Australia’s information technology project aimed at implementing an enterprise resource planning system for the country’s public sector, Consultancy.com reported Sunday. The Australian service agency awarded $10.4 million to EY and $4.3 million to Deloitte to support the GovERP project. Under EY’s contract, the […] More
DLH Holdings has received a potential five-year, $14 million contract to continue providing research support to a National Institutes of Health organization focused on studying chronic medical conditions affecting the public. The company said Thursday it will help the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases conduct epidemiological studies and analyze research data. […] More
