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FY2025 Pentagon Budget May Indicate Serious DOD Interest in Commercial Satcom, Viasat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch Says

According to Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch of Viasat, the commercial satellite communications industry views the inclusion of a $134 million line item for commercial satcom integration within the proposed fiscal year 2025 Pentagon budget as a positive development. "We're hopeful this means DoD is getting more serious about leveraging commercial capabilities," Viasat's senior vice president for government strategy and policy told SpaceNews in a recent interview.

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April 1, 2024, 11:03 am
in News, Wash100

Wash100 Honors Paul Smith Anew for Leading RGS to Key Hire, New Product Release, Industry Partnerships

Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce that Paul Smith has once again been named a winner of the Wash100 Award. Smith's win this year, his fourth overall, is in recognition of his achievements as the new CEO of Rancher Government Solutions, leading the Kubernetes management software provider to a key new hire, the formation of industry partnerships and the rollout of Rancher Government Hauler.

The Popular Vote Competition of the 2024 Wash100 Award runs through April 30, 2024. Click here to vote for Paul Smith as one of your favorite GovCon industry leaders!

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March 28, 2024, 11:16 am
in Executive Moves, News

Christine Centa Named Chief People Officer at HashiCorp

Multi-cloud infrastructure automation software provider HashiCorp has promoted Christine Centa to the position of chief people officer. In her new role, Centa will be responsible for all functions related to human resources, including talent acquisition and development, benefits and compensation and HR systems and analytics, HashiCorp said Tuesday.

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March 27, 2024, 10:59 am
in Artificial Intelligence, News

AutogenAI’s Elizabeth Lukas: AI to Level Playing Field, Enhance Competitiveness in GovCon

Elizabeth Lukas of artificial intelligence company AutogenAI sees a growing expectation in the broader industry that companies should respond quickly to procurement opportunities, an expectation that, Lukas believes, will spread into the government contracting space. Adopting AI would allow contractors to meet this expectation because the technology enables organizations to respond to more bids within timeframes that are likely to become shorter and tighter, the CEO of AutogenAI's Americas business says in an opinion column published Monday.

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March 26, 2024, 11:02 am
in Contract Awards, DOD

Astrion-Fluor JV Books $3.7B Air Force Test Operations & Sustainment Contract; Fog Hahn Quoted

Beyond New Horizons, a joint venture between engineering consultancy business Astrion and engineering and construction company Fluor, has been awarded the Test Operations and Sustainment II contract by the U.S. Air Force. Worth more than $3.7 billion, TOS II calls on BNH to provide support for the Arnold Engineering Development Complex, Astrion said Monday.

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March 26, 2024, 10:59 am
in Cloud, News

Carahsoft to Make Wiz Cloud Security Platform Available on AWS Marketplace via Distributor Seller Program

Cloud security platform provider Wiz has been made part of Carahsoft's Distributor Seller of Record Program. Carahsoft said Thursday that, as master government aggregator, it will work to make Wiz's offering available on the Amazon Web Services Marketplace via the DSOR Program.

Cyber experts, government leaders and industry visionaries will speak about the dynamic and evolving role of cyber in the public sector at the Potomac Officers Club's 2024 Cyber Summit, which will take place in June. Register now to attend this important event!

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March 25, 2024, 11:35 am
in Acquisition & Procurement, DOD, News

Air Force Seeks Contractors for $12.5B Base Area Network Modernization Effort

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has released the solicitation for the $12.5 billion Base Infrastructure Modernization multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The contract opportunity will have a five-year base period of performance followed by a single five-year option period, according to the request for proposal posted Friday on SAM.gov.

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March 25, 2024, 11:16 am
in Industry News, News

For Iridium’s Matt Desch, Questions Remain About Satellite-Cellular Convergence, But Resolution ‘Inevitable’

For Iridium Communications CEO and 2024 Wash100 winner Matt Desch, the resolution of the various issues surrounding satellite-cellular convergence is "inevitable" but it is taking some time. One of the issues that remains unclear involves viable and profitable business models for direct-to-device converged services, though the satellite and cellular industries appear interested.

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March 22, 2024, 9:14 am
in Artificial Intelligence, News

Accenture to Contribute Accelerators, Support Personnel for Partnership With Anthropic, AWS on Responsible AI Deployment

Accenture has entered into a partnership with Amazon Web Services and artificial intelligence company Anthropic with the aim of providing organizations with the ability to adopt and scale generative AI technology in a responsible manner. Accenture said Wednesday that, under the partnership, it will provide customers with services and accelerators — like a new generative AI switchboard — that will make it possible to customize AI models for specific needs.

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March 22, 2024, 9:12 am
in Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, News

RingCentral’s Stacy Schwartz Touts Benefits of Modern Voice Communications for Emergency Services

Emergency services should include modern voice communication platforms in any discussion on capability modernization, according to Stacy Schwartz, head of U.S. public sector and education at RingCentral, the provider of a cloud-based communication platform. In an opinion column published Wednesday on StateTech, Schwartz says that unlike analog voice communication tools, modern voice comes in the form of mobile apps that can integrate various data streams, benefiting disaster response as well as daily emergency medical services.

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March 21, 2024, 10:56 am
in Contract Awards, News

DIU Partners With 3 Companies to Develop Orbital Logistics Capabilities

Aerospace company Blue Origin is finalizing the development of the Dark-Sky-1 mission system, whose purpose is to demonstrate the mission operation and flight system capabilities of a heavy utility multi-orbit logistics vehicle. The work is being carried out under a contract between Blue Origin and the Defense Innovation Unit, which said Wednesday that it had also been working with two other companies — Space Logistics and SpaceBilt — to achieve logistics capabilities, like Dark-Sky-1, that would provide low-cost access to geostationary orbit and those beyond low Earth orbit.

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March 21, 2024, 10:53 am
in Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, DOD, News

Accenture Federal Services’ Garland Garris Discusses Company Role in Energy Department-Led Quantum Advancement Effort

Garland Garris, the quantum lead and associate director for security and science at Accenture Federal Services, discussed in a recent interview his company's participation in a Department of Energy project focused on achieving advancements with the help of quantum technologies. Garris told Federal News Network that his company is working with various agencies to comply with the provisions Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act.

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March 20, 2024, 10:56 am