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Two CACI Employees Receive DoD Medal for Valor; Ken Asbury Quoted

Two CACI International employees have received the Office of the Secretary of the Defense Medal for Valor in recognition of their involvement in counterinsurgency and force member recovery efforts. CACI employees Brandon â€œRayâ€ Seabolt and Michael â€œTonyâ€ Dunne accepted the award from Lt. Gen. Darsie Rogers, deputy director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the […] More

by Jane Edwards August 15, 2018, 2:50 am
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BAE, Flexera Partner to Help Gov’t Clients Adopt Cloud Tech; Peder Jungck Quoted

BAE Systems has partnered with Flexera to offer a hybrid cloud environment for U.S. government customers that aim to update their information technology operations and software licenses. The partnership intends to incorporate Flexeraâ€™s data analytics and management platforms into a federated cloud system that BAE and Dell EMCÂ jointlyÂ unveiledÂ in April,Â BAEÂ said Monday. Peder Jungck, vice president and […] More

by Monica Jackson August 14, 2018, 5:00 am
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NTT Data Lands Spot on Alliant 2 IT Services Vehicle; Tim Conway Comments

NTT Data has secured a position on the second iteration of theÂ General Services Administration‘s governmentwide contract vehicle for information technology services. Tim Conway, president of NTT Data’s public sector business, said in statement released Monday the company seeks to provide technology-based services to current and potential federal customers through the Alliant 2 contract. GSA issued […] More

by Nichols Martin August 13, 2018, 12:07 pm
in C4ISR News, Featured, General, News

Inmarsat Government’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Govâ€™t, Satcom Industry Need â€˜Enterprise Approach to Partnershipsâ€™

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy forÂ Inmarsat Government,Â has said the government and the commercial satellite industry should adopt an â€œenterprise approach to partnershipsâ€ to protect and defend space assets from potential adversaries. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in a National Defense piece posted Friday that an example of that approach is the formation of […] More

by Jane Edwards August 13, 2018, 10:24 am
in Featured, General, News, Space News

SSL to Build Flight System Component for NASAâ€™s Psyche Asteroid Mission; Richard White Comments

Maxar Technologiesâ€™ SSL subsidiary has been tapped by Zin Technologies to develop and test a flight system designed for NASAâ€™s Psyche mission that aims to explore a metal asteroid and help shed light on the Earthâ€™s formation. The agencyâ€™s Jet Propulsion Laboratory designed the Psyche Compute Element that will work as the main computer onboard […] More

by Jane Edwards August 10, 2018, 5:23 am
in Cybersecurity News, Featured, General, News

Election Tech Vendors, Cyber Org Team Up to Protect Voting Systems; BAEâ€™s Peder Jungck Comments

A new group of elections systems providers and an information technology-centric cybersecurity data sharing organization have agreed to partner to safeguard voting platforms from possible election interference, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The Elections Industry Special Industry GroupÂ will provide election technology firms access to the IT Information Sharing and Analysis Centerâ€™s data sharing infrastructure […] More

by Jane Edwards August 10, 2018, 3:13 am
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Wayne Rehberger: Engility Eyes $100M-$500M Systems Engineering Contracts

Wayne Rehberger, chief financial officer atÂ Engility, hasÂ said the company is targeting mission operationsÂ and systems engineering support contracts in the defense, intelligence and space markets that range between $100 million and $500 million, the Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday. â€œI think our scale is great for the market that weâ€™re targeting,â€ he said Wednesday at the […] More

by Jane Edwards August 9, 2018, 5:36 am
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AWS’ Jennifer Chronis: Cloud Tech Can Help DoD Harness Potential of Machine Learning, AI

Jennifer Chronis, general manager for the Defense Department market at Amazon Web Services, told Government Matters in an interview aired Friday she believes DoD organizations can harness the possible advantages of machine learning and artificial intelligence tools in a cloud computing environment. She said that AWS’ technology is designed to manage workload at different classification […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman August 9, 2018, 5:25 am
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Perspecta to Support DISA’s Background Investigation Mgmt Program; Mac Curtis Comments

PerspectaÂ has received an 18-month, $49 million “other transaction” agreement to develop an information technology system for the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s Investigation ManagementÂ program. The companyÂ said TuesdayÂ its enterprise services subsidiary will provide a standardized governmentwide IT platform intended to help theÂ National Background Investigation ServicesÂ manage security and credentialing processes for the federal workforce. The system will be […] More

by Brenda Marie Rivers August 8, 2018, 11:59 am
in Featured, General, News, Space News

SSLâ€™s Rob Zitz: Agencies to Leverage Small Satellites for Large Spacecraft Capability Enhancement

Rob Zitz, senior vice president and chief strategy officer for government systems at Maxar Technologiesâ€™ SSL subsidiary, has said he believes intelligence and defense agencies will look to small satellites in the next few years to build up the capabilities of large spacecraft owned and run by the government, SpaceNews reported Tuesday. â€œWe see growth […] More

by Jane Edwards August 8, 2018, 4:37 am
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Matt Desch: Iridium to Enter 10-Year â€˜Capex Holidayâ€™ After Final NEXT Satellite Launch

Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch has said he expects the company to start a â€œcapex holidayâ€ over a 10-year period once it completes the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation, SpaceNews reported Monday. â€œI know the history of other satellite operators regarding capex holidays isnâ€™t so good, but our motivations are very different,â€ Desch, aÂ four-time Wash100 recipient, […] More

by Jane Edwards August 7, 2018, 3:46 am
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AT&T’s Mike Leff: US Military Needs â€˜Robustâ€™ IoT Network

U.S. military leaders have said that service branches need a modernized information technology network that can help troops collect intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data from internet-of-things platforms,Â C4ISRNETÂ reported Saturday. Mike Leff, vice president for global defense at AT&T‘s public sector business, said military personnel need a “robust” network in order to secure and connect to ISR […] More

by Peter Graham August 6, 2018, 10:14 am