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Ken Asbury: CACI Aims to Help Advance Natl Security Innovation Through ‘Asymmetric Threat’ Forum

Ken Asbury, president and CEO ofÂ CACI International, has saidÂ he believes asymmetric threat discussions and representatives from federal agencies, industry and academia could help advance the development of strategies and capabilities to combat global national security threats. â€œSuch thought leadership also reinforces our commitment to our customersâ€™ critical missions,â€ Asbury, an inductee into Executive Mosaicâ€™sÂ Wash100 for […] More

by Jane Edwards August 4, 2017, 5:30 am
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CSRA-Led Team Expands Capacity of NIH Supercomputing Cluster; Kamal Narang Comments

CSRA has led an industry team in efforts to boost the computing capacity of the National Institutes of Health‘s supercomputing cluster. The company said Wednesday it installed the secondÂ computing power increment to the Biowulf supercomputing system designed to run computations in genomics, image processing, statistical analysis and other biomedical research efforts. The second increment follows […] More

by Ramona Adams August 3, 2017, 5:15 am
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Lockheed Begins Colorado Satellite Manufacturing Hub Construction; Rick Ambrose Comments

Lockheed Martin has kicked off a $350 million project to build a satellite production facility at the company’sÂ Waterton Canyon campus in Colorado. The Gateway Center is scheduled for completion in 2020 and will accommodate Lockheed’s growing workforce and future projects in Colorado, the companyÂ said Wednesday. Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed’s space systems business, […] More

by Ramona Adams August 2, 2017, 11:46 am
in C4ISR News, Featured, General, News

CenturyLink Secures Spot on GSA’s Potential $50B EIS Vehicle; Erich Sanchack Comments

CenturyLinkÂ will be able to offer information technology and telecommunications infrastructure services to government customers through its position on the General Services Administration‘s potential 15-year, $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multi-award vehicle serves to facilitate the delivery of CenturyLink services that includeÂ cybersecurity, cloud and managed hosting, the company said Wednesday. Erich Sanchack, senior […] More

by Anna Forrester August 2, 2017, 11:11 am
in Featured, General, Government Cloud, News

Dell EMCâ€™s Cameron Chehreh: FedRAMP Should Continue Evolution Toward ‘Accelerated Processâ€™

Cameron Chehreh,Â chief technology officer ofÂ Dell EMCâ€™s federal business, has said he believes the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program should continue to streamline and play a role as government agencies work to advance their digital modernization efforts. â€œThe goal is to get to a point where a vendor holding one [authority to operate] can go […] More

by Jane Edwards August 1, 2017, 8:58 am
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ManTech Awarded USAF Business, Network IT Support Contract; Bill Varner Comments

ManTech International has won a potential 10-year, multimillion dollar contract for integrated management and business support services to the U.S. Air Force. The contract represents new work for the company and includes network information technology services, ManTech said Thursday. Bill Varner, president of ManTech’s mission, cyber and intelligence solutions group, said the company has supported […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman August 1, 2017, 5:00 am
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Matt Desch: Iridium’s Aviation Connectivity Offering to Focus on Operational Services

Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch has said the company’s newÂ Certus multi-service communications platformÂ will focus onÂ cockpit and operational services instead of cabin connectivity, Aviation Today reported Friday. Desch, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2017, said at Iridium’s second-quarter earnings call that Certus is designed to offer a connection speed of up to 350 kilobits […] More

by Ramona Adams July 31, 2017, 12:03 pm
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Wayne Rehberger: TASCâ€™s Intell Business Main Driver Behind Merger With Engility

Wayne Rehberger, chief financial officer of Engility Holdings, has said the companyâ€™s decision to acquire professional services providerÂ TASCÂ in 2014 through a $1.3 billion stock deal was driven by the latterâ€™s intelligence business, Virginia Business reported Friday. Rehberger said TASCâ€™s intelligence business â€œhelped balance Engilityâ€™s strategic portfolio.â€ He was instrumental in the 2015 integration of both […] More

by Jane Edwards July 31, 2017, 8:57 am
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IBM Helps Army Materiel Command Evaluate Stryker Vehicles With AI Platform; Sam Gordy Comments

IBM has helped the Army Materiel Command’s logistics support activity to predict maintenance issues on Stryker armored fighting vehicles using the company’s Watson artificial intelligence technology, GCN reported Thursday. The company installed its AIÂ platform along with other sensor technologies on 350 StrykerÂ vehicles to evaluate manuals and work orders required for the development of individual maintenance […] More

by Scott Nicholas July 28, 2017, 9:06 am
in Cybersecurity News, Featured, General, News

Unisys’ PV Puvvada: Govt Security Officers Should Prepare ‘Concise’ Cyber Reports for Senior Leaders

PV Puvvada,Â president of Unisys‘ federal business, has said government security professionals should be ready to concisely communicate their teams’ cybersecurity activities and strategies to senior-most government leaders. Puvvada wrote in an opinion piece published ThursdayÂ on FCW that federal security officers should present cybersecurity information to agency and department heads inÂ short, simple terms “that provide a […] More

by Ramona Adams July 28, 2017, 7:00 am
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Thomson Reuters Survey: Govt Attorneys Face Workload, Budget Challenges; Steve Rubley Comments

A new Thomson Reuters study has found that 76 percent of government lawyers expect a rise in their workloads over the next few years. Thomson Reuters polled 238 lawyers in city, state and federal agencies for the Government Law Departments 2017 report and found that 67 percent of them said they think limited budgets and […] More

by Jane Edwards July 27, 2017, 10:30 am
in Big Data & Analytics News, Featured, General, News

Hortonworksâ€™ Shaun Bierweiler: Open-Source Tech Key to Big Data Mgmt

Shaun Bierweiler, vice president of public sector at Hortonworks, has said local and state government agencies should adopt open-source technology platforms to handle large volumes of data, StateScoop reported Wednesday. Bierweiler said big data management tools based on open-source work to help government leaders gain access to intelligence data and analytics needed to carry out […] More

by Jane Edwards July 27, 2017, 5:15 am