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Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: US Government’s Commercial Satcom Adoption Efforts Could Drive Cultural Change

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy atÂ Inmarsat Government, has said latest government efforts could pave the way for a cultural change that would leverage commercial satellite communications systems to support military missions. She wrote in a Via Satellite pieceÂ posted Friday that one of those efforts is the House Appropriations Committeeâ€™s move […] More

by Jane Edwards September 24, 2018, 8:10 am
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Lynn Dugle: Engility to Offer Technical Research, Analysis Services Through DoD Contract Vehicle

Lynn Dugle, president, chairman and CEO ofÂ Engility, has said the company seeks to provideÂ technical research, scientific and analytical support forÂ Defense Department missions via a potentialÂ $28B contract vehicle. “DoDÂ has been working on ways to more rapidly deliver needed capabilities to the front line and I’m glad to see this translate to action,” added Dugle, a two-timeÂ Wash100Â […] More

by Brenda Marie Rivers September 24, 2018, 8:05 am
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SAICâ€™s Kim Rupert Named to 2018 ‘Women Who Mean Business’ List; Steve Mahon Quoted

Kim Rupert, chief risk officer at Science Applications International Corp., has been included in the Washington Business Journalâ€™s 15th annual list of top 25 influential businesswomen in the Washington, D.C., metro area. The journal received approximately 400 nominations for the 2018 Women Who Mean Business list that recognizes women for their leadership skills, performance in […] More

by Jane Edwards September 24, 2018, 5:30 am
in Cybersecurity News, Featured, General, News

Raytheon Gets Foreign Gov’t Cyber Support Contract; Dave Wajsgras Quoted

Raytheon has landed a multiyear contract to provide cybersecurity services and associated support to an unnamed government client in the Middle East and North Africa region. The company said Monday it will also conduct training, operational, sustainment and knowledge transfer efforts under the contract. “We are honored to have been selected as a trusted cybersecurity […] More

by Nichols Martin September 24, 2018, 4:31 am
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ManTech to Vie for R&D Services Task Orders Under $28B DoD Contract; Kevin Phillips Quoted

ManTech InternationalÂ will compete for at least $15M in research, development, evaluation and test services task orders under theÂ Defense Departmentâ€™s potential nine-year,Â $28B Information Analysis Center Multiple Award Contract. The company said Thursday it will provide services across information technology, cyber and homeland defense disciplines under Pool 1 of the Defense Technical Information Centerâ€™s IAC MAC vehicle. […] More

by Jane Edwards September 21, 2018, 10:15 am
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Cubic to Build F-35 Combat Training System; Dave Buss Quoted

Lockheed MartinÂ has awardedÂ Cubicâ€™s global defense segment a contract of an undisclosed value to build an air combat training system for theÂ F-35 Lightning II program. Cubic said ThursdayÂ it will deliver more than 500 ACTS subsystems over the next four years as part of F-35 production lots 12 to 14. The system will incorporate theÂ P5 ground software […] More

by Brenda Marie Rivers September 20, 2018, 11:24 am
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Raytheon Updates Air Operations Center Software With Agile Methodology; Todd Probert Quoted

Raytheon has used agile development practices in efforts to integrate new features into the baseline software of the U.S. Air Forceâ€™s Air and Space Operations Center Weapon System, Flightglobal reported Wednesday. The company added functions for targeting, battle damage assessment and logistics applications, among other things, into the software to link previously disconnected systems, as […] More

by Monica Jackson September 19, 2018, 8:12 am
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Leidos’ William Bender Observes Military Progress in Network Modernization

William Bender, senior vice president of strategic accounts and government relations at Leidos, said he has observed military services workingÂ to modernize information technology networks, MeriTalkÂ reported Tuesday. TheÂ retired U.S. Air Force general described the military network modernization project as “complex” and noted that USAF’s projects include building software-based and virtual networks. In regard to security, Bender […] More

by Brenda Marie Rivers September 19, 2018, 7:13 am
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Perspecta Earns ‘Military Friendly Employer’ Recognition; Mac Curtis Quoted

Perspecta has been featured on GI Jobs Magazine’s 2019 “Military Friendly Employers” list that recognizes initiatives to hire, train and keep military and veteran employees. “We are fully dedicated to finding opportunities for members of the military community to join the Perspecta family and making them a vital part of our team,”Â Mac Curtis, president and […] More

by Nichols Martin September 19, 2018, 3:00 am
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Todd Probert: Raytheon Seeks to Encourage AI Tech Collaboration With Crowd Dev’t Strategy

Todd Probert, vice president of mission support and modernization atÂ Raytheonâ€˜s intelligence, information and services business, has said the company uses a crowd development approach to identify innovation partners and new technologies such as artificial intelligence. “We are leveraging the power of the crowd,” Probert wrote in an article published Friday on Breaking Defense. He noted […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman September 17, 2018, 10:45 am
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Defense Contractors Invest in Small Satellites; Raytheonâ€™s Dave Wajsgras Quoted

Some defense companies such as Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and Boeing have made investments in startups that develop small satellites as the Pentagon and intelligence agencies work to counter space security threats through the use of Cubesats, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Raytheon announcedÂ a partnership with Herndon, Va.-based satellite firm HawkEye 360 on Monday, Sept. 10, […] More

by Jane Edwards September 17, 2018, 5:05 am
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Leanne Caret: Boeingâ€™s Competitive Bids Attributed to Decision-Making, Cost Reduction Efforts

Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeingâ€™s defense, space and security business,Â has said cost-cutting measures and an accelerated decision-making process helped drive the companyâ€™s government contract proposals to be more competitive, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. â€œThis is the year where the first results from all the steps we have taken will be apparent […] More

by Jane Edwards September 14, 2018, 10:50 am