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Executive Spotlight: Interview with Helene Fisher, President of Mission Services and Solutions, DLH Corp.

Executive Spotlight sat down with Helene Fisher, president of mission services and solutions, to discuss DLH Corp.â€™s work serving federal healthcare customers, the future of machine learning in the healthcare market and where she sees the company providing solutions moving forward. â€œ[AI] will be the cornerstone enabling increased efficiencies, truly scalable solutions and the reduction […] More

by Jason Scott June 21, 2018, 7:30 am
in Featured, General, Industry News, News

Boeing, USAF Eye 1st KC-46 Tanker Delivery in October; Matthew Donovan, Leanne Caret Comment

Matthew Donovan, U.S. Air Force undersecretary, has said the service and Boeing expect the first KC-46 aerial refueling tanker to be delivered in October, which is two months ahead of the serviceâ€™s previous projection, Bloomberg reported Thursday. The report said the agreement on the new schedule suggests that Boeing is close to fixing problems on […] More

by Jane Edwards June 21, 2018, 5:25 am
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Johns Hopkins APL Makes ‘Best Places to Work in IT’ List; Michael Misumi Comments

IDGâ€™s ComputerworldÂ has featured Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in the publication’s 2018 list of best places to work for information technology professionals. APL said Tuesday it placed 16th among the 59 large organizations selected for the annual list, which also includes 21 midsize and 20 small institutions. The lab also ranked eighth among the […] More

by Monica Jackson June 21, 2018, 3:01 am
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CTC to Help Air Force Build Lighting Tech; Ed Sheehan Comments

Concurrent Technologies Corp. has won a nearly $1 million contract to help the Air Force Research LaboratoryÂ design and test a light cart platform in an effort to reduce the U.S. Air Force‘s reliance on petroleum fuel. CTCÂ said Tuesday it plans to integrate multiple technologies and control approaches into theÂ Advanced Flightline Power and Light SystemÂ for the […] More

by Nichols Martin June 20, 2018, 2:58 am
in Featured, General, News, Space News

Mark Gray: ASRC Federal to Support NASA’s Computational Science, Engineering Efforts

Mark Gray, president and CEO of ASRC FederalÂ and a 2018 Wash100 recipient, has said the company seeks to helpÂ NASAÂ address science and engineering challenges with advanced computing technology. The company said Monday its InuTeq subsidiary receivedÂ a potential 10-year, $1.2 billion contract to assist the space agency in efforts to analyze and visualize data, perform simulation […] More

by Joanna Crews June 19, 2018, 10:56 am
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Iridiumâ€™s Matt Desch, NTT Dataâ€™s Tim Conway Among GovCon Vets Named to NVTC FY 2018-2019 Board

Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch and Tim Conway, president of NTT Dataâ€™s public sector business, have been appointed to the Northern Virginia Technology Councilâ€™s board of directors for fiscal year 2018-2019. Desch is one of the eight executives appointed by Rich Montoni, NVTC board chairman and vice chairman at Maximus, to the trade associationâ€™s board, […] More

by Jane Edwards June 19, 2018, 9:03 am
in C4ISR News, Featured, General, News

Iridiumâ€™s Scott Scheimreif: Small-Form-Factor Antennas With Broadband Connectivity to Back Mission-Critical Comms

Scott Scheimreif, executive vice president of government programs at Iridium Communications, has said he believes there will be an increased demand for small-form-factor antennas with agile broadband connectivity that work to support mobile communications during public safety and humanitarians missions. Scheimreif told MilsatMagazine in an interview how several relief organizations communicated through Iridiumâ€™s push-to-talk service […] More

by Jane Edwards June 19, 2018, 4:24 am
in Featured, General, Government Cloud, News

Dell EMCâ€™s Steve Harris: Automation, Cloud Platforms Could Help Agencies Manage â€˜Technical Debtâ€™

Steve Harris, senior vice president and general manager ofÂ Dell EMCâ€™s federal business, has said advancing automation, adopting cloud platforms and simplifying the procurement process are the strategies federal agencies should implement to address the rising “technical debt” associated with maintaining legacy information technology systems. Harris wrote in an opinion piece published Thursday on Federal Times […] More

by Jane Edwards June 15, 2018, 5:30 am
in Executive Spotlight, General, Industry News

Executive Spotlight: Interview With Jennifer Chronis, General Manager, DoD, at Amazon Web Services

ExecutiveBiz spoke with Jennifer Chronis, general manager, Defense Department, about Amazon Web Servicesâ€™ cloud offerings for defense and intelligence community customers, the pace of federal information technology modernization and what she sees in store for the future of cloud computing and adoption. “[The cloud] means solving problems faster, adapting to changing environments, dealing with sudden […] More

by Jason Scott June 13, 2018, 8:44 am
in Featured, General, Government Technology, News

Dell EMCâ€™s Cameron Chehreh: Mission Agility, Automation Drive Govt Adoption of Software-Based Storage Platforms

Cameron Chehreh,Â chief technology officer and vice president of presales engineering at Dell EMCâ€™s federal business,Â has said mission agility, cost savings and massive amounts of automation are the three reasons why federal agencies adopt software-defined storage, MeriTalk reported Tuesday. â€œWe are seeing government in a variety of areas, adopting not only software-defined storage but software-defined data […] More

by Jane Edwards June 13, 2018, 7:37 am
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General Dynamics to Help Navy Update Satellite Simulator; Manny Mora Comments

General Dynamicsâ€™ mission systems business has secured a contract from the U.S. Navy to update and maintain a satellite simulator at the Naval Postgraduate School. The simulator at the schoolâ€™s SpacecraftÂ Research and Design Center/Adaptive Optics Center of Excellence is a model of a communications satellite, Navy Fleet Satellite, and works to help students improve their […] More

by Jane Edwards June 13, 2018, 5:25 am
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AT&Tâ€™s Jill Singer: Network Virtualization Could Help Federal CIOs Meet System Modernization, Cybersecurity Goals

Jill Singer, vice president of national security at AT&Tâ€™s public sector business, has said chief information officers at federal agencies seeking to modernize their systems and build up their cybersecurity posture should implement network virtualization. Singer wrote in an article published Thursday on The Cipher Brief that deploying a software-based virtualized network could help agencies […] More

by Jane Edwards June 11, 2018, 11:15 am