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Raymond Holder, a more than two-decade government market veteran, has joined Maximus to serve as vice president of digital growth. Holder previously held various roles at Amazon Web Services, DXC Technology and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. More

Viasat’s Inmarsat Government business will provide space relay services and other proliferated low-Earth orbit satellite-based services for the U.S. Space Force, defense agencies, combatant commands, other federal agencies and international allies under a potential 10-year, $900 million contract awarded by the Defense Information Systems Agency. More

ECS has achieved Microsoft’s Solutions Partner designation in three categories. Building on over two decades of partnership with Microsoft, ECS received recognitions in the Azure Infrastructure, Digital & App Innovation and Data & AI areas, the Fairfax, Virginia-based company announced. More

At Red Hat, Mike Miller leads teams that deliver cloud-based solutions, high-performing Linux applications, containers and Kubernetes technologies to help solve complicated problems for the government.In this Executive Spotlight interview, Miller spoke with ExecutiveBiz about the most pressing technological conundrums facing the U.S. today, the solutions of tomorrow in this market and what he has learned about cross-sector partnership over the years, among other topics. More

At Red Hat, Mike Miller leads teams that deliver cloud-based solutions, high-performing Linux applications, containers and Kubernetes technologies to help solve complicated problems for the government.In this Executive Spotlight interview, Miller spoke with ExecutiveBiz about the most pressing technological conundrums facing the U.S. today, the solutions of tomorrow in this market and what he has learned about cross-sector partnership over the years, among other topics. More

At Red Hat, Mike Miller leads teams that deliver cloud-based solutions, high-performing Linux applications, containers and Kubernetes technologies to help solve complicated problems for the government.In this Executive Spotlight interview, Miller spoke with ExecutiveBiz about the most pressing technological conundrums facing the U.S. today, the solutions of tomorrow in this market and what he has learned about cross-sector partnership over the years, among other topics. More

Haywood Talcove, CEO of LexisNexis Risk Solutions' Government Group, said international criminal groups from countries including Russia, Nigeria and China are using generative artificial intelligence to commit fraud and other illicit activities. Talcove cited a recently uncovered fraud-for-hire commercial posted on the dark web by a multibillion-dollar criminal organization that has been providing generative AI capabilities to other criminals. More

Haywood Talcove, CEO of LexisNexis Risk Solutions' Government Group, said international criminal groups from countries including Russia, Nigeria and China are using generative artificial intelligence to commit fraud and other illicit activities. Talcove cited a recently uncovered fraud-for-hire commercial posted on the dark web by a multibillion-dollar criminal organization that has been providing generative AI capabilities to other criminals. More

John Moberly, senior vice president for space at SpiderOak, highlighted the capability of the company's OrbitSecure software to provide end-to-end data protection for satellite systems and other space assets of defense customers. "Yes, we protect the data that enters the satellite, the data that leaves the satellite, and the data that belongs to the satellite. But we are also protecting the uplink, the downlink, the ground stations, the antennas, and the terminals," Moberly said in an interview with Satellite Evolution. More

An SES subsidiary has booked a multiyear contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to test an approach for military personnel to access commercial broadband services from multiple constellations with a variety of frequency bands. SES Defense & Space will pursue use case demonstrations of its satellite technology under AFRL's Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet program. More

An SES subsidiary has booked a multiyear contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to test an approach for military personnel to access commercial broadband services from multiple constellations with a variety of frequency bands. SES Defense & Space will pursue use case demonstrations of its satellite technology under AFRL's Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet program. More

Firefly Aerospace will perform low-earth-orbit satellite launch services for L3Harris Technologies missions to meet the U.S. government's responsive space requirements. The agreement involves three dedicated launches aboard Firefly's Alpha vehicle, scheduled for 2026 at the Vandenberg Space Force Base's SLC-2 launch site. More