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  • Splunk Exec Mary Lou Prevost Joins StateRAMP Standards & Technical Committee - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Splunk Exec Mary Lou Prevost Joins StateRAMP Standards & Technical Committee

    Mary Lou Prevost, an executive at technology services provider Splunk, has joined the StateRAMP Standards and Technical Committee as an adviser member. The committee is in charge of developing security best practices and facilitating engagement between industry and government to collaborate on establishing strategies for stronger data management, Bill Rowan, San Francisco, California-headquartered firm’s vice […] More

  • Akima Books $55M INDOPACOM Digital Modernization Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Akima Books $55M INDOPACOM Digital Modernization Contract

    Akima’s systems engineering subsidiary has secured a five-year, $55 million contract from the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command to enhance IT and communications infrastructure essential to national security. Under the contract, Akima Systems Engineering will enhance USINDOPACOM’s common computing environment using advanced communication and IT technologies, Akima said Thursday.  Commenting on the award, Duncan Greene, president of Akima’s mission […] More

  • Leidos Secures 3 DISA Task Orders for DODNET Expansion - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Secures 3 DISA Task Orders for DODNET Expansion

    Leidos has been awarded three contracts worth over $30 million in total by the Defense Information Systems Agency to continue enhancing and expanding the Department of Defense Network, or DODNet, under the Defense Enclave Services, or DES, program. The Reston, Virginia-based company said Thursday the three task orders are part of the 10-year, $11.5 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity DES contract […] More

  • ECS Partners With Cyware to Advance Cybersecurity Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ECS Partners With Cyware to Advance Cybersecurity Operations

    ECS and Cyware have expanded their partnership to enhance the capabilities of the former’s advanced research center threat intelligence team. Under the collaboration, Cyware’s Cyber Fusion capabilities were integrated into existing ECS security operations to enhance managed security services, ECS said Thursday. The integration, powered by Cyware Intel Exchange, enables ECS analysts to use advanced tools for […] More

  • Intel Appoints Industry Veterans Eric Meurice and Steve Sanghi as Independent Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intel Appoints Industry Veterans Eric Meurice and Steve Sanghi as Independent Directors

    Intel announced the appointment of former ASML Holdings CEO Eric Meurice and Microchip Technology interim CEO Steve Sanghi to the semiconductor chip maker’s board of directors, who will serve as independent directors, effective immediately. In a company press release Thursday, Frank Yeary, interim executive chairman of the Intel board, said, “Eric and Steve are highly […] More

  • MuleSoft's David Egts on Transforming Customer Service With Autonomous AI Agents - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MuleSoft’s David Egts on Transforming Customer Service With Autonomous AI Agents

    David Egts, field chief technology officer for the public sector at MuleSoft, said artificial intelligence-powered virtual assistants and autonomous AI agents like Agentforce agents are transforming the customer service experience by enabling organizations to deliver faster and more personalized service. In a blog post published Tuesday on MuleSoft’s website, Egts discussed how Agentforce service agents […] More

  • Raytheon Completes Electronic Warfare System Review - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Completes Electronic Warfare System Review

    Raytheon, an RTX business, has conducted a test for the prototype of its new electronic warfare system for the U.S. Navy’s Super Hornet aircraft.  The company said Tuesday it has completed the Delta Design Review for its Advanced Electronic Warfare, or ADVEW, prototype for the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet. The test, executed ahead of schedule, is […] More

  • BAE Systems Books DARPA Contract for Software Modernization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems Books DARPA Contract for Software Modernization

    BAE Systems’ FAST Labs research and development organization has received a $6 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency as part of the Pipelined Reasoning of Verifiers Enabling Robust Systems, or PROVERS, program. DARPA Contract Scope The company said Wednesday it will develop a Department of Defense-relevant system that showcases the integration of formal […] More

  • Allocore's Bill Webner: Government Use of Legacy Systems for Grant Programs 'Untenable' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Allocore’s Bill Webner: Government Use of Legacy Systems for Grant Programs ‘Untenable’

    The incoming Trump administration should prioritize the adoption of new technologies to ensure the efficiency and integrity of federal grant and loan programs, which distribute nearly $3 trillion in funding every year, according to Bill Webner, the CEO of loans, grants and fraud platform developer Allocore. ‘Untenable’ Reliance on Legacy Systems Webner, a 2024 Wash100 […] More

  • Hughes' James Clevenger on DOD 5G Network Implementation Lessons for Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hughes’ James Clevenger on DOD 5G Network Implementation Lessons for Agencies

    James Clevenger, director of government sales at Hughes Network Systems, said government agencies that plan to upgrade their wireless infrastructure with 5G technology could adopt some of the lessons the Department of Defense learned from its 5G network implementation. In an article published Wednesday on the company’s website, Clevenger highlighted how private 5G networks could […] More

  • GDIT & ServiceNow to Advance Government Digital Transformation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GDIT & ServiceNow to Advance Government Digital Transformation

    General Dynamics Information Technology and ServiceNow have signed a two-year partnership agreement to enhance the artificial intelligence-driven IT operations of the public sector. GDIT said Wednesday that it will integrate ServiceNow’s AI and machine learning IT operations platform into its Cove AI Ops Digital Accelerator to help government agencies automate routine tasks, address issues proactively and gain […] More

  • OpenAI Teams With Anduril on Counter-Drone Technology - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OpenAI Teams With Anduril on Counter-Drone Technology

    ChatGPT developer OpenAI is venturing into the defense sector through a partnership with Anduril Industries that would integrate its artificial intelligence technology with Anduril’s counter-unmanned aircraft systems, or CUAS, and Lattice software network. The collaboration will seek ways to use AI models to improve situational awareness by synthesizing time-sensitive data rapidly with less human effort, […] More