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Cohesity Gets FedRAMP Moderate Authorization for SaaS Offering; David Kushner Quoted

Cohesity has obtained the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s Moderate Authority to Operate designation for its software as a service offering designed to simplify data management and data security. In a statement Tuesday, David Kushner, vice president of federal sales at Cohesity, said, “Achieving FedRAMP authorization enables federal agencies and other organizations that require FedRAMP […] More

by Kacey Roberts May 8, 2024, 11:37 am
in Defense Security Cooperation, Foreign Military Sales, News

$144M Sale of High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile Upgrade Kits to UAE Approved by State Department

The Department of State has approved a potential foreign military sale of WCU-33/B High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile Control Section Modification upgrade kits to the United Arab Emirates. The transaction has an estimated cost of $144 million and covers 149 units of the HCSM upgrade kits, the loan of telemetry kits — which include encryption devices, support […] More

by Jerry Petersen May 8, 2024, 11:36 am
in Acquisition & Procurement, News

NASA Looking Into Vendor Availability for Successor to $100M Simulation and Advanced Software Service Contract

NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center seeks to determine the availability of parties that are interested in and are capable of meeting the requirements of the Simulation and Advanced Software Services II solicitation and has issued a request for information for the effort. The SASS II solicitation aims to provide specialized simulation and advanced software […] More

by Jerry Petersen May 8, 2024, 11:35 am
in Contract Awards, News

KBR Secures Spot on Potential $2B Contract to Provide Global Contingency Services for Navy Facilities; Byron Bright Quoted

KBR has landed a position on a potential $2 billion multiple-award contract from the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command to deliver contingency services for U.S. Navy facilities globally. The company said Monday it could bid on task orders to provide short-term facility services during natural disasters, humanitarian aid, military operations and, when needed, fill in […] More

by Kacey Roberts May 7, 2024, 12:04 pm
in News, Wash100

Deltek SVP & GovCon Expert Kevin Plexico Accepts 2024 Wash100 Award

Kevin Plexico was conferred his fifth Wash100 Award in an in-person meeting with the award’s founder, Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson, at Deltek’s Herndon, Virginia headquarters. The Wash100 picks 100 executives every year to represent and honor the most distinguished personnel in government contracting, from both the public and private sectors. These awardees must demonstrate exceptional leadership, innovation, vision […] More

by Charles Lyons-Burt May 7, 2024, 12:04 pm
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CAES Develops Programmable Transceiver for Army’s Long Range Precision Fires Program; Mike Kahn Quoted

CAES is developing a programmable transceiver designed to help advance the U.S. Army’s top modernization priority of enabling long-range precision fires. The Precision Strike Sensor Core works to enable assured positioning, navigation and timing; facilitate radio frequency guidance and control; and provide in-flight data link communications in support of Army’s precision strike capability, CAES said […] More

by Naomi Cooper May 7, 2024, 12:03 pm
in Artificial Intelligence, News

AI Factory Development Approach to Bring Efficiency & Standardization, ECS’ Martin Klein Says

Organizations should develop artificial intelligence using an AI factory approach in order to maximize the technology’s potential, according to ECS Vice President of Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Martin Klein. An AI factory approach would entail the use of automation at every step of the development workflow, from the collection and processing of training data to […] More

by Jerry Petersen May 7, 2024, 12:02 pm
in News

Verizon Frontline and NOAA Sign New Cooperative Research and Development Agreement; Michael Adams Quoted

Verizon Frontline has confirmed its continued support for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by signing a new three-year cooperative and research development agreement aimed at exploring new strategies for deploying uncrewed aircraft systems to collect and distribute imagery of damage from severe storms. In a press release Monday, Michael Adams, associate vice president for […] More

by Aidan Daly May 7, 2024, 11:59 am
in Executive Moves, News

John Lucio Named Senior Director for Government Relations at BWX Technologies

John Lucio, formerly senior vice president at Ervin Graves Strategy Group, has been named senior director for government relations at BWX Technologies. In his new role, Lucio will focus on strengthening BWXT’s relationships with defense and civilian agencies and advancing support for various Department of Defense programs, including the production of naval nuclear reactors for […] More

by Naomi Cooper May 7, 2024, 11:58 am
in Government Technology, News

Maxar Intelligence, Lockheed Sign Agreement to Improve F-35 Simulator Experience; Susanne Hake Quoted

Maxar Intelligence and Lockheed Martin will streamline the purchase and delivery of geospatial products for the F-35 fighter jet’s flight simulation and training platform under a new agreement. Maxar said Monday the long-term agreement with Lockheed seeks to standardize licensing, pricing and requirements for its products, including Dynamic imagery basemaps and Precision3D Data Suite, as […] More

by Jane Edwards May 7, 2024, 11:57 am
in News

Edge Autonomy Upgrades VXE30 Stalker VTOL Unmanned Aircraft; Joshua Stinson Quoted

Uncrewed autonomous systems provider Edge Autonomy has unveiled the Havoc configuration of its VXE30 Stalker vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aircraft system. Edge Autonomy said Monday that the new configuration upgrades the base model, doubling its flight endurance and payload capacity while retaining its payload agnosticism and user interfaces from previous variants, which means VXE30 […] More

by Jerry Petersen May 7, 2024, 11:56 am
in Cloud, News

GSA Seeks Feedback on Draft Solicitation for Pool 1 of Ascend Cloud Services BPA

The General Services Administration has released a draft solicitation for the first pool of the potential eight-year Ascend blanket purchase agreement to meet the U.S. federal government’s needs for cloud services and related information technology professional services. The Ascend BPA is divided into three pools and Pool 1 focuses on infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service cloud offerings, […] More

by Jane Edwards May 7, 2024, 11:55 am