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Leidos Delivers Test Version of SLS Universal Stage Adapter to NASA

Leidos has delivered to NASA a test version of the universal stage adapter that will be used to connect the exploration upper stage of the Block 1B variant Space Launch System to the Orion spacecraft. NASA said Wednesday the full-scale prototype arrived at Building 4619 at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, where it will undergo modal testing to validate dynamic models and ultimate load testing to assess the test article's structure.

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by Naomi Cooper March 15, 2024, 7:27 am
in Cybersecurity, News

Carahsoft to Offer BlueVoyant Cyber Defense Services to Public Sector; Alex Whitworth Quoted

Carahsoft Technology will serve as a public sector distributor for BlueVoyant to market the New York-based company’s cybersecurity technologies and services to government customers. Under the agreement, Carahsoft said Thursday that BlueVoyant offerings will be accessible via reseller partners and the NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V, Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2 and National Association of State Procurement Officials ValuePoint contracts.

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by Kacey Roberts March 15, 2024, 6:59 am
in Executive Moves, News

Former DCMA Director David Bassett to Advise Latent AI Board

David Bassett, who has over 35 years of service in the Department of Defense and is the former director of the Defense Contract Management Agency, has been appointed strategic adviser to the board of Latent AI. In a statement Thursday, company CEO and co-founder Jags Kandasamy said Bassett will help improve services to “provide an unfair advantage to our warfighters in the era of strategic competition.”

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by Kacey Roberts March 15, 2024, 6:59 am
in Executive Moves, News

Valor Equity CTO Constantine Saab Appointed to Peraton Advisory Board

Constantine Saab, managing director and chief technology officer at Valor Equity Partners, has joined the advisory board of Peraton. Saab, an 18-year CIA veteran, will provide strategic counsel to Peraton's senior leadership team on shaping the company's business goals and objectives, the company said Thursday.

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by Naomi Cooper March 15, 2024, 6:55 am
in Announcements, Cloud, Cybersecurity, News

Everfox Enters Into Strategic Partnership With Microsoft

Cybersecurity company Everfox, formerly Forcepoint Federal, announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft. Under the agreement, Everfox said Wednesday that its technology will be integrated into Microsoft's Azure cloud service offerings and that the two companies will develop new cloud products.

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by Aidan Daly March 14, 2024, 11:42 am
in Artificial Intelligence, DHS, News, Wash100

CBP Chief Information Officer Sonny Bhagowalia Wins 1st Wash100 Award for IT, AI Leadership

Executive Mosaic is honored to announce the selection of Sonny Bhagowalia, assistant commissioner at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of Information Technology and CBP chief information officer, as a winner of the Wash100 award for 2024. For his first Wash100 win, Bhagowalia is being recognized for his work in promoting the adoption of artificial intelligence to help his agency carry out its mission.

Vote for Sonny Bhagowalia as one of your favorite GovCon industry leaders at Wash100.com. You also have a chance to hear insights from him and other CIOs and experts at the Potomac Officers Club's 5th Annual CIO Summit. Register now to attend this event!

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by Jerry Petersen March 14, 2024, 11:33 am
in Executive Spotlights, News

Talking AI, Company Culture & Differentiators With VivSoft CEO Navin Gunalan

Navin Gunalan, co-founder and CEO of VivSoft Technologies, has led a successful 18-year career in government contracting, specializing in providing technology solutions using his capture and business development skills for state and federal markets. In a recent Spotlight interview, Gunalan sat down with ExecutiveBiz to illustrate VivSoft’s rise to prominence, chat about its use of AI and the proliferation of the technology in recent years and more.

Potomac Officers Club's 5th Annual AI Summit will take place on March 21st. Register here now!

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by Charles Lyons-Burt March 14, 2024, 11:26 am
in Contract Awards, News

Esri Books $56M NGA Task Order for Foundation GEOINT Modernization

Esri has secured a two-year, $56.2 million task order to continue helping the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency provide foundational geospatial intelligence services to users worldwide. The task order was awarded under NGA's blanket purchase agreement and extends cloud, software development and database services on Esri's proprietary systems, the agency said Tuesday.

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by Naomi Cooper March 14, 2024, 11:23 am
in Executive Moves, News

Juan Navarro Appointed President and CEO of Advanced IT Concepts

Juan Navarro, an experienced information technology professional who previously served as CEO of HDT Global, has been appointed as the new president and CEO of Advanced IT Concepts. He will assume responsibility for guiding the company through its upcoming phase of growth, the Florida-based company said Wednesday.

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by Kacey Roberts March 14, 2024, 11:22 am
in Cybersecurity, News

Blockchain Cybersecurity Technology Provider Eyris to Receive Pre-Seed Funding From Incubator Red Cell Partners

Incubation firm Red Cell Partners is providing cybersecurity technology developer Eyris $3 million in pre-seed funding meant to allow the company to start a Department of Defense pilot program and offer services to other federal agencies. Eyris offers blockchain-based security and ransomware mitigation products that are cloud- and encryption-agnostic and work to integrate with various existing applications, Red Cell said Wednesday.

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by Jerry Petersen March 14, 2024, 11:13 am
in Artificial Intelligence, News

Steampunk Partners With NVIDIA to Deliver AI Services; Anthony Robbins Quoted

Steampunk has become a member of the NVIDIA Partner Network, a program designed to assist NVIDIA partners in expediting the delivery of artificial intelligence services to clients. As a solution advisor and consultant within the network, the Virginia-based company said Wednesday it will harness NVIDIA technologies such as graphics processing unit hardware, software development kits, pre-trained AI models and scaled inference platforms.

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by Kacey Roberts March 14, 2024, 11:12 am
in Executive Moves, News

Ashley Meade Transitions to VP of Operations/AFRICAP Program Manager Post at Amentum

Ashley Meade, formerly senior director of operations at Amentum, has been named vice president of operations and program manager of the Africa Peacekeeping Program. She was director of operations and AFRICAP program manager at PAE, now part of Amentum, for nearly three years and was a senior pricing policy analyst at Lockheed Martin before joining PAE.

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by Naomi Cooper March 14, 2024, 10:57 am