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SkyePoint Appoints Manohar Kumar, Durriya Badani to Management Positions

SkyePoint Decisions has named Manohar Kumar and Durriya Badani as the company’s senior vice president of operations and vice president of strategic accounts, respectively. In a statement Tuesday, SkyePoint President Heather Conigliaro welcomed the new appointees and said, “Manohar’s proven delivery success and Durriya’s ability to build strategic relationships will be invaluable as we continue to expand […] More

by Kacey Roberts November 21, 2024, 10:27 am
in Cybersecurity, News

Thales TCT’s Gina Scinta Says PQC Migration Urgently Needed

Government and industry must begin taking steps to secure their systems from cyber threats posed by malicious actors using quantum technologies, Gina Scinta, deputy chief technology officer of Thales Trusted Cyber Technologies, said in a column published Tuesday on the Federal News Network. Steps for Government According to Scinta, on the part of government, agencies […] More

by Jerry Petersen November 21, 2024, 10:22 am
in C4ISR, DOD, Executive Moves, News

Jason Saldana Appointed VP of Strategic Development at MTSI

Jason Saldana, a 24-year industry veteran with extensive experience in cloud computing and multi-level security digital ecosystems, announced on LinkedIn on Tuesday that he has been elevated to vice president of strategic development at Modern Technology Solutions Inc. The MTSI VP will be responsible for all executive initiatives in planning, developing, integrating and application of the Alexandria, […] More

by Miles Jamison November 21, 2024, 10:19 am
in Artificial Intelligence, News

Booz Allen Invests in Reality Defender to Strengthen AI, Cyber Portfolio

Booz Allen Hamilton announced a strategic investment in cybersecurity firm Reality Defender through its corporate venture capital arm Booz Allen Ventures to strengthen its artificial intelligence and cyber portfolio. In a press release Wednesday, Matt Keating, head of AI security at Booz Allen, said, “Sophisticated AI models are increasingly being used to manipulate and deceive, […] More

by Aidan Daly November 21, 2024, 10:01 am
in Civilian, Digital Modernization, DOD, News

Department of the Interior Added to Appian’s Federal Customer Portfolio

Software company Appian has added the Department of the Interior to its customer portfolio of federal clients. With this development, the company now serves all 15 cabinet-level agencies within the U.S. federal government. The company said on Oct. 30 the partnership with the DOI is meant to support the department’s acquisition modernization efforts, including digitally […] More

by Miles Jamison November 21, 2024, 10:00 am
in Cybersecurity, News

vTech Solution on Empowering Federal Agencies With Zero Trust

Federal agencies face increasingly complex cybersecurity challenges as cyber threats become more sophisticated. In a recent conversation between Mike Pereira, chief strategy officer at vTech Solution, and Frank Konieczny, former chief technology officer for the U.S. Air Force, the pair discussed the need for federal agencies to adopt zero trust architecture, or ZTA, as a robust defense […] More

by Charles Lyons-Burt November 21, 2024, 12:00 am
in Artificial Intelligence, News

Duality Technologies Creates Public Sector Advisory Board

Duality Technologies has formed a public sector advisory board comprising experts who will provide strategic guidance to public sector customers in the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, NATO member countries and other allied and partner nations. The advisory board, created to support the expansion of public sector services, will focus on helping government organizations enable data […] More

by Kristen Smith November 20, 2024, 11:33 am
in Civilian, Healthcare IT, News

RIVA Receives Task Orders to Improve HHS Financial Reporting System

RIVA Solutions has secured two task orders to enhance financial reporting and systems integration within the Department of Health and Human Services grants management ecosystem. Awarded under a $76 million Financial Management Portfolio blanket purchase agreement, the orders require the development of centralized financial reporting capabilities that would allow Administration for Children and Families Child […] More

by Derrick Henry November 20, 2024, 11:31 am
in Executive Moves, News

Antenna Research Associates Appoints Larry Sala & Rich Sorelle to Board of Directors

Antenna Research Associates announced the appointments of Larry Sala and Rich Sorelle to its board of directors. In a press release Tuesday, Logen Thiran, CEO of ARA, said about the two experienced industry executives, “Their track records overseeing growth and operational excellence along with their vast network of industry relationships make them ideally suited to […] More

by Aidan Daly November 20, 2024, 11:30 am
in Contract Awards, DOD, News, Space

Orion Secures Space Force Contract for Space Refueling Capabilities

Orion Space Solutions, a subsidiary of Arcfield, has secured a contract from the U.S Space Force to provide support for the Tetra-6 mission while continuing support for Tetra-5. Arcfield said Tuesday Orion received an additional four-year contract from the USSF Space Systems Command, which extends its work on enhancing space refueling capabilities for both Tetra-5 and Tetra-6 […] More

by Miles Jamison November 20, 2024, 11:29 am
in News

New Forensics Field Targets Foreign Interference

A new field of forensics aimed at uncovering unscrupulous actors in research could be used to help discover and prevent cases of foreign influence and interference in defense research. The field — known as forensic scientometrics, or FoSci — has been proposed by research integrity experts to recognize their investigations into all aspects of research […] More

by Charles Lyons-Burt November 20, 2024, 11:28 am
in Executive Spotlights, News

Rise8 CEO: What It Takes for Government DevOps Teams to Create Quality Software

Bryon Kroger, Rise8 founder and CEO, is a U.S. Air Force veteran turned bureaucracy hacker who is relentless in his pursuit of making the world work better—a future where fewer bad things happen because of bad software. Rise8 enables large enterprises with critical missions to continuously deliver valuable software that users love. Kroger recently sat […] More

by Charles Lyons-Burt November 20, 2024, 11:27 am