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Alice Fakir, a federal cybersecurity services partner at IBM, said the updated version of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Cybersecurity Framework puts a focus on timeliness and reporting and managing supply chain risks and third-party risks, FedTech reported Wednesday. “This updated framework is calling for better awareness and improvement of security controls around […] More
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has secured a $493.2 million contract to provide space systems engineering services to the U.S. Space Force. Johns Hopkins APL will perform technical support tasks, systems engineering and specialized research and development under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. Space System Command awarded the contract […] More
SAIC Executive Vice President Vincent DiFronzo accepted his 2024 Wash100 Award — the highest honor in government contracting — from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson in an in-person meeting at one of EM’s elite 4×24 leadership series dinner engagements. Garrettson founded the Wash100 Award a decade ago to annually recognize the most significant 100 influencers in GovCon, innovative leaders […] More
Padraic McDermott has joined the U.S. subsidiary of British multinational aerospace company BAE Systems, where he has taken on the role of vice president of business development. McDermott made the announcement regarding his move to BAE Systems Inc. on LinkedIn on Monday. The new BAE VP previously worked at Science Applications International Corporation, where he […] More
The U.S. Army has awarded the aeronautical business of advanced technology provider General Atomics a $94.8 million contract to support work on the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office’s Smart Sensor program. The Department of Defense said Wednesday that, under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will conduct research, development, test and evaluation […] More
NASA has selected nine companies to conduct a total of 12 studies on the feasibility of using commercial services, such as payload delivery, payload hosting, communications relay and surface imaging, to support future science missions to Mars. The Mars Exploration Commercial Services research program focuses on four categories: small payload delivery and hosting services, large […] More
KBR, a provider of engineering and technology solutions, has announced its first quarter fiscal 2024 results that showed adjusted EBITDA growth with margin expansion. In a press release Tuesday, Stuart Bradie, president and CEO of KBR, said, “KBR’s extraordinary team has yet again surpassed expectations, delivering outstanding first-quarter results.” He noted the year-over-year increases across […] More
Carahsoft Technology will distribute the quantum cybersecurity services of Australian company QuintessenceLabs to its government clients. The services provide quantum-resilient technical measures critical for a strong cyber defense, including quantum random number generation and key distribution as well as encryption key and policy management, Carahsoft said Tuesday. “Threat actors – particularly nation states – are stealing data […] More
Boeing demonstrated virtually the capability of its manned-unmanned teaming software to perform aerial refueling missions using a digital F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet and an MQ-25 Stingray drone. Boeing said Wednesday that a Super Hornet pilot tested the MUM-T software by sending commands to the MQ-25 drone to refuel the fighter jet during a demonstration […] More
Deloitte, in partnership with Google Public Sector, has launched a generative artificial intelligence tool designed to serve as an enhanced central hub for government-related resources, support and services. The company said Tuesday it uses Google’s multimodal AI model called Gemini to power the Elevating Digital Government Experiences platform to employ multi-lingual, channel-agnostic and intuitive conversational capabilities. EDGE […] More
Leidos has won a potential five-year, $206 million contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to help modernize geospatial processing. Issued as part of the agency’s Exploitation Services Program, the contract, called Maru, covers several relevant areas, including software development, sustainment and technology insertion and testing and user acceptance as well as the deployment of enterprise-wide analytic […] More
Victor Foulk, vice president of emerging technologies at CGI Federal, said chief AI officers and other federal agency leaders should consider three principles as they design and implement their artificial intelligence programs to strike a balance between mission execution and performance and security risks of implementing AI tools. In a blog post published Tuesday, Foulk […] More
