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Carahsoft Launches Okta’s Identity & Access Management Offering on AWS Marketplace; Craig Abod Quoted

Carahsoft has added two identity and access management platforms from Okta to Amazon Web Services’ digital catalog that offers government customers access to third-party cloud offerings. The AWS Marketplace now includes Okta’s Workforce Identity and Customer Identity software-as-a-service offerings for the federal, state, local and education sectors, Carahsoft said Friday. “Public Sector customers now have […] More

by Angeline Leishman March 21, 2022, 9:04 am
in Contract Awards, News

Chenega Subsidiary to Help Maintain MDA Missile Launch Hardware

A Chenega Corp. subsidiary has won a $42.8 million follow-on award to help the Missile Defense Agency field and maintain hardware used to launch missile assets. Under the five-year contract, Venturi will assist MDA in the preparation, loading and unloading, transportation, erection and handling of live missile launchers, the Department of Defense said Friday. The […] More

by Nichols Martin March 21, 2022, 7:01 am
in Executive Moves, News

UPS Vet Juan Perez Named Salesforce CIO

Juan Perez, chief information and engineering officer at United Parcel Service, will join Salesforce on April 4 to serve as CIO, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. He has been with UPS for 32 years and led the Atlanta-based logistics company’s advanced technology group, which focused on identifying and conducting experiments with blockchain and other […] More

by Jane Edwards March 21, 2022, 6:25 am
in News

GDMS President Chris Brady Discusses Autonomous, Encryption Tech Projects in Q&A

Chris Brady, president of the mission systems unit at General Dynamics and a 2022 Wash100 winner, said in a recent Executive Spotlight interview that the business is working to expand its unmanned underwater vehicle autonomy technologies and gave an overview of its “Hammerhead” anti-submarine mine system prototype project with the U.S. Navy. “As we look […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman March 21, 2022, 2:23 am
in News, Wash100

Jason Porter, AT&T President of Public Sector and FirstNet, Gets 1st Wash100 Recognition

Executive Mosaic has featured Jason Porter, president of AT&T’s public sector and FirstNet organization, in the 2022 Wash100 class for his public safety communications leadership and 5G connectivity vision. This year marks his entry into the premier group of leaders who drive growth and innovation in the government contracting arena. Since February 2021, Porter has […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman March 21, 2022, 2:13 am
in Industry News, News, Wash100

Aaron Weis, Department of the Navy CIO, Receives 2022 Wash100 Award for Continuing IT Practices Modernization

Executive Mosaic is pleased to present a 2022 Wash100 Award to Aaron Weis, chief information officer of the Department of the Navy, for his efforts to continue modernization of enterprise information technology as DON seeks to prevent a regress to its pre-pandemic IT practices. The award marks Weis’ third consecutive Wash100 recognition. He was first […] More

by Christine Thropp March 18, 2022, 11:55 am
in Industry News, News

Airgility’s Pramod Raheja Keynotes Air Force Accelerator Demo Event

Pramod Raheja, co-founder and CEO of Airgility, delivered a keynote speech at a culminating event for the third iteration of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s program with a startup accelerator organization. The demo event took place Wednesday on Zoom and included presentations from 10 early-stage businesses that were part of The U.S. Air Force […] More

by Angeline Leishman March 18, 2022, 9:20 am
in Contract Awards, News

John Zangardi: Redhorse to Support DOD AI Adoption Through Basic Ordering Agreement

Redhorse holds a spot on a potential $241 million basic ordering agreement to help the Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center prepare agency data for use with machine learning tools. The company said it plans to offer ML-based data architecture, data ingest and labeling, cloud integration and feature engineering support to DOD and other […] More

by Nichols Martin March 18, 2022, 9:18 am
in Government Technology, News

Northrop’s Battle Command System Helps Army Track Missile Targets in 2 Flight Tests

The U.S. Army used a Northrop Grumman-built command and control system to track and reach missile targets during two flight tests. The company said its Integrated Battle Command System demonstration occurred at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico as part of the branch’s initial operational test and evaluation requirements before the IBCS program can […] More

by Nichols Martin March 18, 2022, 8:50 am
in Government Technology, News

Intel, NSF to Collaborate on National Grant Program for Semiconductor Education & Research

Intel and the National Science Foundation have agreed to create a $100 million funding program to encourage collaborations between the research and education communities in building up the semiconductor ecosystem. The company said it will provide $50 million to the initiative while the agency will match the investment and solicit proposals for chip design and […] More

by Nichols Martin March 18, 2022, 8:35 am
in News, Wash100

Clara Conti, Red Hat Public Sector VP & GM, Gets 1st Wash100 Recognition

Executive Mosaic has featured Clara Conti, vice president and general manager of Red Hat’s public sector business, in the 2022 Wash100 class in recognition of her leadership in the open source and hybrid cloud technology areas. This year marks her entry into Executive Mosaic’s annual list of leaders who drive government contracting activity from both […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman March 18, 2022, 7:51 am
in Government Technology, News

Report: Global Market for Digital Twin Tech in Smart Cities to Hit Nearly $5B by 2027

A Research and Markets report predicts the market for digital twin-supported platforms in smart cities to reach $4.8 billion in the next five years. The market research company said Thursday digital twinning will be available in up to 93 percent of internet of things-based platforms by 2027 and will become a standard functionality to enable […] More

by Jane Edwards March 18, 2022, 5:32 am