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Booz Allen Hamilton announced the appointment of Debra Dial to the board of directors, where she will serve on the audit committee, effective Jan. 2, 2025. In a company press release Thursday, Horacio Rozanski, Booz Allen’s chairman, CEO and president, and a past Wash100 winner, said, “Debbie’s business acumen and perspective will be highly valuable […] More
Frank Pelkofer announced on LinkedIn Wednesday that had been appointed vice president of operations at Maxar Space Systems. In his new role, Pelkofer will oversee the company’s operations, including spacecraft assembly, integration and testing, ground software and simulations, IT and cybersecurity. Pelkofer’s work will also involve global logistics, facilities, security, environmental health and safety. Frank Pelkofer’s Maxar […] More
The Program Management Office of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has granted “In Process” designation to Splunk Observability Cloud. In a blog published on Tuesday, Bill Rowan, Splunk’s vice president of public sector and a Wash100 award recipient, said the company achieved the designation as it works to attain FedRAMP Moderate authorization for […] More
The U.S. Air Force has awarded ELB Services a $600 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide mission planning support services. Under the single-award IDIQ, which will run for 10 years, the Georgia-based company will support the service’s joint mission planning, portable flight planning and joint precision airdrop systems, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. FMS Deals […] More
NeoSystems and Sierra Nevada Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding to combine capabilities to help defense industrial base organizations meet the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements, which are needed to secure or renew federal contracts. Commenting on the MOU, NeoSystems Senior Vice President Stuart Itkin said Wednesday, “NeoSystems CMMC Managed Solutions, combined with SNC […] More
Drone technology company Red Cat announced Tuesday that it had been selected by the U.S. Army as the winner of the Short Range Reconnaissance program of record. The contract award features a five-year period of performance and calls for the production of 5,880 next-generation small unmanned aircraft systems developed by Teal, a wholly-owned subsidiary of […] More
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
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
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
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
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
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
