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NASA Selects ASRC Federal Subsidiary for $75M Spectrum Management, Space Communication Support IDIQ

An ASRC Federal subsidiary has secured a potential five-year, $74.8 million contract to help NASA manage spectrum requirements and engineer space communication and navigation systems. Agile Decision Sciences will also provide multidisciplinary professional support services to the agency's human exploration and operations mission directorate as part of the Spectrum and Resource Management, Engineering and Programmatic Support Services contract, NASA said Wednesday.

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by Nichols Martin February 24, 2021, 6:40 am
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Carahsoft Helps Bring ProSymmetry Resource Management Tech to Federal Market

Carahsoft Technology has started to offer ProSymmetry's resource management product to the federal sector through the National Association of State Procurement Officials' ValuePoint contract and NASA's Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V vehicle.

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by Matthew Nelson February 24, 2021, 6:26 am
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DTC Communications Teams With UXV Technologies to Offer Combined Tech Products

DTC Communications and UXV Technologies have launched a partnership in an effort to deliver client-focused services and provide their customers with combined technology product offerings and more streamlined access to the market.

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by Matthew Nelson February 24, 2021, 5:53 am
in Cybersecurity News, Government Technology, News

Microsoft’s Brad Smith: US Needs ‘Robust Menu’ of Responses to Cyber Attacks

Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, said the U.S. needs to improve its cyber defenses and come up with a â€œrobust menuâ€ of responses to cyber attacks like the SolarWinds breach, C4ISRNET reported Tuesday. â€œWe need to strengthen the nationâ€™s digital infrastructure and digital defenses, and that touches every part of the public sector, and every part of the private sector as well,â€ Smith told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday.

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by Jane Edwards February 24, 2021, 5:38 am
in Government Technology, News

General Atomics, GKN Aerospace Form Partnership for MQ-9B Aircraft V-Tail Production

General Atomics' aeronautics systems businessÂ has entered into an agreement with U.K.-based aerospace subsystem supplier GKN Aerospace to begin full-rate production work for the MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft's composite V-tails.

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by Matthew Nelson February 24, 2021, 5:23 am
in Government Cloud, News

ScienceLogic Announces $105M in Series E Funding to Develop AI, Cloud-Based Monitoring Technologies

ScienceLogic, a provider of artificial intelligence-based information technology platforms, has secured $105 million during a Series E funding round to help accelerate growth efforts in the â€œAI for ITâ€ operations market.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers February 24, 2021, 4:27 am
in Government Cloud, Government Technology, News

Eric Brown: Microsoft Helps Defense Industrial Base Navigate Compliance Requirements Through Cloud Service

Eric Brown, vice president of Azure global mission platform engineering at Microsoft, said the company works to help Department of Defense customers and partners meet evolving compliance requirements through its Azure Government cloud platform. One of the compliance requirements that defense contractors should meet is DODâ€™s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program and Brown wrote in a blog post published Tuesday how Azure Government and Microsoft 365 Government (GCC High) could help contractors achieve CMMC Level 3 and above.

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by Jane Edwards February 24, 2021, 4:02 am
in Cybersecurity News, Government Cloud, News

ASRC Federal’s Andrew Nebus: Agencies Need Modular Systems for Cloud Implementation

Andrew Nebus, director of digital strategy at ASRC Federal, has said that an effective cloud strategy requires understanding organizational needs, implementing technologies with the capacity to evolve, eliminating data silos and improving customer experience.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers February 24, 2021, 1:26 am
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Northrop Developing AI, Comms Tech for JADC2 Effort; Scott Stapp Quoted

Scott Stapp, chief technology officer of Northrop Grumman, has said the company is working on artificial intelligence, machine learning, command-and-control and battle management concepts for internal research and defense efforts, National Defense Magazine reported Tuesday.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers February 24, 2021, 1:23 am
in Executive Moves, News

Tsymmetry Names Courtney Bristow as COO, Thomas Sullivan as Chief Growth Officer

Tsymmetry, an Arlington, Virginia-based government information technology services contractor, has appointed federal industry executives Courtney Bristow and Thomas Sullivan as chief operating officer and chief growth officer, respectively.

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by Jane Edwards February 23, 2021, 10:59 am
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SGT President & CEO Tina Dolph Recognized With 2021 Wash100 Award; Jim Garrettson Quoted

Tina Dolph, president and CEO of Siemens Government Technologies (SGT), has received her third consecutive Wash100 Award in 2021 for driving the companyâ€™s expansion in the federal sector through contract awards from various agencies. "Tina has the unique versatility to see the big picture strategy while simultaneously focusing on the operational details that drive growth,â€ said Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the Wash100 Award.

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by Sarah Sybert February 23, 2021, 10:51 am
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PV Puvvada Named NetImpact CEO; Kavita Kalatur Quoted

NetImpact Strategies has appointed Venkatapathi "PV" Puvvada, former president of Unisys Federal and six-time Wash100 Award recipient, to serve as CEO, the company reported on Tuesday. Puvvada will succeed NetImpactâ€™s founder, Kavita Kalatur, who will remain as chairperson, providing oversight and supporting NetImpact's strategic initiatives.

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by Sarah Sybert February 23, 2021, 10:40 am