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Astra Space has secured a $7.9 million contract to help NASA launch six CubeSat small satellites designed to help meteorologists study storms. The company's Rocket 3 launch vehicle will carry the smallsats to space as part of the space agency's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats or TROPICS mission, NASA said Saturday.
Maia Laing, a former program director at the Department of Health and Human Services, has been named vice president of product at Optum, FedHealthIT reported Friday.
Daniel Elwell, former deputy and acting administrator at the Federal Aviation Administration, has taken a seat at Asylon's advisory board in an effort to help U.S. drone manufacturers expand offerings.
Tim Massey, a 29-year industry veteran, has joined Radiance Technologies as vice president for strategy and operations.
Raj Parameswaran, president of U.S. federal information technology at Maximus, said robotic process automation could help government agencies facilitate the delivery of services to citizens while allowing employees to focus on more complex tasks. “RPA will continue to grow as a valuable tool for government IT leaders because it allows the immediate expansion and scaling of human labor without impacting existing systems,†Parameswaran wrote in a guest piece published Friday on GCN.
Doug Wagoner, president and CEO of LMI, has been named to the 2021 Wash100 and received the second Wash100 Award, the most coveted award in all of government contracting (GovCon), for his commitment to LMI’s growth strategy, revenue and continued evolution of its operations and logistics capabilities. Visit GovConWire to read Doug Wagoner’s full 2021 Wash100 Award profile.
The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a potential $174.2 million delivery order to provide upgrade kits for installation on the service branch's submarine fleet. The cost-plus, incentive-fee order has an initial value of nearly $47 million and falls under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense said Friday.
General Dynamics Information Technology executive Jim Matney said the business integrated Oracle’s Exadata offering into the milCloud 2.0 platform in an effort to create a software as-a-service pathway for database users.
Tyto Athene has partnered with MicroAutomation to launch ACUITY Next Generation 9-1-1 Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) offering. Tyto Athene’s ACUITY Micro Data Center was designed to provide mission-critical edge processing, analytics and unified communications. “Adding MicroAutomation and their Omni911 solution to our ACUITY platform is a perfect fit,†said Fabian Plath, vice president of Sales and Business Development at Tyto Athene.Â
ICF reported fourth quarter and full year results, which ended Dec. 31, 2020, on Thursday. The company's total revenue for 2020 amounted to $1.51 billion, increasing 1.9 percent over the $1.48 billion reported for full year 2019. "In 2020, one of the most challenging business periods in recent history, ICF reported 4 percent year-on-year growth in service revenue, and won a record $2 billion in contract awards, laying the foundation for strong future growth,†said John Wasson, chairman and CEO of ICF and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient.Â
Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce that Shawn Purvis, corporate vice president and president of enterprise services at Northrop Grumman, has received her first Wash100 Award, the most coveted award in all of government contracting (GovCon), for her leadership in enabling large-scale technology infrastructure and transactional business services throughout the corporation.
Microsoft now has 142 cloud services certified with high provisional authorization to operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, which aims to standardize the security of cloud products used in the federal government. The company said in a blog post published Thursday its offerings under the Azure Government cloud work to boost the security and compliance of federal agencies.
