Six private and educational organizations have received contracts from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity to design computer-based data analytic architectures. IARPA said Monday contractors for the Advanced Graphic Intelligence Logical Computing Environment program will explore mechanisms to help government analysts access, transfer and store different streams of complex data. Intel Federal, Advanced Micro Devices, Qualcomm […] More

Raytheon Technologies’ missiles and defense business and the U.S. Army demonstrated the capabilities of LIDS, a counter-unmanned aircraft system platform, during the service’s summer test period. LIDS stands for Low, slow, small UAS Integrated Defeat System and is an Army-developed platform composed of Ku-band Radio Frequency Sensor or KuRFS and Coyote family of effectors from […] More

Data platform developer Quantifind has secured a five-year, $23.7 million contract from the Department of Defense to manufacture an open-source threat intelligence platform.  The other transaction agreement covers the production of GraphyteSearch, an artificial intelligence-powered knowledge graph technology that analyzes structured and unstructured data to reveal risks associated with malign networks, Quantifind said Monday. GraphyteSearch […] More

Kaman‘s air vehicles division will construct a military prototype of its KARGO unmanned aerial vehicle for the U.S. Marine Corps to support its logistics operations in austere environments.  Kaman Air Vehicles will employ parallel testing for the prototype’s autonomy system courtesy of Near Earth Autonomy, the aerospace company said Monday.  The unit will also work […] More

The Defense Information Systems Agency has granted Impact Level 6 provisional authorization to Palantir Technologies’ Federal Cloud Service. IL6 accreditation allows Palantir to add a secret region to its cloud platform, supporting Top Secret defense and national security missions of the Department of Defense and other federal entities, the company said Monday. PFCS, which met […] More

A defense health-focused partnership led by Leidos has deployed the U.S. military’s new electronic health record system to 18 Military Treatment Facility Commands across six states. The Leidos Partnership for Defense Health delivered the Military Health System Genesis system to 10,000 new users in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi and South Carolina as part of […] More

HII and Markesman Group have established a joint venture through the Small Business Administration’s mentor-protege program to advance the delivery of cybersecurity platforms to defense market customers. The two companies said Monday they will work together under the business name Tuple and support the Department of Defense’s cybersecurity mission by combining HII’s experience in the […] More

Whitney Barrera, former director of talent management at defense contractor Illuminate, was appointed as vice president of talent at Intelligent Waves, where she will have oversight of its workforce expansion initiatives. The information technology integrator said Tuesday Barrera brings to her new role expertise in recruiting public sector veteran and civilian candidates and experience in […] More

The U.S. Navy has awarded defense contracting company ManTech a contract award worth $337 million over four years for technical assistance and testing of a virtual training system. Under the award, ManTech’s team will directly aid the Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona with the Navy Continuous Training Environment, which replicates the effects of command, control, communications, […] More

Zee Hussain, an AT&T veteran of more than 20 years, has been named the new president of the company’s Public Sector business, AT&T announced on Monday. The leadership change will become official on Oct. 16th with Hussain succeeding Jason Porter, a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient who held the role for more than three years and will be […] More

Heather Dallara, vice president of Contracts at Amentum, spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding how industry and the government can develop greater collaboration to drive innovation as well as the ways that the company is working to improve the contract bidding process and ensure the long-term success of the federal workforce during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. You can read […] More

Mike Daniels, chairman of the board of directors of CACI International and a technology industry veteran, was recognized by the Boy Scouts of America’s National Capital Area Council as its lifetime achievement honoree in 2017. The executive also served as honorary chair of BSA’s 2021 Good Scout Award luncheon that honored Nazzic Keene, CEO of […] More