ExecutiveBiz – Covers emerging companies in Washington's government contracting sector. 7/30/2021

The House Oversight and Reform Committee’s government operations subpanel released the 12th iteration of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act scorecard and Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and head of corporate compliance at Zscaler, said federal agencies should focus on improving cyber scores in the latest FITARA scorecard. “We should be laser […]

RF Products will develop and deliver ultra-high frequency antenna couplers and control power supply units to the Navy, Coast Guard and the Military Sealift Command under a potential six-year, $91.9 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract. The UHFAC and CPS equipment will be installed on new construction ships deployed by USCG, MSC and Navy to ensure […]

Theresa Payton, founder and CEO of cybersecurity company Fortalice Solutions, said that critical infrastructure buildout initiatives should include bringing in top cybersecurity talent to defend against a ransomware attack. “The only way to beat these ransomware syndicates at their own game is to have the best and brightest building the master key to unlock the […]

Trisha Frank, vice president of government programs at Omni Air International, has been appointed to fill the same role at Air Transport Services Group, the charter airline’s parent company. Frank’s appointment raised her responsibilities to corporate level and expands her current work within ATSG and Omni, which she joined in 1995, the air transportation and […]

NTT DATA Services will provide managed information technology and security services to the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois under a $15.4 million contract. The company said it will support IT operations maturity work at Argonne and help the research center plan comprehensive infrastructure modernization projects. Contract work also includes recommending best practices […]

Wavestream, a Gilat Satellite Networks subsidiary, will provide the U.S. Army with additional 50W Ka-band block upconverters under a multi-million-dollar program sustainment award to support the service branch’s communications requirements. Gilat said Thursday the Army initially used the Wavestream-built Matchbox 50Ka MIL in the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 1, which gives soldiers access to a […]

Ball Aerospace has concluded the preliminary design review of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration spacecraft meant to continuously observe the sun’s outermost atmospheric layer and measure upstream solar wind for data collection efforts. The company said Thursday completing Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1‘s PDR allows the spacecraft to enter a critical design phase for […]

GRSi has received a three-year contract from the U.S. Navy to install systems and support missions in a new service center for Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic. The company said Thursday it will consolidate the operational, human resource and administrative functions of NCTAMS LANT into one facility and inspect an enterprise network […]

A new SolarWinds report shows that 72 percent of public sector technology professionals said they believe their organizations are prepared to mitigate and manage enterprise information technology risks. SolarWinds said Wednesday it surveyed 91 technology practitioners and senior executives from public sector organizations in the U.S. and Canada between March and April for this year’s […]

Rocket Lab has launched a U.S. Space Force research and development mission that will demonstrate the effect of relatively large deployable sensors on small satellite attitude control. The Monolith satellite reached low-Earth orbit following liftoff from the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand as part of the Electron rocket’s 21st overall mission, the company said Thursday. […]