ExecutiveBiz News on Video 11/11/2022

A new industry coalition led by General Dynamics‘ information technology business unit has been formed in an effort to accelerate the adoption of advanced wireless communications technologies across the government sector. GDIT said Thursday it has partnered with Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Dell Technologies, Splunk and T-Mobile to develop prototypes and customizable platforms designed to […]

SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force, issued 124 five-month contract awards for commercial and research entities to develop in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing systems.  The grants support phase one projects under SpaceWERX’s Orbital Prime program that will center on active debris remediation as a use case for ISAM platforms, the Air Force […]

The Department of Veterans Affairs has selected the federal business arm of VAST Data to deliver a data storage platform to help the agency analyze, interpret and store genetic information. VAST Federal’s Universal Storage system will be used to expand the capacity and computation load of the Million Veteran Program’s data storage and provide secure […]

Alex Whitworth, director of sales at Carahsoft Technology, said that although the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement and the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program have differences when it comes to their compliance assessment, both standards complement each other in safeguarding data and national security and advancing the interests of defense contractors. He wrote in a […]

Enterprise Knowledge will continue to help the Department of Defense’s primary educational institution for acquisition personnel to create and maintain virtual research library assets under a five-year contract. The award builds on the work EK has performed for the Defense Acquisition University, the Virginia-based consulting company said Thursday. EK teamed up with Progressive Technology Federal […]

Science Applications International Corp. has been included in Forbes magazine’s 2022 America’s Best Employers for Veterans for its efforts to hire and provide benefits to former U.S. military servicemen. The recognition is one of the awards received by SAIC this year for supporting transitioning soldiers through initiatives such as its Military/Veterans Employee Resource Group, the […]

General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business, SES and Hughes Network Systems combined their technologies to conduct a higher data rate transmission of a multi-orbit satellite communications system. A demonstration event was held on Oct. 20 to show the resilience and capability of unmanned aerial vehicles to maintain high workload and mission-critical connectivity in congested and contested […]

The U.S. Army has issued a request for solutions in pursuit of vendors for two Rare Earth Element Initiatives Prototype Projects, which aim to secure domestic sourcing and processing of REE used in defense applications. The service branch may award single or multiple other transaction authority agreements focused on REE recovery and separation technologies, according […]

Paperless Innovations underscored how adopting enterprise cloud-based human resources systems could streamline HR-driven information technology provisioning for each organization worker throughout their employment lifecycle. In an article published Friday, the company cited complexities in IT provisioning of user roles and permissions that might cause record inaccuracies over time and said using Workday, ServiceNow, SAP SuccessFactors, […]

Data scientist Marc Boysworth has joined government services provider Aeyon as senior principal data scientist. He brings over two decades of expertise in data science and analytics as he leads the Aeyon Center of Excellence and helps improve ACE’s automation, data culture, technical infrastructure, advanced analytics, data governance, knowledge management and data visualization offerings, the […]