ECS, the federal government segment of information technology services provider ASGN, has received a contract from the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic Division to support work for the Defense Health Agency’s Program Executive Office Defense Healthcare Management Systems, Enterprise Intelligence and Data Solutions Program Management Office. As prime contractor, ECS will help the DHA and […]
The U.S. Navy has awarded Octo Consulting a five-year multiple-award contract to support its SeaPort Next Generation program. Under the deal, Octo will provide engineering, technical and programmatic support services for the SeaPort-NxG program. The contract will include emerging technologies and cybersecurity solutions designed to implement industry best practices, innovative digital technologies and data analytics […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has selected integrated endpoint-to-cloud security company Lookout to be one of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence’s partners for the Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture project. An organization using zero trust assumes that no user or endpoint is trustworthy. Zero trust design users also assess their risk posture […]
Carillon Technologies has received a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop next-generation satellite-to-satellite communication system prototypes based on commercial Holographic Optical Beam Steering technology. HOBS technology is being developed by commercial startup Lumotive, which will collaborate with Carillon Technologies under the DARPA deal. The technology is used for automotive light detection […]
Habib Hourani is the manager of solutions engineering at Okta Solutions, a company that provides a platform for securing identities. Hourani has been working at Okta for almost four years, assuming his managerial role in May. He also serves as the team lead for federal solutions engineering, according to his profile posted on LinkedIn. Hourani […]
NASA has awarded Rebel Space Technologies a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract for a proposal that uses the company’s proprietary Rebel Cognitive Communications and Control software. The Long Beach, California-headquartered space company’s proposal is titled “SpaceWeaver: A Collaborative Smart Network for Space Communications.” Rebel-C3 was designed to deliver autonomous, network management services. Using […]
Datacenter and cloud computing security company Illumino has received a new Small Business Innovation Research contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. The contract will cover the second phase of a project that seeks to adopt Illumio Core, a solution designed for vulnerability mapping, automated security policy creation and enforcement. The phase two SBIR […]
Verizon’s public sector business has been tapped by the Department of Defense to provide its 5G Ultra Wideband mobility service for seven installations under the Air Force Reserve Command. Verizon’s 5G deployment will include C-band radios that will be installed at every AFRC facility. The radios will bring higher speeds, increased bandwidth and lower latency […]
Lori Garver is the chief executive officer of Earthrise Alliance, a philanthropic organization that works to derive value from Earth system data to produce actionable knowledge that can be used in fighting climate change. Garver has headed the Washington, D.C.-headquartered environmental services provider since 2019. She joined the organization two months after leaving the Air […]
The Department of Defense has awarded communications company Viasat two contracts to conduct research in support of the Information Warfare Research Project. The research work will focus on examining the use and implementation of 5G networks in battlefield operations. The two awards are part of the Pentagon’s 5G research initiative amounting to $600 million with […]
