NASA has appointed Shannon Curry as the principal investigator for the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission. Curry assumed her new role on Aug. 31 after serving as a planetary scientist and deputy assistant director of planetary science at the University of California, Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory. She replaces the University of Colorado at Boulder’s […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded the End User Support Services Tier II contract to At-Impact to provide onsite and remote information technology support for the Client Experience Center, which is under the agency’s Office of the Chief Information Officer. At-Impact is a joint venture between NetImpact Strategies, which provides IT consulting services to […]
The International Information System Security Certification Consortium has authorized SysNet Technologies as a cybersecurity certifications trainer. Under an agreement between the two organizations, the federal contractor can now provide cybersecurity-focused training on behalf of and in coordination with specialists from (ISC)2. The certification and collaboration with (ISC)2 will provide a special incentive for training students […]
Jared Summers, former chief digital officer and chief technology officer of oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil, has joined the U.S. Army’s 18th Airborne Corps to lead the unit’s technology efforts. The Airborne Corps hired Summers as CTO as part of an initiative dubbed Project Ridgway to modernize the Army’s operations. The industry veteran will serve […]
Computer software company SpiderOak has received a Small Business Innovation Research contract from the U.S. Air Force for work on its OrbitSecure secure communications system designed for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations. Under the $750,000 grant, the company will test the technology on military satellites and ground stations. The Air Force expects the result of […]
Lesley Kalan serves as corporate vice president and chief strategy and development officer of Northrop Grumman. Kalan is responsible for leading the company’s growth strategy, which includes mergers and acquisition activities, strategic planning, commercial partnership and portfolio management. As head of development, she is tasked with ensuring that Northrop and its portfolio are well-positioned to […]
Technology and engineering company KBR has completed the Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense combat shoot-off, during which Army soldiers executed a series of vignettes to demonstrate the capabilities of a laser-equipped Stryker against realistic threats. Kord Technologies, KBR’s wholly-owned subsidiary, was selected by the Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office to be the […]
Raylene Yung has taken on a new role as executive director of the Technology Modernization Fund, which is overseen by the General Services Administration. Yung has held several technology-related positions in the nonprofit, private and public sectors. From November 2020 to January 2021, she served on the Biden-Harris transition team with a focus on technology […]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded a $112 million prime contract extension to NCI Information Systems, a company that delivers digital transformation solutions and services to government agencies. The Comprehensive Error Rate Testing contract extends the company’s more than-20-year of supporting the CMS CERT program. The deal expands the deployment of artificial […]
BlackSky Holdings has received a potential $30 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to monitor economic activities around the world. BlackSky provides a technology platform that supports real-time GEOINT and global monitoring. Work on the contract, which was competitively procured, will be executed over multiple years, BlackSky said Tuesday. According to a press […]
