Serco has won a five-year, $152 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide full acquisition lifecycle support to the F-35 Joint Program Office, including business operations management, cost reduction and training system development and maintenance. CEO Tom Watson highlighted the importance of the fighter plane to the U.S. and its international allies. The company plans to onboard […]
The Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, an organization dedicated to enhancing the cybersecurity posture of the U.S. and its allies, has added Zscaler as a member. According to Zscaler CEO Jay Chaudhry, his company will utilize its zero trust platform’s threat intelligence capabilities to address cyberattacks and ransomware intrusions. The ThreatLabZ research team will process threat […]
SpaceX has won a $94 million firm-fixed-price contract to conduct the launch of Sentinel-6B, a satellite intended to continue a long-running effort to collect global sea level data. Deployment is set to take place in November 2025 from aboard a Falcon 9 rocket planned to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Sentinel-6B is a […]
Douglas Cossa, the Defense Intelligence Agency’s chief information officer, said wireless devices such as phones and tablets could soon see usage in secure facilities. The past Potomac Officers Club speaker told audiences at a Department of Defense Intelligence Information System event in Texas that the intelligence community would have to adapt its posture because such […]
Janie Robinson is the president of Descartes Labs Government, the public sector subsidiary of Descartes Labs, where she is also head of the government business. She leads the development of geospatial intelligence products and services for federal agency needs. A member of the Potomac Officers Club, Robinson is a founding member of Chief, a network […]
Jay Bonci, chief technology officer of the Department of the Air Force, told C4ISRNET at a Dec. 14 webinar that efforts are underway to find ways to drive adoption, reduce costs and scale Cloud One, a service-wide platform meant to connect and provide information technology access for warfighters maintained by Science Applications International Corp. under […]
The General Services Administration is looking to provide the departments of Justice and Homeland Security two more years to transition to the $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract, a pathway for federal agencies to move away from old telecommunications service deals. According to a Friday blog post, GSA decided to grant requests by the two […]
The Air Force Installations and Sustainment Center and Air Mobility Command have awarded Defcon AI a $5 million Department of the Air Force Phase III Small Business Innovation Research contract to expedite the production of a logistics and mobility training and rehearsal platform. The software is meant to provide the Simulation Fabric, a virtual representation […]
The 16th Air Force took part in Cyber Coalition 2022, a series of exercises intended to bring together cyber defense personnel from NATO members and allied nations for training and information sharing opportunities. The U.S. contingent provided operational leadership and cyber tactics knowledge. Brig. Gen. Jeff Hill, mobilization assistant to the 16th Air Force commander, […]
The Joint Ransomware Task Force held its second meeting Saturday, overseen by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI. A review was conducted on working group activities relating to ransomware victim support, quantitative data collection, collaboration with commercial and international entities, intelligence utilization, interagency efforts and continuous improvement, Homeland Security Today reported Saturday. […]
