The first mineral maps have arrived from NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation mission. They plot the surface composition of certain parts of northwest Nevada and southern Libya as part of a broader drive to study climate change. According to NASA, fine mineral particles in those areas are naturally lifted into the atmosphere, potentially […]
Richard Bodson is the president and CEO of SysNet Technologies, a small business located in Oakton, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., that provides cybersecurity services to government customers. Bodson, a Potomac Officers Club member, is responsible for expanding SysNet’s presence in the federal cybersecurity and overall information technology services markets. He is president of the Bodson […]
Jason Smith is the strategic account manager for the intelligence community and the Department of Defense at Palo Alto Networks. Specifically, Smith is responsible for driving IC and DOD purchases and adoption of Palo Alto’s Cortex portfolio, a set of cybersecurity and threat detection and response applications. From April 2008 to February 2022, he was […]
Raj Iyer, the chief information officer of the Department of the Army, has shared plans for a new $1 billion multivendor indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract vehicle intended to aid commands in rapidly migrating their systems to the cloud. Iyer, a 2022 Wash100 recipient and past speaker at the Potomac Officers Club, told the press that the Army […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency has granted a Department of Defense Impact Level 6 Provisional Authorization to the federal cloud service offered by Palantir Technologies, which is the third company to receive the designation after Microsoft and Amazon Web Services. DOD requires the IL6 standard in the processing of Secret-level classified data for cloud-based workloads. […]
Allegient Defense, a subsidiary of NowVertical Group, will enhance the Department of Energy’s data analysis and visualization capabilities under a three-year, seven-figure direct award. Allegient will work alongside Energetics and the Fila Group to provide program analysis, management, strategic planning, research and evaluation for the department’s Office of Technology Transitions, NowVertical said. According to Daren […]
The Biden-Harris administration has announced in a fact sheet that it will hold a stakeholder meeting to discuss a product labeling system meant to secure internet of things products. The proposed label would signify that an item conforms with U.S. government standards and has been tested by approved entities. The move follows a directive to […]
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has awarded SpaceLink a contract to investigate how to integrate commercial optical ground terminals into the Near Space Network. The study involves the determination of existing obstacles and solutions as well as a demonstration of multisource data transmission from the Mojave Gateway facility to NASA terrestrial centers using cloud infrastructure […]
ManTech has won a four-year, $337 million contract to support Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona’s Navy Continuous Training Environment with engineering and technical services that integrate and test systems. NCTE provides U.S. Navy platform experimentation and training capabilities through interconnected simulation and command, control, communications, computers and intelligence systems worldwide, ManTech said. According to David […]
Dale Luddeke is senior vice president of applied science and technology business development at Battelle, where he oversees opportunity development, business acquisition and strategic growth for Battelle’s contract research organization business operations. Luddeke heads development teams, capture management and proposal operations under the company’s government business development division, according to his LinkedIn profile. Before joining […]
