Virginia-based Leidos has received a $197 million order to support the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services‘ Office of Information Technology and Infrastructure and User Support Group. According to a press release, the order also requires Leidos to provide CMS with a “personalized and modern” IT support service. The company is expected to implement processes […]
Venice Goodwine has begun serving as the Department of the Air Force’s chief information officer, succeeding 2023 Wash100 awardee Lauren Knausenberger. A spokesperson said Goodwine’s term started on Aug. 13. Goodwine is responsible for a $17 billion portfolio and roughly 30,000 cyber and information technology employees worldwide. She also oversees the data and artificial intelligence, […]
The National Reconnaissance Office is looking for infrared, multispectral, nighttime, non-Earth and other electro-optical imaging capabilities from commercial remote-sensing companies. The agency explained in a broad agency announcement that it wants emerging types of imaging not provided by ongoing Electro-Optical Commercial Layer contracts with BlackSky, Maxar Technologies and Planet Labs. Maxar’s deal is worth $3.24 […]
The United States and Japan are expected to agree to develop a missile that can intercept Chinese, Russian and North Korean hypersonic projectiles. According to a report by the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri, President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will assent to the deal during a trilateral summit with South Korean President Yoon […]
Mark Kitz, the U.S. Army’s program executive officer for command, control and communications-tactical, said the service will work with the private sector in fiscal year 2024 to deliver capabilities to support network operations centralization, which he named one of his main priorities. Kitz, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, identified network flexibility as another […]
Lt. Gen. Robert Rasch, director of the U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, said at a recent industry conference that the service is assessing how to make and sustain directed-energy weapons at a reasonable cost and how to use such systems in combat. Rasch’s office is working with Kord Technologies to develop an […]
The U.S. Army is consolidating responsibility for delivering cybersecurity and other services into its cyber command. Lt. Gen. John Morrison, deputy chief of staff, G-6, said the move could create unprecedented visibility from end to end, allowing the U.S. Army Cyber Command to take security burdens from tactical formations. The effort is part of a […]
The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command wants to learn about commercial chatbots that could augment a multilevel tactical data system for geospatial intelligence. The service uses the Distributed Common Ground/Surface System-Marine Corps GEOINT platform to collect and process such intelligence data to facilitate battlespace visualization and common ground for decision-making. According to a request for […]
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Rapid Capabilities Office is leading the development of operating tools for maneuverable satellites. The office set up Rapid Resilient Command and Control after acquisition head Frank Calvelli shifted tasks away from the Enterprise Ground Services program, which is intended to consolidate the Space Force’s ground systems. Col. Greg Hoffman, the […]
Carahsoft Technology has inked an agreement to distribute contact center analytics provider SuccessKPI‘s Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-compliant offerings to the public sector through reseller partners and contract vehicles such as NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V and National Association of State Procurement Officials ValuePoint. SuccessKPI provides a cloud-based analytics platform intended to support […]
