McNally Capital portfolio company Xcelerate Solutions has announced the completion of its merger with Fairfax, Virginia-based cybersecurity firm VMD. The organization resulting from the merger will comprise more than 1,000 technology professionals committed to providing “cybersecurity, enterprise and infrastructure protection services focused on mission-first delivery,” Xcelerate said Tuesday. The companies plan to retain the Xcelerate […]
The Government Accountability Office is questioning the reliability of the Department of Homeland Security’s artificial intelligence use case inventory after identifying an incorrect entry. DHS officials confirmed to the watchdog that one cyber use case, a predictive model for sharing cyberthreat information, was wrongly added to the initial list, FedScoop reported. GAO wrote in a […]
The Senate has allocated more than $260 million for the deployment of autonomous systems and artificial intelligence at the Mexican border in its proposed $118 billion immigration and foreign aid funding bill. The spending package primarily aims to strengthen border security policy by limiting the asylum process and expediting deportations, Nextgov/FCW reported Monday. It would […]
Defense company BAE Systems has announced $114 million in foreign military sales contracts from the U.S. Army to deliver AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning Systems. CMWS is the standard missile warning and hostile fire detection system onboard U.S. Army rotary-wing and fixed-wing aircraft. It features missile warning, hostile fire alert and countermeasure controls to protect aircraft […]
Joseph Pelfrey has assumed the directorship of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Marshall, with 7,000 employees and contractors, manages a roughly $5 billion portfolio of human spaceflight, science and technology development programs and New Orleans’ Michoud Assembly Facility, which makes major components of the Artemis program’s Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, […]
Cybersecurity asset management company Axonius’ government-facing subsidiary announced that its platform has attained the “In Process” status from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. FedRAMP grants “In Process” designations to partners committed to offering the federal government secure cloud services, Axonius said. The designation indicates that a vendor has met certain criteria on the […]
Washington, D.C.-based private investment firm Arlington Capital Partners has announced that it will sell J&J Worldwide Services to CBRE Group for up to $1.05 billion, including $800 million in upfront cash and and additional $250 million depending on performance thresholds. Headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee, J&J offers preventative maintenance support for federal government and health care […]
The heads of the U.S. Army’s Cyber, Special Operations and Space and Missile Defense commands convened on Jan. 31 to discuss the Triad partnership and ways to expand and codify their collaboration. At the third Triad 3-Star General Officer Steering Committee, ARCYBER Commander Lt. Gen. Maria Barrett, USASOC Commander Lt. Gen. Jonathon Braga and USASMDC […]
U.S. Air Force Gen. Timothy Haugh assumed leadership of the U.S. Cyber Command during a change of command ceremony Friday at Fort Meade in Maryland, taking over from U.S. Army Gen. Paul Nakasone. Haugh, a 2024 Wash100 awardee, also became the director of the National Security Agency and the chief of the Central Security Service, […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Emergency Communications Division has concluded the Cyber Resilient 911 program‘s second regional symposium in the southeast United States. Statewide interoperability coordinators, 911 administrators and cyber officials from each state and territory in the region participated, CISA said Thursday. In partnership with the Federal Communications Commission, the National Highway Traffic […]
