The U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded CloudShape a 10-year, $144 million contract under the Enterprise Data Center and Disaster Recovery Follow-on Program. The Hyattsville, Maryland-based information technology services company is tasked with providing hybrid cloud services relating to secure multicloud access and infrastructure resiliency, supporting key business systems and applications. USAID is in […]
The Social Security Administration has awarded Leidos two indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity task orders with a combined ceiling of $1.5 billion under the Information Technology Support Services Contract II. According to Liz Porter, president of Leidos Health Group, the task order wins could lead to support in new areas. Leidos is tasked with providing systems and infrastructure support […]
Howard University will receive $12 million in annual funding over the next five years to set up and maintain essential tactical autonomy development capabilities for the Department of the Air Force, becoming the first historically black college or university to house a university affiliated research center. DAF aims to build the academic institution’s research capacity […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Cyber Security Center has posted a request for information to identify providers of round-the-clock threat response capabilities as well as enterprise services such as continuous diagnostics and information technology operations. The potential vendor will also be tasked with providing engineering support for data and service integration to the Department […]
Viasat has won a U.S. Marine Corps contract for end-to-end satellite communications-as-a-managed-service support meant to provide the service with scalable and rapidly deployable beyond-line-of-sight connectivity. The I Marine Expeditionary Force already uses Viasat’s SaaMS offering to support tactical edge soldiers with command and control in support of various exercises and multidomain operations. I MEF carried […]
The Space Development Agency has renamed the National Defense Space Architecture to the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. Director Derek Tournear explained to Breaking Defense that the change is meant to more accurately describe the satellite constellation’s purpose as a multimission network that rapidly delivers capabilities to soldiers. A past Potomac Officers Club speaker and 2021 […]
Charlie Sowell is the CEO of SE&M Solutions, a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business that provides information technology services to government and industry clients. SE&M supports personnel vetting, migration program management and critical technology identity and access management. A member of the Potomac Officers Club, Sowell is currently part of the advisory board at Guardian Alliance […]
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has granted an in process designation to BeyondTrust’s secure remote access offerings, including programs that facilitate privileged remote desktop access. The Georgia-based security software development company is looking to achieve a FedRAMP Moderate certification to expand government access to its SRA products. According to Blaine Segal, regional vice […]
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Weapons and Complex Integration Directorate has partnered with the University of California to set up a program that would provide up to $1 million for a winning artificial intelligence and machine learning proposal from untenured, tenure-track faculty members. The LLNL Early Career UC Faculty Initiative grant recipient will be allowed […]
Eric Fanning, CEO and president of the Aerospace Industries Association, penned a letter to Congressional leadership urging the creation of a bipartisan budget deal instead of enforcing spending caps. The AIA is a trade group representing the interests of 300 defense and aerospace suppliers. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said in a recent Fox News interview […]
