Science Applications International Corp. has named Steffanie Easter as its new vice president of strategy and planning for the Defense Systems Group. In her new role, Easter will help steer the strategic direction and drive the growth of all group customer accounts under the supervision of Jim Scanlon, executive vice president and general manager of […]
Four new companies have joined the Leidos Alliance Partner Network, giving them access to the deep integration expertise of the defense company’s supplier base for improved innovation, program performance and efficiency. Leidos has selected HP, Palo Alto Networks and Splunk as its new Technology Alliance Partners and added Dataiku to its list of Emerging Technology […]
The General Services Administration, through the Technology Modernization Fund, has awarded $15M in support of the Customs and Border Protection’s Automated Commercial Environment Collections Modernization project. The funding, which was authorized by the TMF Board, will be used modernize the underlying technology and the antiquated Common Business-Oriented Language code base of the CBP’s 30-year old […]
Dovel subsidiary AceInfo Solutions has secured a prime position on the Department of Agriculture’s $450M Information Technology Support Services blanket purchase agreement. Services provided under the BPA covers IT service delivery support for enabling delivery services, strategic IT management, hosting/cloud, website/applications, software/hardware, IT security and compliance. Selected contractors will offer a broad range of IT […]
CACI International has expanded the capabilities of its secure federal mobile communications application, called SteelBox, with the addition of a new feature from RigNet, a technology company that specializes in customized communications services. RigNet’s “Break Out” feature now enables SteelBox app users to establish communications with non-app users, but data security would only be provided […]
The Department of Defense has rolled out three Defense Production Act Title III actions that would provide a total of $77.3M in relief support for companies in the electronics, aviation and rare earth materials industries as part of the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic. New York-based organic light-emitting diode technology manufacturer eMagin scored a […]
Red Hat has named Raytheon Intelligence & Space as business transformation partner for the second consecutive year owing to their collaborations in building software development solutions and an open framework for data processing. According to John DeSimone, vice president of Cybersecurity Training and Services at Raytheon Intelligence & Space, the companies’ partnership has led to […]
Kratos Unmanned Systems Division, a unit of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, is set to provide support services for the Air Force’s Skyborg program under the terms of a five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum ceiling of $400M. Services provided for the contract will specifically support the development, integration and prototype air vehicle delivery of […]
Air Force Chief Software Officer Nicolas Chaillan recently discussed with Nextgov his efforts to advance the Department of Defense’s Enterprise DevSecOps initiative, a responsibility which he has borne since August 2018 as part of the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. According to Chaillan, the Air Force, with Defense Chief Information […]
Four companies, namely Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Atomics and Kratos, have received $400M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts from the Air Force for the production of autonomous, artificial intelligence-driven Skyborg drones. No funding has been obligated for the contracts, however, since all four companies will need to compete for future Skyborg orders. Specific requirements have been laid out […]
