The Department of Defense has received federal court approval for its 120-day stay request to implement corrective actions to the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract. Judge Patricia Campbell-Smith of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims approved the DoD’s request to reconsider aspects of the JEDI procurement challenged by Amazon Web Services. According to Lt. […]
ServiceNow, a computer software company based in Santa Clara, California, has appointed Scott Spitzer as its new strategic programs and business development director for civilian agencies. In the said role, Spitzer will be in charge of ServiceNow’s key civil federal government program capture and business development, including the utilization of sales, marketing, government affairs, solution […]
The U.S. Air Force has tentatively awarded Orbital Insight a Small Business Innovation Research Phase II Contract to provide support services to the AFVentures Strategic Financing group. Under the terms of the contract, Orbital Insight will detect worldwide anomalies using analytics powered by artificial intelligence and geospatial data sources, including satellite imagery, synthetic-aperture radar, automatic […]
Katie Arrington, the chief information security officer for the assistant secretary for defense acquisition, wants the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification to serve as a basis for a global security standard. In line with the DoD’s goal, Arrington told the participants of an online event hosted by Bloomberg Government that the Five Eyes […]
BAE Systems has appointed 30-year industry veteran Ann Ackerson as its new global chief procurement officer. Ackerson will succeed Paul Smith, who was named vice president and general manager of the company’s ship repair business, effective May 4. The role requires Ackerson to devise approaches to maximize purchasing power by leading the development and execution […]
Paul Smith is the senior vice president and general manager of the public sector for Red Hat, a North Carolina-based computer software company specializing in cloud computing, hybrid cloud management, Linux, open source, virtualization, storage, middleware and mobile. In the said role, Smith helped the company transition from its start-up phase to now having a […]
Kratos Unmanned Systems Division, a unit of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, has secured a spot on a $982.1M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award contract to provide support services to the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command unmanned surface vehicle family of systems. With the contract award, KUSD is eligible to compete for tasks and delivery orders in support […]
Affigent, an Akima subsidiary, has integrated Oracle’s cloud software-as-a-service and cloud infrastructure services into its General Services Administration MAS contract. Affigent President Carol Rivetti said the addition of Oracle cloud services to the company’s GSA schedule provides government agencies access to streamlined procurement processes. By having direct access to Oracle’s cloud SaaS and IaaS, government […]
The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center within the Department of Defense has issued a request for information in search of tech testing tools that can assess the limits of the department’s full spectrum of emerging AI technologies. Jane Pinelis, chief of test, evaluation and assessment at the JAIC, said in a statement that the RFI was […]
Vinay Manne serves as the chief technology officer of Ace Info Solutions, a Dovel company that specializes in software development and systems engineering, information technology infrastructure and service desk, cybersecurity, mobile and cloud computing and health care IT. As CTO, Manne leads the development and execution of strategic IT initiatives and drives architecture and engineering […]
