The Army is seeking proposals for the development of virtual critical care wards to be deployed in new field hospitals that are being built by military and aid groups to address the novel coronavirus pandemic. Army officials indicated in a pre-solicitation notice that the requirement calls for enabling existing critical-care telemedicine technology to be linked […]
The U.S. Space Force has confirmed that its radar technology called Space Fence is officially online. Space Fence is capable of detecting and tracking space objects smaller than four inches through the use of a solid-state S-band technology. Space Force said in a news release that the radar technology can track commercial and military satellites, […]
Paul Dillahay is the president and chief executive officer of NCI, a Reston, Virginia-based provider of enterprise solutions and services. Since taking on the role in October 2016, Dillahay has been leading the company’s operations and the development and execution of growth strategies, including strategic transactions and investor relations. The 2020 Wash100 winner has financial, […]
Boeing has been awarded a $1.5B contract with the U.S. Navy for the production of 18 identical P-8A Poseidon aircraft. Boeing will manufacture eight aircraft for the Navy, six aircraft for the Republic of Korea Navy and four for the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Shipments of the aircraft to the Royal New Zealand Air […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering and Support Center has awarded Parsons a spot on a $1.2B utility monitoring and control systems contract. Under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, Parsons will modernize Army facilities with high-quality, reliable, affordable and cyber-secure products and technical solutions. The UMCS V contract calls for services in support of automated control […]
Katie Arrington, chief information security officer for acquisition at the Department of Defense, believes that small businesses will benefit from a rule change on the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification. Speaking on the program Government Matters, Arrington said the current self-attesting rule promotes uneven competition among defense contractors, adding that the CMMC was launched to lower […]
Donna Diederich joined LMI in January 2019 as the chief human resources officer, handling all aspects of LMI’s human resources and talent acquisition efforts and overseeing the company’s diversity and inclusion programs. Diederich is an HR management veteran, with expertise in talent acquisition and development, leadership and engagement, workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, project management, talent strategies […]
C3.ai has partnered with Microsoft and several universities to initiate the C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute and C3.ai DTI First Call for Research Proposals. Scientists, researchers, innovators, and executives from academia and industry will join together in the C3.ai DTI initiative to research artificial intelligence, machine learning, internet of things and big data analytics in support […]
The General Services Administration is following a phase-segmented timeline ahead of its envisioned complete transition to the $50B next-generation Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions telecommunications by Sept. 30, 2022. As indicated in a March 11 memo, the first phase of the EIS transition involves limiting agencies from using existing GSA telecommunications contracts, including Networx, WITS 3 and […]
The White House has indicated its intent to work with U.S. allies to fulfill the four lines of efforts outlined in the administration’s national 5G security strategy policy document. As stated in the document, the administration intends to facilitate the domestic rollout of 5G as well as assess the risks and identify the core security […]
