The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body has authorized Redspin, a division of CynergisTek, to perform assessments on defense contractors seeking compliance with the first three CMMC levels. Redspin is the first authorized CMMC third-party assessment organization and the only candidate C3PAO that passed level 3 requirements. Before being cleared by the CMMC-AB, Redspin first […]
Lisa Callahan has been serving as the vice president and general manager of commercial civil space at Lockheed Martin for nearly five years. Callahan leads a 2,000-member team specializing in building spacecraft for providing early warning weather data and supporting space exploration missions, according to her LinkedIn profile. She has been with Lockheed for more […]
Jason Kalirai joined the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in November 2018 as mission area executive for civil space. John Hopkins APL aims to solve complex research, engineering and analytical problems that present critical challenges to the country. Kalirai is primarily responsible for APL’s space-science research programs under civil space. He leads efforts supporting […]
The Space Force is receiving an overwhelming number of applications for vacant coding positions as it looks to build a digital workforce, Chief of Space Operations Gen. John Raymond recently told the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee. According to Raymond, a 2021 Wash100 winner and past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, the service branch is taking […]
QuantiTech, together with three of its subsidiaries, has rebranded as Axient to provide a more comprehensive portfolio of solutions for defense and civilian agency clients. The rebranding effort reflects the combined capabilities of QuantiTech, Millennium Engineering and Integration, Dynamic Concepts and System Engineering Group, Axient said. The company’s portfolio covers multi-domain test and analysis, mission […]
The Navy has formed a task force focused on increasing the reliability of littoral combat ships that have been affected by material defects. Task Force LCS is currently working on addressing five reliability issues on Freedom-variant ships and four more on Independence-variant ships that have resulted in the most lost operational days. According to Vice […]
The National Science Foundation is partnering with the Department of Defense and big tech companies to build robust post-5G wireless systems. The collaboration falls under NSF’s Resilient and Intelligent NextG Systems program. RINGS offers up to $40 million in funding to promote the development of secure, resilient and intelligent next-generation networks, Nextgov reported Tuesday. Thyaga […]
Dell Marketing has secured a $2.5 billion single-award, firm-fixed-price blanket purchase agreement with the Navy for enterprise software licenses. The five-year BPA requires Dell to provide commercially available perpetual licenses, software assurance and user-based subscription licenses for products such as Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure. Software licenses procured under the contract will be used by […]
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is looking for vendors capable of providing cybersecurity services to secure its information technology infrastructure, information systems and data. USCIS said it plans to employ cybersecurity experts across a range of areas, including network design, configuration and operation, FedScoop reported. A draft statement of work posted on SAM .gov […]
The Government Accountability Office said in a recent report that challenges relating to the development of the main engine of United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan rocket could lead to non-compliance with a congressional mandate to end reliance on the Russian-made RD-180 rocket engine by 2022. ULA’s Vulcan launch vehicle, powered by Blue Origin’s BE-4 engine, […]
