The U.S. Army is seeking autonomous solutions that can support protection, movement, maneuverability and sustainment operations. According to a sources sought notice posted on SAM .gov, the Army is looking into solutions that can provide predictive and real-time protection information for enhanced situational awareness, autonomously breach obstacles and verify that the way ahead is clear, […]
Washington, D.C.-based information services provider Leadership Connect has appointed Alan Thomas Jr. as chief solutions officer. Thomas, who spoke at the Potomac Officers Club’s Fiscal Year 2018 Budgets and Procurement Event in 2017, will provide strategic insights for Leadership Connect. He will also lead the company’s professional services practice, which supports federal agencies and contractors […]
LexisNexis Special Services Inc. has appointed Lori Weatherwax as the director of its Business Development Enterprise Solutions unit. Weatherwax will help LNSSI deliver insights to defense and intelligence agencies. The director’s expertise covers national security, cybersecurity, counterterrorism, signals intelligence, data science and analytics, LNSSI said. Weatherwax has over three decades of federal service experience, including […]
Skyhigh Security has announced that its Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway for cloud was granted a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program moderate authorization. Skyhigh SWG allows authorized users to connect to the cloud and the internet securely from anywhere and on any device. It also monitors online traffic and acts as a gateway between users, […]
The Office of Personnel Management has selected Nava Public Benefit Corp. to provide IT modernization services. Under the OPM’s Digital Services blanket purchase agreement, Nava will help update the OPM .gov website as part of the Office of the Chief Information Officer’s five-year technology refresh plan. The company will overhaul IT products for internal and […]
End-to-end software platform provider Harness has announced that it has been accepted into the U.S. Air Force’s DevSecOps platform. According to Harness, its Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery and Security Testing Orchestration modules are now available on Platform One’s Iron Bank container repository. The certification allows government agencies that use Platform One to reduce burdens on […]
The Tampa, Florida-based nonprofit organization SOFWERX has awarded Rebellion Defense a contract to expand the use of the Rebellion Nova software. SOFWERX will use Nova to identify network vulnerabilities that could significantly impact warfighter capabilities before adversaries can exploit them. The software uses automated adversary emulsion and vulnerability prioritization to identify critical lapses. The contract […]
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Astranis Space Technologies a potential two-year, Small Business Innovation Research Phase 3 contract. Under the deal, Astranis will incorporate the Protected Tactical Waveform on a commercial communications payload. The contract includes a $4.5 million base award and options worth $6 million for an on-orbit demonstration, SpaceNews reported Tuesday. Astranis […]
The Naval Postgraduate School has signed a cooperative research and development agreement with Qualcomm Technologies to explore 5G, artificial intelligence and cloud technology. Under the CRADA, NPS and Qualcomm will see how the technologies could support the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps and will seek opportunities where faculty and students could work with scientists and […]
Amazon Web Services has introduced the AWS Modular Data Center, a service that supports the Department of Defense’s data management needs. The AWS Modular Data Center allows the Pentagon to deploy compute and storage capabilities to support large-scale workloads in disconnected, disrupted, intermittent or limited environments and other locations. AWS MDC is a self-contained data […]
