The Army and the Navy have appointed Terry Mitchell and Chris Cleary as principal cybersecurity advisers who will work closely with the services' top leaders. Mitchell was appointed to the role in September to advise the Army secretary and chief of staff on the implementation of the 2018 Department of Defense cyber strategy. Cleary, a former […]
T-Rex Solutions CEO Seth Moore has received his first Wash100 award from Executive Mosaic, an international leadership organization that acknowledges influential individuals in the government contracting sector. Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Moore with the award in recognition of his success in improving T-Rex's sustainment and expansion, as well as its […]
AAR has been awarded a $148.36M contract from Naval Air Systems Command to continue providing logistics support for operating and maintaining C-40A aircraft and related equipment. The firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery add-on contract also calls for new operating sites, commercial line maintenance and scheduled engine overhauls, among other new requirements, AAR said Wednesday. “As we move forward, […]
The Department of Defense plans to launch a Trusted Capital Marketplace program to improve its partnership with the commercial satellite industry, according to its chief information security officer for acquisition. Katie Arrington, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, said the Pentagon is serious about investing in commercial satellites and acquiring the best technologies from […]
VMware said the federal government should rely on “intrinsic security” to achieve zero-trust security in a primarily telework environment. VMware Vice President of Sales Bill Rowan, a Potomac Officers Club member, said that a system with intrinsic security is protected at the infrastructure and container levels, Federal News Network reported. “We have so many […]
CACI President and CEO John Mengucci has received his first Wash100 award from Executive Mosaic as part of the 2020 selection. Executive Mosaic founder and CEO Jim Garrettson presented the award in recognition of Mengucci's success in growing CACI's revenue through large contract awards and strategic acquisitions, GovCon Wire reported. Mengucci joined CACI in June […]
Microsoft has launched a new cloud capability for classified information as part of the company's Azure Government suite of offerings. Azure Government Top Secret was designed to provide greater agility in the classified space and to provide deeper insights from data sourced from any location, Nextgov reported Monday. Microsoft said that Azure Government Top Secret […]
Applied Information Sciences has appointed former National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Letitia Long, a two-time Wash100 awardee, to its board of directors. Long brings into her new role decades worth' of federal expertise and leadership experience in the defense and national intelligence community, AIS said Tuesday. “Her industry and board experience will foster our continued growth […]
The Air Force has launched its SpaceWERX program to support startup companies that can offer technologies for the Space Force. SpaceWERX takes after the Air Force's AFWERX program, which was launched in 2017 to foster a culture of innovation within the service and its technology industrial base. “This is not Space Force’s first foray into […]
SpaceX has been awarded $885.5M in broadband subsidies that the Federal Communications Commission made available under its Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase 1 auction. The FCC awarded about $9.2B in total to 180 winning bidders. SpaceX's subsidy was the fourth-largest amount, only behind LTD Broadband, Charter Communications and the Rural Electric Cooperative Consortium. Under the […]
