The Department of Defense has announced that it will not delay the timeline of its Cybersecurity Maturity Certification program in the face of the coronavirus public health crisis. Katie Arrington, the program's lead and a 2020 Wash100 winner, stressed that the agency will not halt work despite its efforts to save lives during the outbreak. […]
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Raytheon Missile Systems a $2.1B contract to support Standard Missile-3 IB Missiles. Under the sole-source, multi-year contract, Raytheon shall provide the required management, material and services in support of the U.S. and Foreign Military Sales partners, DefPost reported Thursday. Work will be done in Tucson, Arizona, and Huntsville, Alabama, […]
Senior Army officials have underscored the importance of establishing cloud architecture and services within the service. Army Secretary and 2020 Wash100 winner Ryan McCarthy and Army Chief of Staff James McConville told the Senate Armed Services Committee that cloud technology is the foundation of the Army's entire modernization effort. They announced that the Army plans to invest […]
Gulf Island Shipyards has landed a $129.9M Navy contract modification for two new towing, salvage and rescue ships and for unique item identification on the T-ATS 6-class program. Work will be done in Houma, Lousiana, and is expected to be finished by October 2022, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday. Gulf Island's contract also includes […]
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $932.8M order for ballistic missile defense rocket interceptors in support of the continental United States and Saudi Arabia. The Missile Defense Agency asked the company's missiles and fire control division to build Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptors and related one-shot devices. THAADs are designed to intercept intermediate-range missiles […]
The National Institutes of Standards and Technology has developed the Initiative for Cybersecurity Education workforce framework, which details how federal agencies should divide cybersecurity roles. NICE Director Rodney Peterson said the coronavirus pandemic is an opportunity for the government to audit the cyber skills of its employees and identify gaps that remote learning can solve. He said […]
The Air Force has assured that its supply chain for emerging technologies has not been significantly affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier in March, the department awarded nearly $1B in funding to startup tech companies through the Small Business Innovation Research program. Will Roper, the Air Force's acquisition chief and a three-time Wash100 winner, said acquisition […]
The Department of Defense has been strengthening its networks and cyber hygiene amid the growing number of teleworking employees during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the agency's leaders. Secretary Mark Esper said the Pentagon is also ensuring that it has enough bandwidth to allow telework. Officials said that they have restricted applications used for music […]
Clyde Relick is the vice president of strategic client solutions within the development and innovation group of T-Rex Solutions. In the service of the company's federal and defense clients, he handles solutions in enterprise architecture, Agile methodologies, business process re-engineering, software system design, continuous integration and automated testing, among others, according to his LinkedIn profile. […]
ThoughtSpot and Google Cloud have jointly launched Embrace, a program that runs searches and artificial intelligence-powered analytics in Google BigQuery without caching data. Available on Google Cloud, Embrace features a simple search interface that brings BigQuery's analytical power to users, ThoughtSpot said. The tool allows businesses to track specific key performance indicators and metrics and provides alerts […]
