Maryland-headquartered Amentum announced that it has been awarded a five-year contract by the Department of Homeland Security’s Science & Technology Directorate to develop and deploy new technologies for countering threats posed by hostile drones. The deal, with a maximum value of $260 million, calls for developing new and improving existing capabilities for defeating unmanned threats […]
Todd Bryer is the vice president of strategic growth and business development for defense and security at CAE, working out of Arlington, Virginia. He is an experienced strategy, business development and capture management executive with extensive knowledge of end-to-end federal government contracting, according to his LinkedIn profile. Bryer’s knowledge in government contracting spans the identification […]
Jim Bohlman is the vice president of strategy at Boeing Global Services, working out of Dallas, Texas. He is a leader with a background focused on the aerospace and aviation sectors, delivering results for mature and growth-stage organizations, according to his LinkedIn profile. Bohlman has broad experience in strategy, corporate development, operational and financial transformation, […]
Christina Seiden is the vice president of strategic growth at technology consultancy Excella, working out of Arlington, Virginia. She is an executive leader with over 20 years of experience expanding revenue by exceeding financial targets, winning complex deals and managing profitable programs for the technology consulting sector, according to her LinkedIn profile. Seiden is noted […]
Austin-headquartered cybersecurity company CrowdStrike announced it has been granted a Provisional Authorization to Operate at Impact Level Four under the Department of Defense’s Cloud Security Requirements Guide. The latest authorization clears a path for offering cybersecurity technology that is already in wide use among Fortune 500 companies to the public sector, CrowdStrike said Thursday. In […]
The U.S. Space Force said in an additional budget request to Congress that, to finance its unfunded requirements, it needs $600 million, one-third of which will be spent on beefing up its ability to track incoming missiles. The latest funding request will be added to the service’s original budget proposal submitted by the Biden administration […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced a further delay in a crucial pre-launch test of the Space Launch System after another problem was discovered on the rocket’s upper stage. The latest delay is linked to a faulty helium check valve in the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage, SpaceNews reported Saturday. In a blog post, the […]
Reston-headquartered Maximus announced that it has been awarded a basic order agreement on Data Readiness for Artificial Intelligence Development services by the Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center. The JAIC DRAID program is intended to ensure that the DOD will have ready access to artificial intelligence data preparation tools, capabilities and services, Maximus said […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs said it is currently investigating a disruption in its electronic health records that hit all Cerner Corporation-supplied systems across the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard on Wednesday. The executive director of the VA’s EHR Modernization Integration Office said the outage was traced to an Oracle server but the […]
Long Beach-headquartered technology company SpinLaunch announced that it has signed a Space Act Agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of efforts to gather insights into potential future commercial launch opportunities. The partnership calls for the development, integration and launching of a NASA payload on the Suborbital Accelerator Launch System, SpinLaunch said […]
