General Dynamics Information Technology announced that it has been awarded the User Facing and Data Center Services contract by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The deal calls for the provision of hybrid cloud services, including commercial clouds and data centers, and innovative IT design, engineering, implementation and operations and sustainment to NGA and its mission partners, […]
A $200 million Artificial Intelligence and Development Fund has been integrated into the 2022 defense budget to hasten the Pentagon’s adoption of cutting-edge technology for the use of combatant commands. However, lawmakers first want Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin to explain how he intends to use the money before it is released, Breaking Defense reported Thursday. […]
Virginia-headquartered VMD Corporation announced that it has been awarded a prime, five-year task under the Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 3 contract to provide the Department of State’s Bureau of Information Resource Management with information technology security services. This deal represents the second prime contract received from the State Department since 2020, VMD said Friday. […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that it has awarded the Ground Systems and Mission Operations-3 contract to Maryland-based KBR Wyle Services. The total maximum ordering value of the cost-plus-award-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is $640 million, with an effective ordering period from June 1, 2022, through May 31, 2027, NASA said Wednesday. Under the GSMO-3 […]
Fortanix, a multi-cloud security company headquartered in Mountain View, California, disclosed that a growing number of federal agencies are turning to its Data Security Manager offering to thwart the increasing number of cybercrime, data breaches and other security challenges posed by nation-state bad actors. The federal government has allocated billions of dollars into cybersecurity to […]
Eden Grow Systems and Rhea Space Activity announced Wednesday that they were awarded a Small Business Innovation Research Phase I contract by the Air Force to look at possible applications of aeroponic technology for growing food in inhospitable locations. The technology to be used by the two companies is an off-shoot of research pioneered by […]
American telecommunications company Verizon announced that the Department of Defense has awarded its public sector business three Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions task order awards worth a combined $966.5 million. The three tasks call for the provision of network modernization services and technical support services to the Pentagon, the DOD National Capital Region and Fort Belvoir, Verizon […]
The U.S. Space Force targets to transition to the new Space Command-and-Control system by the end of 2022, finally retiring a legacy space catalog system. The Space Defense Operations Center, which became operational in 1979, is four decades older than the military service currently operating it, C4ISRNET reported Thursday. The USSF is already in the […]
Jim Hurley is the global executive of digital transformation for the infrastructure, government and health care sectors at KPMG International, working out of McLean, Virginia. He is a “skilled strategic and analytical thinker” with success in leading large consulting engagements, enterprise resource planning implementation, business process reengineering and building models to mitigate risk, according to […]
Brad Freathy is the vice president of global service operations and digital transformation at Verizon, working out of the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area in North Carolina. He brings a “unique perspective as a seller, supplier and user of networks and professional services to a wide variety of customers” ranging from Fortune 500 to small-medium businesses, according […]
