L3Harris Technologies has received a $496M contract to advance the Navy’s Next Generation Jammer Low Band capability. The Airborne Electronic Attack Program Office awarded the Engineering and Manufacturing Development deal to the Florida-based defense contractor to support the last stage of the design efforts and the production of eight operational prototype pods and four test […]
The Department of Defense has awarded Amyx five contracts to provide various IT services for the Defense Logistics Agency. The task orders involve the DLA Cybersecurity Operational Technology and Information Systems Support, Enterprise Vulnerability Management Program Support Services, Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support – Wholesale DOD and Veteran Affairs Data Synchronization Program, DMLSS Application Development […]
The Defense Innovation Unit and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, two agencies vital to federal cybersecurity programs, have formed a partnership to implement advanced commercial technologies. In a memorandum of understanding, the two organizations agreed to share information, jointly develop solutions and collaborate with the private sector in 22 areas named in October, FedScoop […]
Accenture Federal Services has landed a potential five-year, $38M contract to deliver IT and management consulting services to the Department of the Navy, the Marine Corps and senior leaders at the Department of Defense. The task order calls for the Virginia-based defense contractor to help the DON’s technology readiness and capabilities by directing an enterprise […]
Exovera, an SOS International subsidiary based in Reston, Virginia, has named Dr. Barbara Stevens as CEO in a bid to enhance its big data services for the public sector market. Established in 2012, the IT service organization develops software solutions that advance the collection, exploitation, and analysis of data to drive government decision-making, the company […]
Amazon Web Services has resumed its petition before a court to cancel the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract the Department of Defense awarded to Microsoft in October 2019. The Amazon subsidiary’s protest filing unsealed on Dec. 15 in the Court of Federal Claims requests that the deal should be nullified due to “systematic bias, bad […]
Grammatech, an IT service company based in Bethesda, Maryland, has secured a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to research the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning methods to develop software applications. The agreement is part of DARPA’s Intent Defined Adaptive Software, or IDAS, program. Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology […]
The U.S. Air Force has completed its first military flight with artificial intelligence as a co-pilot onboard a U-2 Dragon Lady aircraft. Called ARTUµ, the AI algorithm served as a working aircrew member that flew with the pilot, Air Force Maj. “Vudu” on the reconnaissance plane assigned to the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air […]
Jennifer Keating, as Cisco’s director for public sector partner organization, is responsible for driving sales strategy and execution for state, local and education partners and for growing the company’s federal business. One of her primary roles is to help the U.S. public sector partners find ways to gain a competitive advantage over their competitors, according […]
Stephen Risseeuw serves as SAP’s national vice president for state and local and higher education, a role he has held since April 2019. A sales executive with two decades of experience in providing software solutions to government and education customers, he leads his team in organic growth and acquisitions to help address clients’ challenges and […]
