Stephen Kovac, the chief compliance officer and head of global government affairs at Zscaler, said in an FCW commentary that the government should provide more resources to the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. FedRAMP is a government-wide program that serves as a standardized approach to evaluating the security of cloud-based products and services. Kovac, […]
Northrop Grumman announced that the Next Generation Interceptor it is designing in partnership with Raytheon Technologies has passed the Missile Defense Agency’s system requirements review. According to Northrop’s website, the NGI program is aimed at developing a system capable of detecting an enemy missile launch, determining its trajectory and shooting it down. The system requirements […]
Leigh Palmer, senior vice president for the defense division of General Dynamics Information Technology, recently spoke with the Potomac Officers Club for an exclusive Executive Spotlight interview detailing her career in the federal sector, the insights she gleaned from the COVID-19 pandemic and how diverse perspectives can strengthen company culture. Palmer also comments on her adaptability-focused […]
Sigma Defense Systems has appointed Ken Falke, the founder and former CEO of A-T Solutions, to its board of directors. A-T Solutions was a provider of specialized counter-threat services that is now part of PAE, Sigma Defense said Wednesday. Sigma Defense CEO Matt Jones, a member of the Potomac Officers Club, said that the company’s […]
ManTech International announced that it has closed its acquisition of Gryphon Technologies from AE Industrial Partners for $350 million in cash. Founded in 1998, Gryphon Technologies is a Washington D.C.-based systems engineering company that specializes in the defense market, ManTech said. Kevin Philips, chairman, CEO and president of ManTech, said that Gryphon complements ManTech’s capabilities […]
BigBear .ai completed its business combination with GigCapital4 after obtaining shareholder approval on Dec. 3. The merged company, now known as BigBear .ai Holdings, has a $1.378 billion pro forma enterprise value and will be trading under the new ticker symbols “BBAI” and “BBAI.WS.” The combination of the companies’ modular suite of solutions is expected […]
Science Applications International Corp. has posted $1.9 billion in revenue for the third quarter of its fiscal year 2022, marking a 4.4 percent year-over-year growth. Operating income for Q3 totaled $114 million, up 4 percent from last year’s $110 million. Net bookings amounted to approximately $1.4 billion while the total backlog was at $24 billion. […]
The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command has selected BigBear .ai as the winner of its Artificial Intelligence and Networks Advanced Naval Technology Exercise AI Prize Challenge. AINetANTX AI highlighted how AI technologies can support Project Overmatch, a U.S. Navy initiative aimed at modernizing naval weapons to support the Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept. According to […]
Mitre Corporation has named Marc Salit as a fellow and the official who will lead the organization’s synthetic biology work. Salit will lead the development of a new Open BioFoundry that will develop tools and accelerate capabilities in engineering biological systems. Salit is an adjunct professor at Stanford University and a former staff scientist at […]
BigBear .ai, a data analytics company, has been awarded a contract to develop a planning platform for the U.S. Army’s Global Force Information Management program. GFIM is part of the Army’s Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems’ Army Data and Analytics Platforms portfolio, BigBear .ai said Monday. Ryan Legge, analytics sector vice president at BigBear […]
