in Executive Moves, News ManTech Appoints Health IT Vet Syd Rahman to Lead DHA Capture Mgmt Syd Rahman, former capture director at ManTech International, has rejoined the company as executive director of capture management for Defense Health Agency programs. More
in Contract Awards, News University of Washington’s Applied Physics Lab Books Potential $219M DoD R&D Support IDIQ The U.S. Navy has awarded University of Washington’s Applied Physics Laboratory a potential 10-year, $218.8M contract for research, development, test and evaluation support to Department of Defense programs. More
in Contract Awards, News SOSi Lands R&D, Engineering Contracts in Two OASIS Vehicle Pools; Julian Setian Quoted SOS International has secured two contracts under the General Services Administration’s potential $50B One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services contract vehicle for enterprisewide professional services. More
in Big Data & Analytics News, Contract Awards, News L3Harris to Help Develop AI-Based Analytics Tech for DoD Assets; Ed Zoiss Quoted L3Harris Technologies has received a contract from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to help prototype artificial intelligence and machine learning systems that will process large volumes of data from airborne and space-based assets. More
in Cybersecurity News, News Red Hat’s Mark Bohannon: Agencies Need Post-Pandemic IT Modernization Plan Mark Bohannon, vice president of government affairs at Red Hat, has said the federal government should establish a long-term strategy for its remote workforce and drive cloud implementation to ensure continued operations following the pandemic. More
in Government Technology, News Raytheon Technologies, Academic Partners Unveil High-Sensitivity Microwave Radiation Sensor Raytheon Technologies has partnered with the academe to develop a sensor that works to detect microwave radiation at heightened sensitivity levels. More
in Contract Awards, News General Atomics Research Teams Secure DOE Funds to Support Experimental Tokamak R&D Effort The Department of Energy has earmarked funding for two General Atomics teams from the DIII-D National Fusion Facility to support the establishment of new approaches to sustainable fusion energy. More
in Cybersecurity News, News Zscaler’s Peter Amirkhan: Bandwidth Mgmt, Cloud Prioritization Key to Telework Efficiency Peter Amirkhan, senior vice president for public sector at Zscaler, has said that implementing a digital structure, prioritizing cloud efforts and adapting hardware infrastructure for telework has helped agencies ensure operational efficiency amid the pandemic. More
in Executive Moves, News Jacobs Vet Jessica Goodell Named Portfolio Optimization Director at Woolpert’s Strategic Consulting Group Jessica Goodell, formerly a senior project manager at Jacobs, has joined Woolpert as director of portfolio optimization for the company's strategic consulting group. More
in Government Technology, News Raytheon Technologies Unveils Configurable Mission Mgmt Platform Raytheon Technologies has developed an open-architecture data management system designed to integrate with disparate platforms used by the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Army. More
in Biometrics News, News Army Issues RFI for Biometrics Repository Modernization Effort The U.S. Army is looking for potential sources of systems engineering and integration support for the design, development, testing and deployment of a biometrics-based identity intelligence platform hosted in cloud and on-premises environments. More
in Government Technology, News Kratos Unveils ‘OpenSpace’ Ground Station as a Service Tech Suite; Phil Carrai Quoted Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has launched a software-defined satellite ground station as a service offering built to digitize radio-frequency signals and virtualize satellite communications operations. More