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Tyler Sweatt has been elevated from chief revenue officer to CEO of software developer Second Front Systems. Sweatt has been with Second Front for three years, joining as vice president of growth, the Arlington, Virginia-based company said Friday. His other experiences in the technology industry include serving as head of the national security business of […] More
Collins Aerospace, a business of RTX, unveiled its newly renovated additive manufacturing facility in Des Moines, Iowa. On Thursday, the company held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the $14 million project, which includes 9,000 square feet of new space for next-generation 3D metal printers. The West Des Moines manufacturing center is a hub for designing and […] More
Microsoft is collaborating with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to offer expanded cloud logging capabilities to federal and commercial customers in September. The partnership aims to bolster cyberthreat detection and prevention measures by facilitating access to critical security logs identified by CISA, the agency said Wednesday. CISA Director Jen Easterly remarked that the move […] More
Bill Rowan, vice president of public sector at Splunk, said that organizations implementing zero trust strategies will be more effective if they gradually adopt ZT security measures instead of executing them in all departments at the same time. In a Fed Gov Today interview aired Sunday, Rowan discussed the challenges that lead to varying impacts […] More
A new Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity program will focus on innovating technologies that use ground, satellite and other forms of imagery to build 3D models. IARPA on Wednesday named the six lead organizations that won research and development contracts under the 42-month Walk-through Rendering from Images of Varying Altitude program. WRIVA is looking for […] More
IBM has won one of four spots on the Internal Revenue Services’ seven-year, $2.6 billion information technology modernization contract vehicle. The company said Wednesday that it will be part of the IRS Enterprise Development Operations Services program, which will involve upgrades in cybersecurity, taxpayer service platforms, advanced analytics and other IT systems. EDOS was introduced […] More
Lockheed Martin completed a test focused on the integration of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptor with the Aegis Weapon System’s AN/SPY-1 Radar. The missile interceptor was able to communicate with the radar after its radio frequency data link was converted from dual band to tri-band, resulting in an S-band frequency, the company […] More
NASA is looking for input from companies that can provide technology transfer services to the Space Technology Mission Directorate. According to a draft request for proposal the space agency posted on SAM.gov, the Consolidated Agency Technology Transfer Support program will involve NASA headquarters, the Marshall Space Flight Center, the Stennis Space Center and other field […] More
Lockheed Martin has adopted the National Contract Management Association’s standard and body of knowledge, which were endorsed by the U.S. Office of Federal Procurement Policy in January. The aerospace and defense company is one of the first government services contractors to apply the Contract Management Standard and Contract Management Body of Knowledge, NCMA said Thursday. […] More
Hawkeye 360 was awarded a contract from the Australian government to provide training and radio frequency analytics tools for an interagency pilot program on maritime domain awareness, SpaceNews reported Thursday. Under the terms of the agreement with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hawkeye 360 will lend its space-based RF analytics platform to support […] More
Government agencies should adopt site reliability engineering principles to improve their internal and customer-facing information technology systems, Netimpact Strategies CEO PV Puvvada wrote in a Nextgov opinion piece published Wednesday. Puvvada, a six-time Wash100 awardee, said SRE has been tried and tested in the private sector, including big tech companies, and could reduce costs usually […] More
The U.S. Army selected Leidos to train pilots who will be part of the High Accuracy Detection, Exploitation System program. Under the terms of the agreement, Leidos will bring in instructors certified by the Federal Aviation Administration to teach Army aviators to fly Bombardier Global 6000-class business jets, the company said Wednesday. HADES was introduced […] More
