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    DOD’s Industry Partners Weigh in on Multivendor Cloud Infrastructure Development Endeavor

    Executive Mosaic caught up with leaders of Microsoft Federal, Google Public Sector, Oracle and Amazon Web Services for an exclusive video interview series to get their perspectives on how their organizations will support the Department of Defense’s $9 billion Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability program. All four companies won positions on the JWCC procurement vehicle in […] More

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    Oracle Expands Cloud Service Offerings With DISA, FedRAMP Accreditation; Kim Lynch Quoted

    Oracle has received government authorization for eight cloud service offerings as part of a company platform used to build and run applications in a hosted computing environment. The additional Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services completed technical reviews from the Defense Information Systems Agency and the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s Joint Authorization Board, the company […] More

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    DMI Ranks Among Indianapolis Star’s Top Workplaces; Rocky Thurston Quoted

    DMI was included in the Top Workplaces of 2023 list by news publication Indianapolis Star, which based the ranking on an employee feedback survey conducted by Energage. The information technology services firm said Monday the Energage-led study looked into alignment, execution, connection and 12 other culture drivers to measure organizations. “Our belief is that if […] More

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    HII’s 1st Flight III Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer for Navy Completes Acceptance Trials

    HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division, in collaboration with the U.S. Navy, accomplished acceptance trials of the future USS Jack Lucas, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer. The ship is the first of five Arleigh-Burke class destroyers under the Flight III configuration that the service branch ordered from the shipbuilder, HII said Friday. The USS Lucas features […] More

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    Iridium Adds 5 Spare Satellites to On-orbit Constellation for Enhanced Broadband Service; Matt Desch Quoted

    Iridium Communications has sent five spare satellites to orbit as part of its 10-year constellation resilience plan and in an effort to ensure continued delivery of critical network services to end users. The company announced Saturday that it launched additional spare satellites on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, bringing its on-orbit spacecraft to 14. In […] More

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    Frontier Aerospace Adds Former NASA, Northrop Grumman Execs to Board of Directors

    Frontier Aerospace has added former Northrop Grumman executive Cary Ralston and two other industry veterans to its board of directors. The company said Thursday it appointed Ralston, Space Foundation Chairman Jeff Grant and former NASA Space Transportation Director Dennis Smith. “Their collective knowledge and experience will offer invaluable contributions in driving sustainable growth of our […] More

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    IARPA Names 7 Contractors on New Population Movement Modeling Program

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has dedicated a new program to build models of human population movement patterns worldwide. The Hidden Activity Signal and Trajectory Anomaly Characterization research initiative has awarded lead contracts to seven organizations, which will collaborate with 27 companies, nonprofit groups and academic institutions, IARPA said Thursday. HAYSTAC will employ artificial […] More

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    Netaphor’s Printer Management Software to Be Distributed Through Carahsoft Resellers, Contracts

    Carahsoft Technology has agreed to offer Netaphor Software’s printer management software through its public sector contracts and reseller partners. The companies entered into an agreement to make the Netaphor SiteAudit OnSite available to Carahsoft’s government customers through resellers and two procurement vehicles, Carahsoft said Wednesday. The software is designed for on-premise processing of reports regarding […] More

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    Microsoft’s Azure Data Transfer Service Achieves DOD Impact Level 6 Provisional Authorization

    A cloud-based Microsoft service has received Department of Defense Impact Level 6 accreditation to move sensitive government information up to the secret level. The IL6 provisional authorization is for Azure Data Transfer and certifies the cross-domain service for migrating software artifacts and other materials with classified content, Amanda Foster, a principal program manager at Microsoft, […] More

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    New Securonix Strategic Advisory Board Includes Former National Cyber Director Chris Inglis

    Former National Cyber Director Chris Inglis has been added to the advisory board of security analytics platform vendor Securonix. The newly formed board comprises six defense and security professionals who will provide guidance to the Securonix leadership on new technologies, regulatory changes, industry trends and customer needs, the company said Wednesday. Inglis served in the […] More

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    Aware’s Craig Herman: Contract Management Platforms Should Secure Data With Biometric Authentication

    Biometric authentication could enable “reliable and secure identity verification” to safeguard data in contract management systems, according to Craig Herman, chief revenue officer of Aware. The global authentication company revealed Tuesday that it teamed up with Uqoud to demonstrate the potential of facial biometrics in remotely protecting documents in contract management platforms. “Because security infringements […] More

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    Softek-Federal IT Consulting Team to Help Secure DHS Network Under Single-Award Contract

    A joint venture between Softek International and Federal IT Consulting won a 30-month, $40 million contract to help the Department of Homeland Security engineer and secure network architectures. Softek FEDITC has onboarded personnel to support the Homeland Security Enterprise Network Tier III systems, the company said Tuesday. The partnership will collaborate with project management firm […] More