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    Fed IT Leader Bobby Saxon Appointed Leidos VP

    Bobby Saxon, a retired U.S. Army colonel and outgoing deputy director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Office of Information Technology, is set to rejoin the industry as a vice president at Leidos. In a LinkedIn post, Saxon said he will focus on customer advocacy in his new role at Leidos. Saxon held […] More

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    The US Military is Getting Serious About Electronic Warfare

    Electronic warfare threats are intensifying across the globe — for the past year, EW tactics have been heavily deployed in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  Early on in the conflict, Russian forces jammed and disrupted Ukraine’s radars and communications systems. In late December 2022, Russian troops used EW to disable 90 percent of Ukraine’s drones, […] More

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    SAIC Secures $150M TRANSCOM Contract for IT Services; Michael LaRouche Quoted

    Science Applications International Corp. has won a $150 million follow-on contract from the U.S. Transportation Command for information technology modernization services. Under the single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, SAIC is responsible for incorporating novel technologies into enterprise IT systems and implementing IT as-a-service models over a five-year period, the Reston, Virginia-based organization said Thursday. “We are thrilled to bring […] More

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    Dell Data Protection, Backup Offering Added to AWS Marketplace; Carahsoft’s Craig Abod Quoted

    Carahsoft Technology has added Dell Technologies‘ data protection offerings to Amazon Web Services‘ digital catalog for government customers. The information technology service provider said Tuesday Dell Data Protection offerings such as Dell APEX Backup Services, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager and Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery are now available on the AWS Marketplace.  Carahsoft serves as a […] More

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    Amentum Unit Appraised at CMMI Level 3; Jill Bruning Quoted

    Amentum‘s C5I Information Warfare Systems business unit has achieved Maturity Level 3 appraisal under ISACA’s Capability Maturity Model Integration program in recognition of its efforts to build defined processes in software development. The company said Tuesday its CIWS group offers software development technology designed to enable naval forces to deliver acoustic, communication systems technology, combat […] More

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    Saab Receives Navy Contract for Target Recognition, Sensor R&D

    Saab has won a potential $13.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy to advance warfighters’ threat and situational understanding through networked-online machine intelligence. Work under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract includes research and development efforts focused on autonomous sensor resource management as well as automatic target recognition, the Department of Defense said. The contractor will also aim […] More

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    Former Northrop Exec Chris Kinman to Join Momentus as Chief Commercial Officer

    Commercial space company Momentus named Chris Kinman, who has over 30 years of government and industry experience, as chief commercial officer, effective from Jan. 9.  Kinman previously served as senior business development executive for Northrop Grumman‘s space sector business, where he led the business development team in the capture of space-related opportunities with the intelligence and […] More

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    Carahsoft to Offer Fidelis Cybersecurity Platforms to DOD Under Expanded ESI Agreement; Alex Whitworth Quoted

    Carahsoft Technology will give the Department of Defense and intelligence community access to Fidelis Cybersecurity‘s threat detection platforms through a recent blanket purchase agreement for DOD Enterprise Software Initiative. Under the BPA, Carahsoft will offer Fidelis’ Elevate open and active eXtended detection and response tool and CloudPassage Halo unified cloud security and compliance platform to […] More

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    Sparksoft Awarded CMS Enterprise Data Lake, Master Data Management Support Contract

    Sparksoft will help the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services improve its enterprise master data management and enterprise data lake platform under a potential five-year, $45 million contract. The company said Friday it will provide services across various areas, including Agile transformation services and DevSecOps delivery; operations and maintenance; cloud services configuration, design, development and […] More

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    NOAA Seeks Proposals for Environmental Field Services Contracts

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is soliciting offers as it plans to launch a full and open competition and award six indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts for environmental field services. The services to be provided under the IDIQ contracts will support the Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services within NOAA’s National Ocean Service, according to a […] More

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    Matthew Milas Named President of Defense & Space at Honeywell Aerospace

    Matthew Milas, former vice president at L3Harris Technologies, has joined Honeywell to serve as president of defense and space at its aerospace-focused business, according to his LinkedIn announcement. The executive is now responsible for driving Honeywell Aerospace’s delivery of electronic platforms, engines, power and mechanical systems, satellite technologies, space vehicles, microelectronics and other offerings to […] More