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  • in Cybersecurity, News

    Treasury Soliciting Bids for Cybersecurity Support Services

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, through the Bureau of the Fiscal Service of the Department of the Treasury, is seeking proposals for cybersecurity service efforts in maintaining, operating and modernizing a cybersecurity program. Fiscal Service plans to set up multiple blanket purchase agreements to cover cybersecurity risk management, security architecture, engineering and operations support requirements, […] More

  • in Contract Awards, News

    Sierra7 Receives USDA CIO Support Task Order

    Sierra7 has received a task order to help the Department of Agriculture’s Office of the Chief Information Officer develop an enterprise framework for procurement activities and documentation for a continuity of operations program. USDA placed the order through the Chief Information Officer – Solutions and Partners 3 contract, a governmentwide procurement vehicle managed by the […] More

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    2023 Wash100 Awardee Amy Gilliland of GDIT Gets Virginia 500 Spotlight for Dedication to Mental Health Awareness

    Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics Information Technology and a six-time Wash100 Award winner, was recently recognized for her work to destigmatize and promote mental health care. Late last month, Gilliland was featured by Virginia Business in a Virginia 500 spotlight, during which she discussed her efforts to champion mental health support. “As an employer, I believe we […] More

  • in C4ISR, News

    State Department Clears Possible Sale of BAE-Made APKWS-II Laser-guided Rocket to UK

    The State Department approved a possible $31.2 million sale of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System-II laser-guided munitions to the U.K. government. Execution of the contract will be led by BAE Systems, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which notified Congress of the deal on Friday. The U.K. government ordered 768 of single-variant, all-up […] More

  • in Executive Moves, News

    Lockheed Subsidiary ForwardEdge ASIC Appoints Brian Sutterfield as CEO

    Brian Sutterfield, former systems engineering director at Lockheed Martin‘s aeronautics business, has been named as CEO of Lockheed subsidiary ForwardEdge ASIC, he announced in a LinkedIn post on Friday. ForwardEdge was established in a bid to fortify Lockheed’s design capabilities in application-specific integrated circuit and microelectronics, Sutterfield said. He spent most of his career at […] More

  • in Cybersecurity, News

    Carahsoft to Offer Nok Nok’s Passwordless Authentication Tool to Government Customers

    Carahsoft Technology will use its government procurement vehicles and reseller partner network to market Nok Nok‘s multi-factor authentication offering to the public sector. The company said Thursday it will serve as the master government aggregator for the Nok Nok S3 Authentication Suite, a passwordless authentication platform designed to support compliance with the National Institute of […] More

  • in News

    DARPA Launches Market Research for Business Process Logic Initiative

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking input from developers of technologies capable of bridging business process logic gaps. In a presolicitation notice posted on SAM.gov Thursday, DARPA said the Business Process Logic Program intends to address the issues and vulnerabilities in business systems that control and manage defense-critical processes such as manufacturing, infrastructure and […] More

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    NSF Calls for Collaborators on Advanced Networking Systems Research

    The National Science Foundation is inviting federal agencies, software companies, and academic and research institutions, to join its research effort to drive new innovations in advanced networking systems. NSF said it intends to invest in new public-private partnerships that can design and investigate the potential of next-generation computing, networking, sensing and communications. The agency published […] More

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    Sierra Nevada, BIRD Aerosystems Form Airborne Missile Protection System Delivery Partnership

    Sierra Nevada Corp. and Israel-based BIRD Aerosystems have agreed to offer airborne missile protection systems to the U.S. Department of Defense, foreign military sales customers and other international commercial clients. BIRD’s family of AMPS platforms complies with the Army’s Modular Open System Approach and works to protect warfighters and aircraft from radar-guided missiles and other […] More

  • in News, Space

    NASA Solicits Proposals for Space Flight, Aerospace Hardware Modeling Requirements

    NASA’s Langley Research Center has issued a final request for proposals to conduct research and development efforts under its Reliance Consolidated Models effort, which aims to meet space and aerospace modeling requirements in support of agency missions. RECOM VI calls for capabilities from small businesses to provide mechanical or electrical hardware elements to assist in […] More

  • in Executive Moves, News

    Dewberry EVP Phil Thiel to Serve on National Geospatial Advisory Committee

    Phil Thiel, executive vice president at Dewberry and principal-in-charge of the company’s geospatial contracts, has been named as one of the new members of a committee responsible for making geospatial policy and management recommendations to the federal government. “The National Geospatial Advisory Committee plays a vital role in advancing the nation’s adoption and implementation of geospatial […] More