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    Former General Dynamics EVP Chris Marzilli Joins iRocket Board

    Chris Marzilli, former executive vice president of General Dynamics‘ technologies segment, has been appointed to the board of directors at Innovative Rocket Technologies. iRocket said Wednesday the three-time Wash100 awardee joined the reusable small launch vehicle manufacturer following his retirement from General Dynamics, where he worked for four decades. Marzilli brings decades of leadership experience […] More

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    Hammerspace Sets Up Federal Arm; Names Robert Renzoni as Lead

    Hammerspace has commenced operations of its U.S. federal division and appointed Robert Renzoni, former senior official at Quantum, as director of technical sales responsible for leading the new business arm. In his new role, Renzoni will spearhead the Hammerspace team in bringing the global data environment to the public sector, the company said Wednesday. As […] More

  • in Cybersecurity, News

    Carahsoft’s Alex Whitworth: Agencies Should Improve Cybersecurity to Counter Ransomware Threats

    Alex Whitworth, cybersecurity solutions vertical executive at Carahsoft Technology, said government agencies and organizations must assess their cybersecurity posture and initiate cyber improvements to ensure that they can withstand ransomware attacks. “With the increasing trends, officials point to the new harsh reality that ransomware is not a question of if a company will be attacked […] More

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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

  • in Contract Awards, News

    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

  • in Cybersecurity, News

    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