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Guidehouse Awarded Five-Year DoD Audit, Data Analytics Contract
Guidehouse has secured a potential five-year, $15.7M contract from Washington Headquarters Services to help the Department of Defense's deputy chief financial officer perform audits and analyze data.
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General Dynamics to Update DIA IT Systems Under $100M Task Order; Deb Davis Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 26, 2020 — General Dynamics' (NYSE: GD) information technology unit will provide engineering support for Defense Intelligence Agency IT modernization efforts under a task order worth potentially $100M over five and a half years, GovCon Wire reported Oct. 7.
ID Technologies, Network Designs Partner to Develop Classified Remote Access Service for Army
ID Technologies and Network Designs Inc. have partnered to develop a contractor-owned, contractor-operated service with the goal of helping the U.S. Army protect classified networks and information that can be accessed remotely.
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NGA Requests Info on Data Discovery Methods
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency issued a request for information on data discovery approaches and technologies that could help NGA personnel compare and assess topographic products with customer requirements.
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Perspecta to Help DARPA Secure 5G Networks; Petros Mouchtaris Quoted
Perspecta's applied research unit has booked a pair of potential four-year awards worth $25M combined to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency develop and demonstrate a 5G network security architecture. Perspecta Labs will conduct design, development and integration efforts under DARPA's Open, Programmable, Secure 5G initiative with the goal of protecting technologies such as connected sensors and servers.
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Army Vet Dennis Eger Joins Aptive Resources as Director
Dennis Eger, a retired U.S. Army sergeant major and former senior intelligence adviser, has been named director of Alexandria, Virginia-based consulting firm Aptive Resources. The 32-year Army veteran will support the service-disabled, veteran-owned company's efforts to grow presence in the intelligence and national security markets, Aptive said Thursday.
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Former DHS Official Brian Harrell Named to CyVision Advisory Board
Brian Harrell, former assistant secretary for infrastructure protection at the Department of Homeland Security, has joined the board of advisers of Bethesda, Maryland-based cybersecurity firm CyVision Technologies. He served as the first assistant director for infrastructure security at DHS' Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and is the chief security officer at energy company Avangrid.
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General Dynamics to Continue Navy Mine Countermeasure UUV Support; Carlo Zaffanella Quoted
General Dynamics' mission systems business has received a $13.5M contract modification to continue engineering an unmanned undersea vehicle designed for U.S. Navy surface mine countermeasure operations.
Kathy Warden: Northrop Optimistic on Nuclear Modernization Initiatives Under New Admin
Kathy Warden, chairman, president and CEO of Northrop Grumman and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, said she “is very confident†that nuclear modernization programs would still get government backing in the event that a new president gets elected, Inside Defense reported Thursday.
IBM’s Rick Strasser, Gurnaik Dosanjh: Agencies Should Consider People, Process, Tech in Payroll Modernization
Rick Strasser and Gurnaik Dosanjh of IBM wrote in a joint article published Thursday on Federal Times that government agencies pursuing payroll modernization projects should consider the triad of people, process and technology.