John Vollmer, CEO of Amentum and five-time Wash100 inductee, has said the company is looking to update its technology platforms and combine these with multiple services that are intended to help government and commercial customers address missions, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday.
Read More »ECS’ John Sankovich: Managed Service Providers Could Help Facilitate Cloud Adoption
John Sankovich, vice president of cloud solutions at ECS, said in an interview published Tuesday that organizations should partner with a managed service provider to help train their employees when it comes to cloud adoption.
Read More »Leidos, Baltimore Ravens Partner on Opioid Awareness Campaign; Roger Krone Quoted
Leidos has partnered with football team Baltimore Ravens to promote public awareness in the current opioid crisis.
Read More »Former L3 Exec Richard Hunter Named EaglePicher Technologies CEO
Richard Hunter, formerly president of L3 Technologies' defense electronic systems division, has been appointed CEO of battery manufacturer EaglePicher Technologies. He will oversee the delivery of battery products that are designed for aerospace defense and health care applications, EaglePicher said Wednesday.
Read More »FBI Issues RFI on IT Architecture Modeling, Project Mgmt Tools
The FBI has posted a request for information on software applications designed to help users create information technology architecture models and map a portfolio of IT projects.
Read More »Retired Lt. Gen. Kevin McLaughlin Joins Tyto Athene Executive Advisory Board; Jeff Murray Quoted
Tyto Athene announced on Tuesday that Kevin McLaughlin, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general, has been appointed to the company’s executive advisory board. He joins Tyto Athene to assist in the growth of the company’s Department of Defense and cyber strategies.
Read More »Maxar Begins Production of Legion-Class Satellite for Ovzon; Megan Fitzgerald Quoted
Maxar Technologies announced on Friday that the company has started production on a Legion class satellite for Ovzon, a company dedicated to meeting the demand for increased mobile broadband connectivity in underserved regions.
Read More »Kevin Phillips of ManTech International & Paul Smith of Red Hat Among New Members of PSC’s Board of Directors; David Berteau Quoted
The Professional Services Council (PSC) announced new members to its Board of Directors on Friday. Kevin Phillips, chief executive officer of ManTech International and 2019 Wash100 Award winner, became the newest board member after being approved during a PSC board meeting on June 18th.
Read More »Northrop to Begin Working on Ground Support Infrastructure at KSC
Officials from Northrop Grumman have confirmed work is set to begin in April at Kennedy Space Center for the development of the company’s Omega launch vehicle, Florida Today reported Tuesday.
Read More »Rocket Lab to Demo Small Satellite With Membrane Antenna for DARPA Mission
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected Rocket Lab to launch a satellite as part of a program to demonstrate radio communications in small space vehicles through the use of a reflect array antenna technology.
Read More »Raytheon Works on Tech Platforms to Help Facilitate 5G MilitaryComms
Raytheon currently develops multiple technology platforms as part of efforts to help the U.S. military utilize a fifth-generation standard for wireless communications.
Read More »Premier Analyzes Financial Impact of Opioid Overdoses on Hospitals; Roshni Ghosh Quoted
A new analysis by health care company Premier found that U.S. hospitals incur approximately $11.3B in total annual costs associated with patients who experienced opioid overdoses, constituting 1 percent of all hospital spending. Premier performed the opioid overdose analysis in October using a year’s worth of data from 647 health …
Read More »Matt Desch: Iridium Considers Final ‘NEXT’ Satellite Launch an ‘Important Milestone’
Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch has said the company considers the upcoming launch of the last and eighth batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites as “the most important milestone of all,” Via Satellite reported Thursday. The Iridium-8 mission is now scheduled to launch Tuesday, Jan. 8, aboard a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg …
Read More »Hortonworks’ Shaun Bierweiler: Federal Gov’t to Advance Data Management ‘At the Edge’ in 2019
Shaun Bierweiler, vice president of U.S. public sector at Hortonworks, has predicted the federal government will implement this year a new policy to manage data “at the edge.” “Capturing data at the edge and being able to get [artificial intelligence and machine learning] faster with real-time capabilities and security is …
Read More »Matt Desch: Rideshare Opportunity Could Prompt Iridium to Launch Spare ‘NEXT’ Satellites
Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch has said the company could opt to send the six ground spare satellites for the Iridium NEXT constellation should an opportunity for a rideshare mission arise, SpaceNews reported Thursday. “If the right deal comes along, similar to the one that we had with Iridium-6 and the …
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