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SteelCloud has received an enterprise-scale license from the U.S. Army for a software suite designed to monitor and remediate compliance with the Security Technical Implementation Guide requirements. The license will allow the ConfigOS compliance automation software suite to support more than 40,000 endpoints within the Army's enterprise across the globe, the company said Tuesday.

Full-service systems integrator Tyto Athene has secured a task order under the Network-Centric Solutions-2 contract for sustainment services in support of 911 systems at the U.S Air Force Reserve public safety answering points and across Air National Guard and USAF installations.

Zscaler has partnered with Telos to use the latter's Xacta cyber risk assessment tool to help automate deployment authorizations under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and Department of Defense. The team will execute a phased rollout process and integrate Xacta with Zscaler's System Security Plan to handle risk management activities for Zscaler's Z-OS variant of the Linux operating system, Telos said Wednesday.

GrammaTech has named industry veterans Mike Armistead, senior vice president at FireEye, and Jim Routh, former chief security officer at Aetna, to join the board of directors of the Bethesda, Maryland-based application testing technology provider.

General Atomics has partnered with Parsons to help the latter support radioactive operations at the Department of Energy's Salt Waste Processing Facility within the Savannah River Site near Aiken, South Carolina. General Atomics' electromagnetic systems business will perform operational support and cognizant system engineering services at SWPF, which is valued at $2.3 billion and commenced full operations in January, the company said Wednesday.

This year, Amentum CEO John Vollmer has received his sixth Wash100 Award win, as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award, for his leadership in establishing “˜Amentum' in the federal market and driving its significant growth through major contract awards and key acquisitions. Executive Mosaic congratulates Amentum and John Vollmer on his 2021 Wash100 Award.

Intelligent Waves announced Tuesday that it was named as one of the top companies on the Inc. 5000 Regionals: D.C. Metro for three consecutive years. The list recognizes the fastest-growing Washington, D.C., area-based private companies.

Executive Mosaic is honored to present Jim Brinker, president and general manager of Intel Federal, as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award for leading the development of 5G tech and driving other emerging IT technology to improve capabilities for the federal government. This marks the second consecutive Wash100 Award for Jim Brinker.

A Serco Group subsidiary has been awarded a potential 20-year, $1.2 billion contract by the Canadian department of national defense to provide critical site support services at the 5 Wing Canadian Forces Base. The contract has a base value of $556 million over a 10-year period and includes two five-year extensions that would raise the contract amount to $1.2 billion if exercised, Serco Inc. said Wednesday. 

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has included Lattice Semiconductor's products in a list of tools accessible to DARPA researchers. Lattice said Monday it will offer its Diamond and Radiant software tools that work to facilitate the design of field-programmable gate arrays, integrated circuits that can be configured post-manufacturing.

Kevin Nunes, former deputy director of Headquarters Marine Corps Contracting, has joined Aminad Consulting to serve as principal of the advisory services company. Nunes will work on business development and customer service efforts to help Aminad pursue further growth.

Hootsuite has secured authority to operate designation under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for a software offering intended to help government agencies manage content across social networks. The Department of the Interior served as Hootsuite's sponsor while pursuing FedRAMP approval of the social media management platform, the company said Tuesday.

Merlin Ventures has commenced an effort to help cybersecurity startup companies compete in the public sector's information technology market, which is valued at $200 billion. The investment arm of Merlin Cyber said Tuesday it will provide up to $5M of capital funding, cybersecurity engineering support and go-to-market infrastructure resources to help startups engage the public sector market.

The State Department has cleared Norway's request to procure Javelin FGM-148 missiles and associated equipment from the U.S. government through a potential $36 million foreign military sales transaction. Norway asked to purchase 120 Javelin units, two FGM-148 fly-to-buy missiles, 24 Block 1 command launch units and spare parts, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday.

Tom Keane, corporate vice president for Azure global at Microsoft's Azure business, wrote in a blog post that the company is launching new DevSecOps offerings and partnering with the Department of Defense on cloud, artificial intelligence and analytics efforts.