TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 19, 2021 — Jacobs will provide the Department of Defense with manned, optionally manned and unmanned systems and related support services following the company’s receipt of seven awards on the General Services Administration’s 10-year ASTRO acquisition vehicle, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 29. Bruce Crawford, senior vice president of strategic development at […] More

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 19, 2021 — Peraton will help enhance the cyber expertise of the Department of Defense by providing cyberspace operations support services under a potential four-year, $109 million task order from the U.S. Cyber Command, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 29. Tom Afferton, president of Peraton’s cyber mission sector, said the company has […] More

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 19, 2021 — Criterion Systems established SAGE Black as its wholly-owned subsidiary operating under its intelligence solutions business unit after the cybersecurity and information technology company completed its acquisition of the software engineering services provider, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 29. Promod Sharma, president and CEO of Criterion, said both companies’ core […] More

Compass Federal Consulting has teamed up with Tantus Technologies to help the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences implement a cybersecurity risk management framework under a task order from the National Institutes of Health. The task order is part of a blanket purchase agreement managed by NIH’s Office of the Chief Information Officer and is […] More

Reports emerged that China allegedly performed a test of a nuclear-capable hypersonic glide vehicle in August and Loren Thompson, chief operating officer of nonprofit think tank Lexington Institute, said the development presents an opportunity for U.S. companies to develop defenses against hypersonic weapons, the Washington Business Journal reported Monday. Thompson said the need for missile […] More

VisibleThread has introduced a capability that uses artificial intelligence to identify potential risk and compliance issues on contracting-related documents. The Baltimore, Maryland-based language analysis company said Monday the VT Docs 4.0 featuring New Discovery is designed to help proposal teams ensure compliance with government contracting requirements. The document analysis software works to enable users to […] More

Comtech Telecommunications has introduced a new lineup of cybersecurity offerings designed to support clients’ threat monitoring and assessment, training and workforce development efforts. The new CyberStronger cybersecurity brand offers off-the-shelf and custom training and hands-on skills laboratories as well as capabilities to detect and manage cyber threats, assess competencies based on cybersecurity job requirements, Comtech […] More

The U.S. business arms of Hensoldt and QinetiQ are looking to work on collaborative engagements in the country’s defense and national security markets and, in connection, have entered into an agreement to create a strategic partnership framework. The companies will strategically cooperate to develop, integrate, test and field Hensoldt’s sensing technologies for national security projects, […] More

Frontier Development Lab, a public/private partnership with NASA, commercial artificial intelligence partners and private sector companies, worked with Intel AI Mentors to study how radiation exposure can physiologically affect astronauts. Intel said Monday its AI technology helped the SETI Institute-hosted lab develop an algorithm to identify cancer biomarkers based on radiation exposure data of both […] More

KBR will support modernization efforts at the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center in Massachusetts under a four-year, $126.7 million recompete contract. The company said Monday it will help the Department of Transportation-owned center to update logistical, technical and safety systems as part of the Mission Information Technology Support contract. “This win is one more step […] More

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google, has encouraged the federal government to draft a policy that actively addresses international cyber threats and fosters cyber innovation considering the previous cybersecurity breaches attributed to hackers from China and Russia, Wall Street Journal reported Monday. In an interview, Pichai said the increasingly connected world […] More

Ajay Guru, former senior vice president at CO-OP Financial Services, has been appointed as partner at Guidehouse‘s financial services segment, where he will support delivery of fraud risk and compliance offerings to customers. He will be responsible for helping lead company efforts to address business fraud challenges through its fraud technology services, Guidehouse said Tuesday. […] More