David Hansen, former deputy executive director for passenger systems at Customs and Border Protection, has joined Cypress International as vice president for homeland defense and business systems, Hansen announced through a LinkedIn post on Monday. The executive is a Marine Corps Systems Command veteran with over 24 years of service and was most recently acting […] More

Valiant Integrated Services announced on Thursday that the company has been awarded a spot on a potential five-year, $1.31 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide sustainment services and training requirements in support of fielded training systems.  Under the Fielded Training Systems Support V IDIQ, Valiant will help the U.S. Navy operate and maintain training systems, including training […] More

Siemens Government Technologies has named Katy Nierman as its chief financial officer, transitioning her from the interim CFO role she assumed in May, the company announced on Thursday. “With an entrepreneurial approach paired with a strong track record of performance, Katy is ready to take on her new role as CFO,” SGT President and CEO John Ustica […] More

Google will collaborate with Accenture‘s federal arm and Sada Systems to help the U.S. Army deploy a suite of cloud-based collaboration applications for as many as 250,000 soldiers. Will Grannis, CEO of Google’s public sector unit, wrote in a blog post published Wednesday the Army’s Workspace implementation project is one of the first collaborative efforts […] More

General Dynamics’ land systems division and Epirus have field tested a Stryker ground combat vehicle equipped with a directed energy system and high-power microwave technology. During a demonstration at a U.S. government testing site, the integrated system, dubbed Stryker Leonidas, showcased its ability to disable enemy drones operating individually and in swarms, Epirus said Wednesday. […] More

Redhorse has entered into a partnership with enterprise analytics provider GraphAware to offer knowledge graph capabilities to national security, defense and intelligence customers. The Arlington, Virginia-headquartered company said it will serve as the exclusive official reseller of GraphAware Hume analytics platform to the U.S. federal government sector. GraphAware Hume works to extract actionable insights from […] More

The Department of State has awarded Verizon a 10-year, $1.58 billion contract to furnish various internationally stationed U.S. embassy locations with information technology services. Under the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions task order, Verizon’s team is expected to enhance and maintain network architectures of all DOS embassies, consulars and other politically consequential locations, the New York City-headquartered company said […] More

LMI President and CEO Doug Wagoner is this year’s recipient of the Boy Scouts of America’s “Good Scout” Award in recognition of his commitment to driving the technology sector forward while demonstrating the organization’s values. The award will be presented at the annual Good Scout Technology event that the National Capital Area Council will host […] More

Mike Tocci, president of Paperless Innovations, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the impact of zero-trust capabilities in the federal landscape as well as how recent partnerships are helping the company expand its position in the market and the significant changes occurring in the contract bidding process during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. You can read the full interview […] More

A Cognosante business has received a $21 million contract from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to assist consumers with coverage transition needs in connection with the end of the federal government’s COVID-19 public health emergency declaration. Under the 19-month contract, CognoConnected will help the CMS Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight reach […] More

Steve Schmidt, chief security officer at Amazon, said skills training and partnerships between the public and private sectors play a key role in developing the cybersecurity workforce of the future. In a blog post published Tuesday, Schmidt shared that the company hosted a roundtable discussion with Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security […] More

Inadev was tapped by the Department of Health and Human Services to enhance the payroll operations of its Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health under a $33 million prime contract. The codeless architecture configuration contract calls for the migration of OASH’s current Commissioned Corps Integrated Personal and Payroll System to Unqork’s no-code software platform, Inadev said […] More