Tsymmetry, an Arlington, Virginia-based government information technology services contractor, has appointed federal industry executives Courtney Bristow and Thomas Sullivan as chief operating officer and chief growth officer, respectively.
Read More »MetTel, Cybraics, Raytheon Form Partnership to Integrate AI-Based Cyber Threat Intell Platform
MetTel has partnered with Raytheon Technologies and Fort Lauderdale-based threat intelligence company Cybraics for a development program to establish cybersecurity approaches built on artificial intelligence, machine learning and data analytics.
Read More »Leidos Wins $162M Task Order to Continue Sentinel Network Services Program Support; Jim Moos Quoted
Leidos has been awarded a potential $162 million single-award task order by the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Bureau of Consumer Protection (BCP) to continue to support the Sentinel Network Services (SNS) program. The task order includes a one-year base period and nine additional one-year options.
Read More »Marine Corps Issues RFI for Integrated Threat Intell Environment
The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command is conducting market research to help inform the development of an enterprise data environment that will manage and disseminate open-source intelligence on potential threats.
Read More »ECS’ Aaron Burciaga, Steve Ahern: DOD Needs Tools, Personnel for Data Readiness
ECS executives Aaron Burciaga and Steve Ahern wrote in a blog post published Wednesday that for the Department of Defense to enable data visibility, accessibility and interoperability, it needs tools, processes and people knowledgeable of data usage and analytics.
Read More »Raytheon Tests Data Analysis Method for Tactical Ground Station; David Appel Quoted
Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business has demonstrated an activity-based intelligence methodology for a ground station being developed to help military users receive data and find potential threats on the battlefield.
Read More »AGA-Grant Thornton Survey Sheds Light on How Gov’t CFOs Manage Finances Amid COVID-19
The Association of Government Accountants and Grant Thornton’s public sector arm have released a new survey describing how chief financial officers from federal and state government agencies manage the financial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and outlining several recommendations agency CFOs should consider as they navigate through the health crisis.
Read More »Lockheed-Led Team Receives $1.3B Global F-35 Sustainment Contract
An industry team led by Lockheed Martin has secured a $1.28 billion undefinitized contract action (UCA) from the F-35 Joint Program Office to support operations and sustainment of the global F-35 fleet through June 30. "This contract ensures F-35s remain ready to fly and accomplish the warfighter's mission," said Bill Brotherton, Lockheed Martin F-35 program acting vice president and general manager.
Read More »Splunk’s Ashok Sankar: Agencies Must Leverage Data, FedRAMP-Certified Tools to Accelerate Cloud-Driven Modernization
Ashok Sankar, director of marketing and strategy for public sector and education at Splunk, has said that Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-authorized cloud tools are vital to helping agencies accelerate modernization, FedScoop reported Thursday.
Read More »ECS’ Aaron Burciaga: CX, Data Science Could Help Organizations Identify Business Opportunities
Aaron Burciaga, vice president of analytics and artificial intelligence at ECS, has said that combining the technical aspects of data science with the humanistic elements of customer experience will help organizations gain financial opportunities.
Read More »HawkEye 360 to Help NGA Adopt Radio Frequency Data for Analysis; John Serafini Quoted
HawkEye 360 will use its satellite constellation to provide the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency with radio frequency data and analytics in support of a pilot program centered on the use of commercial RF GEOINT. The company said Wednesday it will offer the service to help analysts perform augmented intelligence works to support various NGA missions.
Read More »Novetta’s Kevin Heald on Leveraging Cloud to Accelerate Modernization Timeframe
Kevin Heald, vice president of information exploitation at Novetta, has said the company is working to address customer challenges within six to 12 months to demonstrate capacities to expand into bigger programs, SiliconANGLE reported Wednesday.
Read More »NGA Posts Data Analytics Cloud Sustainment RFI
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is soliciting ideas for how interested vendors can update and maintain a data analytics technology in the intelligence community's Commercial Cloud Service and Unclassified C2S environments, according to a request for information notice posted Tuesday.
Read More »Army Plans to Use Machine Learning to Help Identify ‘Emerging Tech Leaders’
The U.S. Army plans to release later this month an opportunity for small businesses to propose platforms that could help identify, develop and deploy “emerging technology leaders" across the service using machine learning and data science, Nextgov reported Tuesday.
Read More »T-Rex Receives Microsoft Silver Competency Status; Seth Moore Quoted
T-Rex Solutions has achieved a Microsoft "Silver" competency level in recognition of the Greenbelt, Maryland-based information technology company's ability to respond to customers' data analytics and application development needs through Microsoft's enterprise platform. "We look forward to expanding our Microsoft services to better assist our customers in meeting their mission critical objectives," said Seth Moore, CEO at T-Rex and a Wash100 awardee.
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