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Executive Spotlight: Interview With Chris Bellios, COO of Hexagon US Federal
Chris Bellios, chief operating officer of Hexagon US Federal, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the company’s value in the federal market, the impact emerging technologies are having on the intelligence community and federal agencies, the most effective ways to drive growth and the new challenges of recruitment.
- in Executive Moves, News
Former NGA Director Robert Cardillo Appointed to Cesium Advisory Board
Cesium announced on Tuesday that Robert Cardillo, former director of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) and four-time Wash100 Award recipient, has joined the company’s advisory board.Â
ICF Awarded Potential $800M Navy Cyber Support IDIQ; Jonathan Sholtis, Baris Yener Quoted
ICF announced on Thursday that the U.S. Navy has awarded the company a potential seven-year, multiple-award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to provide cyberspace technical, management and professional services for the Navy Information Warfare Center Pacific. The Navy also selected eight additional companies to provide cyber services for different contracts.Â
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Leonardo DRS Gets Army Contract for Vehicle Installation Kits
Leonardo DRS has secured a $28.3M contract to provide the U.S. Army with installation kits for vehicle-mounted computer systems.
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Chiron Technology Gets $60M DoD Contract for Cybersecurity Training
Chiron Technology Services has secured a five-year, $60M contract to help the Department of Defense train cybersecurity and information assurance personnel.
Chris Bogdan: Booz Allen Targets Ground-Based Portion of Military Space Programs
Chris Bogdan, a senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, told SpaceNews in an interview published Wednesday that the company is pursuing the ground-based area of military space systems and sees growth opportunities in satellite ground control stations, cybersecurity and data analytics, among other areas.
- in M&A Activity, News
SOSi Acquires Vykin Corporation; Julian Setian Quoted
SOS International (SOSi) announced on Wednesday that the company has acquired the Vykin Corporation, a business specializing in providing communications, intelligence and IT support to the Department of Defense (DoD) and the intelligence community.Â
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Cloudera’s Shaun Bierweiler: Enterprise Data Cloud Platform Can Help Defense Agencies Collect, Prioritize Mission Data
Shaun Bierweiler, vice president and general manager of the public sector business at Cloudera, has said a data collection approach that employs artificial intelligence and machine learning can help Department of Defense components extract information from multiple sources. In a LinkedIn article posted Tuesday, Bierweiler refers to the approach as enterprise data cloud powered by open-source technology.
- in Executive Moves, News
Former DoD Deputy Secretary Bob Work Joins System High’s Board of Directors
Bob Work, formerly deputy secretary at the Department of Defense, has been named to System High’s board of directors.
KBR Receives Task Order to Provide Engineering, IT Services to NAVAIR; Byron Bright Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 8, 2019 — KBR (NYSE: KBR) has received a 56-month, $45.9M task order to supply engineering services and information technology support to the logistics and maintenance information systems and technology division of the Naval Air Systems Command, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday.
Booz Allen’s Graham Gilmer: DoD Should Address Three Components to Accelerate AI Adoption
Graham Gilmer, a principal at Booz Allen Hamilton, wrote in an opinion piece published Monday on C4ISRNET that the Department of Defense and the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center have three components to consider to advance AI adoption and one is to build trust in AI platforms.