A General Dynamics business unit will provide engineering services to a joint electronic warfare effects laboratory operated by the U.S. Navy‘s Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division under a potential $40M task order. General Dynamics Information Technology will support electronic, cyber and information warfare programs, information operations and foreign military sales requirements, …
Read More »Raytheon's Ground Control System Backs First USAF GPS III Satellite Launch; Dave Wajsgras Quoted
A Raytheon-built ground control platform has supported the launch of the U.S. Air Force's first GPS III satellite. Raytheon said Sunday the GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System will help steer the GPS III Space Vehicle 01 to its final orbit for approximately 10 days. “The GPS OCX Block 0 launch and …
Read More »General Dynamics Vet Don Hirsch Joins Cloud Service Provider 1901 Group in SVP Role
Don Hirsch, a former vice president of General Dynamics‘ information technology business, has joined 1901 Group as senior VP of service delivery at the Reston, Va.-based cloud computing services contractor. The three-decade federal IT market veteran will oversee 1901 Group’s delivery engagements and efforts to drive revenue and establish partnerships, the company said …
Read More »General Dynamics IT to Expand Navy Support Through SeaPort NxG Vehicle; Leigh Palmer Quoted
General Dynamics' information technology business has secured a spot on a potential 10-year, $50B contract vehicle to provide engineering and program support services to the U.S. Navy. The company said Monday it will compete for task orders to support five Navy systems commands, the Office of Naval Research and the U.S. …
Read More »General Dynamics to Provide Cloud Services for Navy Under Potential $96M BPA
General Dynamics‘ information technology business will help the U.S. Navy implement a cloud technology platform under a potential five-year, $96M blanket purchase agreement. The company said Monday it will provide commercial cloud offerings including Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure via the General Services Administration's Schedule 70 multiple-award contract. The BPA, …
Read More »General Dynamics Unit to Help Manage Navy, Marine Platforms
General Dynamics‘s information technology business has won a potential five-year, $64.6M contract for project management and engineering services to land, sea and air systems of the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps. Efforts under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will aim to help both service branches gather, detect, evaluate, identify, exploit, …
Read More »General Dynamics to Help CMS Develop Care Quality Measures; Kamal Narang Quoted
General Dynamics‘ information technology business can vie for task orders to help the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services manage quality of the federal health care system under a potential 10-year, $1.6B contract awarded in August. The company said Friday it will continue to support CMS in the next decade as the agency looks …
Read More »General Dynamics Reshapes Portfolio via CSRA Purchase, Call Center Deal; Phebe Novakovic Quoted
General Dynamics has initiated portfolio shaping efforts through its $9.7B acquisition of CSRA and recent move to divest its government call center business, the Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday. Maximus agreed earlier this month to purchase General Dynamics Information Technology's federal citizen engagement centers for $400M in cash to expand its capabilities …
Read More »General Dynamics’ Matthew McFadden: Innovation Key to Federal Data Security
Matthew McFadden, cyber director for General Dynamics' information technology business, has said federal agencies should continuously innovate as part of efforts to protect information systems. He wrote in a blog entry posted Tuesday that government IT leaders should partner with companies and adopt new technology such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, …
Read More »General Dynamics’ Dave Vennergrund: Cloud Paves Way for AI Tech Advancement
Dave Vennergrund, director of data and analytics at General Dynamics' information technology business unit, has said cloud technology offers an avenue for federal agencies and companies to develop artificial intelligence tools. He wrote in a blog entry posted Thursday that cloud provides a system designed to facilitate algorithmic machine learning processes; …
Read More »General Dynamics to Offer Google Cloud Services via GSA IT Schedule 70; Yogesh Khanna Quoted
General Dynamics Information Technology has listed Google Cloud Platform service offerings under a special item number on the General Services Administration's IT Schedule 70 contract. GDIT said Tuesday it will provide federal agencies access to GCP products and services through the schedule's Cloud Computing Services SIN 132-40. GCP is a Federal …
Read More »Sharon Hays Joins LMI as Senior Technical Fellow; Sanjay Parthasarathy Quoted
Sharon Hays, formerly an account manager at General Dynamics‘ information technology business, has joined LMI as a senior technical fellow. LMI said Tuesday Hays will help Chief Technology Officer Sanjay Parthasarathy to manage the nonprofit consulting firm’s research institute and implement technologies that can support customer missions. She will also be responsible …
Read More »Nicholas Tomlin Joins Apprio as Information Security VP
Nicholas Tomlin, former senior manager at General Dynamics‘ information technology business and a more than two-decade industry veteran, has joined technology firm Apprio as vice president of information security. Apprio said Monday Tomlin will lead the Washington, D.C.-based company’s work with government customers in the areas of enterprise information assurance, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, security …
Read More »General Dynamics’ IT Business Holds 3rd Annual Cyber Hackathon
General Dynamics' information technology business held its third annual Cyber Hackathon on July 11 and 12 sponsored by Amazon Web Services and Splunk. This year's collaborative training exercise, led by GDIT's Cyber, Cloud and Data & Analytics Communities of Interest, focused on the use of artificial intelligence and machine-learning in …
Read More »General Dynamics Unit Gets Four EPA IT Support Orders
General Dynamics' information technology business has booked four one-year task orders worth a combined $23.4 million to support the Environmental Protection Agency‘s IT infrastructure, systems and applications. Each order contains two one-year options and supports EPA’s ENERGY STAR program, which GDIT has supported over the past 17 years, the company said Tuesday. …
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