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  • Health IT Vet Melissa Chapman Named President of 9th Way Solutions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Health IT Vet Melissa Chapman Named President of 9th Way Solutions

    Melissa Chapman, a former vice president of the civilian and homeland security solutions division at General Dynamics‘ information technology segment, has been appointed  president of service-disabled veteran-owned company 9th Way Solutions. 9th Way said Monday Chapman will be responsible for health IT, enterprise services, cyber and information security, systems and program management and data analytics service areas in […] More

  • General Dynamics' Dave Vennergrund: Cloud Paves Way for AI Tech Advancement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    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; services intended to support deep […] More

  • General Dynamics to Offer Google Cloud Services via GSA IT Schedule 70; Yogesh Khanna Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    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 Risk and Authorization Management Program-certified […] More

  • Sharon Hays Joins LMI as Senior Technical Fellow; Sanjay Parthasarathy Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    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 for cultivating strategies to invest […] More

  • Knowesis-General Dynamics Team to Support Army Public Health Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Knowesis-General Dynamics Team to Support Army Public Health Center

    A partnership between Knowesis and General Dynamics‘ information technology business has been selected to provide administrative, scientific and technical support services to the Army Public Health Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. Knowesis said Tuesday its team will help APHC facilitate health surveillance, epidemiology, prevention and awareness, health promotion, laboratory and veterinary research efforts. The contract consolidates support […] More

  • Karl Tappert: General Dynamics Seeks to Help Army Manage, Sustain Force Protection Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Karl Tappert: General Dynamics Seeks to Help Army Manage, Sustain Force Protection Systems

    Karl Tappert, vice president of Army C4ISR systems at General Dynamics’ information technology business, has said the company aims to help the service maintain sensors, radars and night vision devices through the Integrated Base Defense – Sustainment Support program. He wrote in a blog entry posted Friday the IBD-SS program is meant to centralize management and sustainment of […] More

  • Nicholas Tomlin Joins Apprio as Information Security VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    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 risk assessment, continuous monitoring and […] More

  • General Dynamics' IT Business Holds 3rd Annual Cyber Hackathon - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    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 the cyber domain, GDIT said […] More

  • General Dynamics Unit Gets Four EPA IT Support Orders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    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. The agency launched the program […] More

  • General Dynamics Vet Mark Sikorski Named COO of IT Firm USmax - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Vet Mark Sikorski Named COO of IT Firm USmax

    Mark Sikorski, an 18-year veteran of General Dynamics, has joined USmax as chief operating officer at the Gambrills, Md.-based information technology services provider. USmax said Wednesday Sikorsky most recently served as vice president of homeland security solutions at General Dynamics‘ information technology business and managed the unit’s work with the departments of Homeland Security and Justice. In that capacity, he […] More

  • General Dynamics-CSRA Gets $65M EPA Network IT Support Order; Paul Nedzbala Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics-CSRA Gets $65M EPA Network IT Support Order; Paul Nedzbala Comments

    CSRA, a managed affiliate of General Dynamics‘ information technology business, has received a potential $65 million task order to provide IT support for the Environmental Protection Agency‘s local area network. The General Services Administration‘s Federal Systems Integration and Management Center awarded the order that covers work at more than 100 EPA offices for a period of up […] More

  • General Dynamics Eyes milCloud 2.0 Accreditation to Host DoD Classified Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Eyes milCloud 2.0 Accreditation to Host DoD Classified Data

    Donald Robinson, chief technology officer of General Dynamics‘ information technology unit, has said the company aims to secure Impact Level 6 authorization for the milCloud 2.0 platform by 2019 to help the Defense Department manage classified data, Nextgov reported Wednesday. MilCloud 2.0 is powered by CSRA, which General Dynamics bought for approximately $9.7 billion in […] More