ExecutiveBiz – Covers emerging companies in Washington's government contracting sector. 7/14/2021

Accenture has appointed Rick Driggers, a cybersecurity expert and former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency executive, as critical infrastructure cyber lead for the company’s federal business. Driggers brings to Accenture Federal Service over three decades of federal government and military experience and will support development of cybersecurity offerings designed to safeguard critical infrastructure, the company said Wednesday. […]

ICF has received a $10 million call order to modernize the Federal Transit Administration’s program oversight database using Appian low-code artificial intelligence technology. Contractor work will transform the Oversight Tracking System from a database into a dynamic workflow management platform that follows program oversight activities and integrate data from across the FTA, the company said […]

AeroVironment has secured a $22 million task order from U.S. Special Operations Command to provide beyond-line-of-sight intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services at an unspecified location. ISR support will be made through JUMP 20, a satellite-enabled medium unmanned aircraft system that is capable of flying for more than 14 hours at distances of around 115 miles, […]

The U.S. Air Force’s Office of the Vice Chief of Staff has partnered with data capture company BeProductable to develop a platform meant to align airmen, processes and resources needed to enhance innovation pipelines. Under the partnership, BeProductable will prototype the system with AF CyberWorx and develop a pilot product using funds from the Small […]

Northrop Grumman will open a 60,000-sq. ft engineering and hypersonic production facility at its Elkton, Maryland campus in support of U.S. military efforts in developing and manufacturing hypersonic weapons for combating evolving threats. The company said Tuesday it has broken ground on the planned Hypersonics Center of Excellence where the design, development, production and integration […]

Science Applications International Corp. has launched CloudScend, an offering consisting of integrated platform automation tools, security protocols and processes designed to assist federal agencies in planning for the migration of large-scale workloads to the cloud and accelerating the efforts. “The CloudScend solution helps federal customers quickly and securely migrate large-scale workloads and future-proof cloud environments […]

Amazon Web Services has introduced an acceleration program to help startups speed up the development of cloud-based technologies for public sector consumers. The AWS Public Sector Startup Ramp program seeks to provide member startups access to technical training and support, AWS Promotional Credit and technical experts as they build platforms on AWS in support of […]

Masten Space Systems will develop and test a lunar surface-based position and navigation network prototype for the second phase of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s AFWERX program. Under the Phase II SBIR contract, the company, in collaboration with Leidos, will create shock-proof position, navigation and timing beacon enclosures aimed at making an autonomous surface-based network […]

CAES has launched an apprenticeship program in San Jose, California, in an effort to help advance the manufacturing workforce of Silicon Valley and ensure a pipeline of highly skilled technicians. The trainees of the program, which is a vital part of Evergreen Valley College’s Advanced Manufacturing Technology curriculum, will focus on advanced radio frequency, microwave […]

Carahsoft Technology has added Kofax to its Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2 contract, a vehicle used by the U.S. Army to acquire software and hardware products and related services in support of its enterprise infrastructure goals. Kofax said Tuesday its software, software maintenance and ancillary services will be made available to federal agencies […]