ExecutiveBiz News on Video 9/15/2021

Jack Gumtow, formerly the Defense Intelligence Agency’s chief information officer, has been named to serve as vice president of customer solutions at MetroStar. Gumtow brings 34 years of government and military experience and will support MetroStar’s work to meet the mission requirements of the intelligence community and other customers, the company said Tuesday. His career […]

L3Harris Technologies has won an $85 million contract for the delivery of up to 170 T7 large explosive ordnance disposal robots to the U.S. Air Force in support of base security. The company said Tuesday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract includes a 10-year delivery period starting in 2022 and covers systems support, maintenance and training. According to […]

Sandeep Shilawat, vice president for cloud and edge computing at ManTech International, said the U.S. government and its procurement process should prepare for and keep up with the next wave of cloud disruption to maintain the country’s edge over adversaries. Shilawat outlined in an article published Tuesday some of his near-term predictions in the field […]

Guy Torres, former portfolio director for PAE and retired U.S. Marine Corps officer, has been appointed deputy chief procurement officer for the Department of the Treasury’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS). IRS Chief Procurement Officer Shanna Webbers expressed her excitement in welcoming the agency’s newest member of the procurement team. Torres brings over 25 years of […]

Planet Labs will provide researchers funded by the National Science Foundation and those at federal civilian agencies access to satellite data under a contract with NASA awarded through the Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition program. Robbie Schingler, co-founder and chief strategy officer of Planet, said in a statement published Tuesday the contract validates NASA’s commitment to […]

Zscaler, a cloud-based software as a service security company, was included in the authorized vendor list of the new State Risk and Authorization Management Program. The company said Wednesday its Zscaler Private Access and Zscaler Internet Access products have achieved “Ready” status under StateRAMP, which is partly modeled after FedRAMP and aims to standardize the […]

VTG will provide engineering services in support of the Conventional Prompt Strike program, a U.S. Navy initiative that aims to develop a precise and long-range hypersonic missile. The single-award prime contract covers delivery of programmatic and technical services, logistics, systems engineering, test planning and engineering as well as research and development expertise, VTG said Thursday. […]

Octo Consulting will support the Medicare Payment System Modernization effort of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under a five-year contract. The Virginia-based technology firm said Tuesday it will educate CMS employees and contractors about building Agile processes across the MPSM program and the Medicare Fee-For-Service system. Octo […]

Edgybees has expanded its advisory board with the addition of Herbert Raymond McMaster, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and former national security adviser; Brett Lambert, managing director of The Densmore Group; and Aki Yamaura, former Mitsubishi executive. The new appointees will bring in their experience in defense, national security and intelligence, and remote sensing […]

Alpha Omega Integration was tapped by the information technology security services branch within NOAA to provide the agency with assistance in Federal Information Security Management Act compliance and information security. The company said Tuesday it will help enhance NOAA’s program efficiency and effectiveness through the provision of cloud security, IT security controls, IT security policies […]