ExecutiveBiz News on Video 10/6/2021

Leidos has received a five-year, $300 million contract from the National Security Agency to support its Technical Signals Intelligence mission through development and modernization initiatives. Under the single award contract, Leidos will help NSA develop and deploy new cloud architectures and systems as well as a wide range of TechSIGINT collection, analysis and production capabilities, […]

Salient CRGT has won a five-year, $207 million single-award task order to design, maintain and modernize the Department of Veterans Affairs’ network security and network transportation services. The Network Engineering, Design, Implementation and Infrastructure Support task order will require Salient CRGT to assist VA in transitioning their IT and telecommunications platforms to the cloud, advancing the […]

ICF has received a potential four-year, $31 million recompete contract from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide development, maintenance and operations support to CDC’s BioSense syndromic surveillance platform. The Fairfax, Virginia-based consulting services company said Tuesday it will collaborate with CDC’s division of health informatics and surveillance to enhance syndromic surveillance coverage, […]

Maxar Technologies is investing $600 million in the development of a constellation of Worldview Legion imaging satellites as the National Reconnaissance Office prepares to launch a competition for commercial satellite imagery products in the next few months, SpaceNews reported Tuesday. In June, NRO released a draft request for proposals for the Electro-Optical Commercial Layer procurement […]

CACI InternationaI has partnered with GitLab in a move to accelerate software development for government customers with the use of a DevOps platform. Reston, Virginia-based CACI said Tuesday it became the inaugural federal system integrator in the GitLab Partner Program and could use the latter’s open-source application in efforts to build, secure and deliver tools […]

Peraton has received a $22.5 million contract for information technology services to support U.S. Army garrisons in Germany, Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands for the next five years. The company said Tuesday it will deliver software development, information assurance and other IT support to Army Installation Management Command – Europe soldiers through its European-based Perspecta […]

Artificial intelligence company 1st Edge has secured a three-year, $46 million other transaction authority award to develop AI technologies for the U.S. Army’s missile defense programs. Under the Pragmatic AI and New Technology effort, the company will prototype software that uses AI and machine learning to simplify missile defense programs, 1st Edge said Tuesday. The […]

Lockheed Martin has passed the systems requirement review for a part of a new layered missile defense architecture the company is working on with the Missile Defense Agency to detect, contain and destroy ballistic missile threats. The company said Tuesday its industry team used advanced digital engineering, model-based engineering tools and interconnectivity for a modernized […]

Kevin Mandia, CEO of Mandiant, said that government-industry coordination at the national and international levels could advance security efforts in the cyber domain, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. He told an audience at the company’s Cyber Defense Summit that security professionals should use advanced and adaptive technologies to prevent sophisticated attacks. Mandia also talked about his move […]

Jacobs and NASA have installed 10 CubeSat payloads on the Space Launch System rocket’s Orion stage adapter for the Artemis exploration program’s first flight mission. The secondary payloads will deploy from the Orion spacecraft’s stage adapter after separation from SLS to perform their individual science and technology missions, Jennifer Harbaugh, a senior social media communications […]