Government Contracts
OCTOBER 15, 2024
The Solicitor General's Office will defend private citizens' ability to sue for E-rate fraud on behalf of the government under the False Claims Act, after the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the solicitor general's request to participate in oral arguments in an AT&T subsidiary's challenge to the law's application.
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Engineers from L3Harris Technologies and Palantir Technologies have optimized edge computing platforms using artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities in support of target detection and delineation advancement efforts. In a demonstration, L3Harris said Monday the team equipped a fixed-wing aircraft with L3Harris’ WESCAM MX-Series electro-optical/infrared imaging systems and Palantir’s Sensor Inference Platform.
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FedScoop
OCTOBER 15, 2024
After deciding on a rocky mountain pass near Mt. Hood in Oregon earlier this year that he would join the General Services Administration as the agency’s new FedRAMP director , Pete Waterman has wasted no time in pursuing a slew of changes for the cloud services compliance program. In an interview with FedScoop, Waterman said he’s planning to dedicate the next several years of his career to ushering in those changes, including with an updated FedRAMP roadmap coming in the next two months and the
GovCon Wire
OCTOBER 15, 2024
In the defense landscape, and especially at the tactical edge, communications are critical to the success of the mission. But often, our nation’s warfighters are in denied and degraded environments with barriers to connectivity and communications. The solution to this challenge is decentralized comms, according to SpiderOak CEO Dave Pearah.
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Scottish Government Procurement
OCTOBER 15, 2024
The Supplier Development Programme (SDP) and Scottish Borders Council are set to host the 3rd annual Meet the Buyer South event on 29 October at The Volunteer Hall, Galashiels. Focusing on one-to-one in-person networking, Meet the Buyer South 2024 will allow your business to connect with “real” buyers, procurement teams and decision makers from across the public sector, as well as private contractors with supply chain opportunities and business support providers, all under one roof.
AWS Public Sector
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Governments worldwide dedicate a significant portion of their IT budget to maintaining legacy technology systems. This can pose security and operational continuity challenges and governments seek to address this challenge. For example, the cost to the UK government of maintaining legacy IT is estimated to be around 50 percent (or £2.3 billion) of its current IT spending.
Public Procurement Central brings together the best content for public procurement professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Rancher Government Solutions has introduced a hyperconverged infrastructure, or HCI, platform specifically designed for stronger security in U.S. government and military use. Called Harvester Government, it is fully compliant with Federal Information Processing Standards and Security Technical Implementation Guides, RGS said Monday.
GovCon Wire
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Domo Tactical Communications has appointed Mike Stucki, a more than two-decade leader in the aerospace and defense market, as vice president of business development within the military sector. Stucki announced his appointment at DTC in a LinkedIn post published Monday. The U.S.
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, was awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency a $6 million contract to install its ALIAS/MATRIX flight autonomy system onto the U.S. Army’s experimental fly-by-wire UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter designated as MX. Once the aircraft is upgraded, the U.S.
GovCon Wire
OCTOBER 15, 2024
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has named Gil Griffin as vice president of strategy and business development for its space and airborne systems segment. Griffin confirmed his new role in a LinkedIn post Monday.
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Airbus U.S. Space & Defense has showcased the UH-72B Lakota helicopter‘s ability to carry specialized cargo under its Aerial Logistics Connector rapid prototyping program contract, which aims to develop and test advanced aerial logistics for warfighters.
FedScoop
OCTOBER 15, 2024
The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded $15 million to global technical standards organization ASTM International to establish a center of excellence focused on critical and emerging technologies. Using the award, ASTM will work with other standardization partners to set up what will be known as the Standardization Center of Excellence.
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Iridium Communications has named Kalliroi Landry, a retired U.S. Space Force colonel, as government programs director, Fierce Network reported Monday. In this capacity, Landry will facilitate engagement with Department of Defense communities to advance data sharing, collaboration, transparency and adoption of commercial platforms.
FedTech Magazine
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Printing remains an important part of the workday for most federal users, whether they are working onsite at their agency or remotely from a home office. Stats as far back as 2009 show that federal employees on average print about 30 pages per day, totaling thousands of pages per user, per year. Advances in technology have made work more digital, but at least in the federal government there is still a lot to print, from critical items such as contracts to day-to-day office documents.
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new initiative that aims to accelerate the development of mission-critical technologies. The company said Monday that ModSTAR will build a digital hardware models catalog from different programs. Lockheed sees ModSTAR as a companion to ARISE, its digital engineering simulation environment launched in 2023.
GovCon Wire
OCTOBER 15, 2024
A Department of Defense report has found that defense spending in fiscal year 2023 in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., including DOD contract obligations, payroll spending and grant awards, totaled $609.2 billion, reflecting a $50.5 billion increase from the previous fiscal year and accounting for 2.2 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product.
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Leonardo DRS and BlueHalo, a company specializing in space, counter-unmanned aircraft systems, autonomous systems, electronic warfare, cyber and artificial intelligence/machine learning, conducted a live-fire demonstration of the new C-UAS Directed Energy Stryker in Socorro, New Mexico, last month.
GovCon Wire
OCTOBER 15, 2024
The team of Iridium Communications and General Dynamics Mission Systems has secured a $491.6 million contract modification from the Space Development Agency to provide ground management and integration support for SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. Iridium said Tuesday its share of the contract modification is valued at $239 million over a period of five years.
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 15, 2024
The Department of Transportation plans to add $50 million to the ceiling of a contract awarded to KBR to provide mission information technology support services for the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. According to a notice posted Thursday on SAM.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 15, 2024
The Texas federal judge overseeing prosecutors' criminal case against The Boeing Co. on Tuesday said he needs more information on a provision of the proposed plea deal regarding how the U.S. Department of Justice would select an independent monitor in compliance with the agency's diversity and inclusion policies.
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 15, 2024
The Department of Homeland Security went all-in on customer experience, or CX, with the September 2023 establishment of a new CX office within its Office of the Chief Information Officer. Headed by Executive Director Dana Chisnell, the CX Directorate leads the delivery of easy-to-use, accessible and responsive tools to DHS customers.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 15, 2024
The Pentagon's stringent new cybersecurity rule for its contractors threatens to drive away companies that may struggle with the added costs of compliance, while exacerbating concerns about an already-shrinking defense industrial base.
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Intelsat provided the U.S. Army with fully managed multi-orbit satellite communications support during a 12-month pilot program that was recently completed.
FedInsider
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Friday, November 15, 2024 | 2:00PM EST | 90 Minutes | 1.5 CPE The premise of Moore’s law is that the speed and capability of computers can be expected to double every two years. Unspoken but implied is that new technologies will be introduced at a similar clip – along with new, sometimes unforeseen, challenges. Cybersecurity professionals know all about Moore’s law.
WashngtonExec
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Core4ce has acquired Azimuth Corp., a company specializing in military electronics, optics, sensors, and biotech R&D and support. This transaction bolsters Core4ce’s data-driven national security focus by integrating Azimuth’s R&D and operations expertise. Together, they will improve capabilities in intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, AI/ML, threat protection and warfighter support.
FedInsider
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Thursday, November 7, 2024 | 2:00PM EST | 1 Hour | 1 CPE When thinking about the use of artificial intelligence in government, it is important to consider its tactical and strategic impacts, together and separately. While much attention is being paid to ways to harness the power of AI, equally important are questions of safety and transparency, and the balance of collaboration between government and industry to advance strategic leadership in the global AI race.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 15, 2024
A Colorado state judge entered an emergency order Monday forcing a Colorado aerospace company that sold its assets to California-based Interconnect Solutions Co. for $15 million to turn over its business accounts to ISC, which said the accounts are needed to perform work for customer Lockheed Martin.
GovLoop
OCTOBER 15, 2024
The conventional wisdom about network and security operations has changed. Traditionally, the network operations center (NOC) and security operations center (SOC) largely have worked independently, each focusing on its own tasks, tracking its own data and using its own set of tools. In today’s environment, that is no longer wise. The problem is that this siloed approach leaves each team working with only limited visibility into the network environment, making it difficult to detect and res
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Whistleblowers who accused a medical device company of a kickback scheme said Tuesday that the government left them out to dry when it settled False Claims Act claims with surgeons for $3.3 million and refused to share any of it with them.
Select GCR
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Looking to access federal contracts as a woman-owned small business? The EDWOSB certification is key. It empowers economically disadvantaged women to secure set-aside contracts. In this article, discover what EDWOSB certification is, its benefits, and how to get started. Key Takeaways EDWOSB (Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business) certification is aimed at providing federal contracting opportunities to women-owned small businesses that meet specific economic criteria.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Check out our Social Impact Leaders ranking, analysis and interactive graphics to see which firms stand out for their engagement with social responsibility and commitment to pro bono service.
ExecutiveBiz
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Radiance Ignite Technologies, a new joint venture between Radiance Technologies and Ignite Fueling Innovation, will offer defense and intelligence communities with a suite of services focused on technical intelligence, directed energy, space operations, electromagnetic spectrum operations, artificial intelligence and machine learning and systems engineering.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 15, 2024
A continuing onslaught of legislation and litigation opposing corporate environmental, social and governance actions has created a fork in the road for law firms, with some choosing to scale back efforts and others pushing ahead with their internal ESG and diversity, equity and inclusion goals.
GovLoop
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Psychological safety means that employees feel they are allowed to voice their opinions, share their ideas, and make mistakes without the fear of punishment, retribution, or embarrassment. Elaine Ho, Chief Diversity Officer at NASA, joins workplace transformation expert Mika Cross on the latest episode of “Management Minutes With Mika” to discuss the power of psychological safety.
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 15, 2024
A New Jersey judicial privacy law is not unconstitutional since it requires that defendants act negligently by knowingly violating the law, a data privacy company said in seeking to prevent the dismissal of dozens of lawsuits, which the company also acknowledged are being funded by third-party litigation funder Parabellum Capital LLC.
GovCon Wire
OCTOBER 15, 2024
NASA plans to release a request for proposals for a potential five-year, $450 million procurement vehicle for construction support services. According to a presolicitation published Friday, the proposed Western Regional Multiple Award Construction Contracts will be a total small business set-aside program and will cover construction work in Northern and Southern California.
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