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Explosives experts from Janus Global Operations have cleared a grain processing facility in Tal Afar, Iraq, months after the Iraqi Army drove out Islamic State of Iraq and Syria fighters from the area. The company said Wednesday its teams found and deactivated more than 70 improvised explosive devices, rockets, grenades, mortar and other weapons, and cleared more than 192,000 […] More
A new ICF survey has found that 90 percent of federal agency leaders said they think agencies should make citizen experience a priority in their digital transformation efforts. ICF said Tuesday it polled 500 government program level directors and employees for the Federal Digital Trends 2018 Report and found that 97 percent of respondents said […] More
The National Institutes of Health has partnered with Google in an effort to help researchers leverage commercial cloud technology platforms to manage biomedical data sets. NIH said Tuesday researchers at the agency and more than 2,500 academic institutions nationwide will have access to Google Cloud computing, machine learning and storage systems through the Science and Technology Research Infrastructure for Discovery, Experimentation and Sustainability program. […] More
Teresa Carlson, vice president of worldwide public sector at Amazon Web Services and a four-time Wash100 awardee, has emphasized the company’s work with government clients to help them implement technology that can aid their missions, FedScoop reported Tuesday. “They need to have the most innovative and cutting-edge tools they can,” Carlson was quoted as saying. She noted […] More
KBR‘s government services business has received a potential 51-month, $36.5 million task order to help sustain the U.S. Air Force‘s current intercontinental ballistic missile system. The company said Wednesday that KBRwyle will provide sustainment engineering support for the LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBM weapon and related ground and support equipment. KBRwyle will conduct technical and scientific analyses and offer recommendations to address reliability, […] More
The federal government has asked feedback from industry and academia regarding the proposed development of an applied research center, meant to facilitate the delivery of citizen services through public-private partnerships. A FedBizOpps notice posted Monday says the government wants to learn about the possible objectives, operational focus, governance structure and funding approaches of the Government […] More
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
Todd Probert, vice president of mission support and modernization at Raytheon’s intelligence, information and services business, has said the military should work with Congress and industry to establish a funding and acquisition framework designed to speed up the delivery of defense capabilities to warfighters by leveraging commercial software development methods. Probert wrote in an article posted […] More
Lockheed Martin has reached its goal of hiring 1,800 workers to support the F-35 program, which has completed 310 aircraft deliveries to date. Marillyn Hewson, Lockheed CEO and a four-time Wash100 awardee, said in a statement released Monday the company will continue to hire more employees as it aims to accelerate the pace of F-35 production […] More
General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has finished performance tests on an arresting hook designed for an unmanned aerial refueling aircraft offering to the U.S. Navy. The company said Monday General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. developed and tested the Hold Down Damper technology in partnership with GKN Aerospace’s Fokker business. The team evaluated the HDD hook’s damping, spring […] More
Information technology firm eGlobalTech has won a contract to continue providing risk management and Federal Information Security Management Act compliance support to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Joseph Zimmerman, chief operating officer of eGlobalTech, said in a statement released Monday the company will work to help USCIS address cybersecurity requirements. He added the company aims to introduce best practices […] More
Reston, Va.-based systems engineering and technology services contractor Amyx has received two task orders from the U.S. Army for information technology support services. The company said the first contract covers medical informatics and cybersecurity support for the Army Medical Materiel Agency and the second task order includes cyber workforce transformation, IT policy, subject matter expertise […] More
