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is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has asked government agencies and industry to provide information on the current and future cybersecurity challenges and trends as well as novel approaches to address such challenges. NIST said in a Federal Register notice posted Wednesday the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity will use the responses from the request for […] More
Hologic has received a one-year, $4.1 million contract from the Department of Health and Human Services to further develop a test that works to detect Zika virus in donated blood. The company’s Procleix Zika Virus Assay is designed to detect for up to seven days the presence of ribonucleic acid linked to the mosquito-borne virus […] More
ThreatConnect has partnered with SAP National Security Services to launch its threat intelligence platform based on SAP HANA analytic and in-memory database system. ThreatConnect CEO Adam Vincent said in a statement released Tuesday the company’s ThreatConnect platform that is built on SAP HANA aims to help security operations center staff perform analytics functions and increase computing […] More
Lockheed Martin has received a potential $36.4 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to integrate, test and install the Aegis Ashore platform onboard a deckhouse and support facility. MDA awarded the fixed-price-incentive contract through a competitive procurement process and will obligate the full contract amount from fiscal 2015 defense procurement funds at the time of […] More
Boeing’s Insitu subsidiary has received a potential one-year, $8.3 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to provide spares, related equipment and other support services for the ScanEagle unmanned aerial system. The Navy awarded the firm-fixed-price delivery contract in support of Iraq’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance efforts, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Insitu will perform work in Bingen, Washington […] More
Orbital ATK will supply medium-range ballistic missile target rockets to the Missile Defense Agency under a potential four-year, $182 million contract awarded in July. The company will provide the rockets to support tests of missile defense platforms under the MDA contract that covers the production of the third type of configuration for the agency’s medium-range […] More
IronPlanet will continue to manage and sell the Defense Logistics Agency’s surplus trucks, heavy equipment and other assets after DLA exercised the first option year under a six-year contract. The exercised option comes after DLA awarded the Commercial Venture 4-Rolling Stock contract to the company in July 2014, IronPlanet said Monday. Jeff Holmes, senior vice […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to submit proposals for a program that aims to create new materials that exhibit the characteristics of living systems as well as the structural attributes of building materials. DARPA said in a broad agency announcement published Friday on FedBizOpps the Engineered Living Materials program seeks to develop […] More
A Frost & Sullivan analysis forecasts the market for cybersecurity platforms fielded by U.S. hospitals to experience a compound annual growth rate of 13.6 percent from 2016 through 2021. Healthcare organizations that seek to address the rising cases of data breaches and other cyber attacks amid the widespread adoption of electronic health records will drive the demand […] More
Fidelity Technologies has received a memorandum of agreement certification for its virtual simulation product line designed for use in joint terminal attack controller training. The company said Friday the joint fire support executive steering committee granted the MOA accreditation after the Fidelity Fires product line met the 2015 JTAC Joint Mission Essential Task List training […] More
Northrop Grumman has received a subcontract from Liberty IT Solutions to provide health information technology support services to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Northrop will collaborate with Liberty IT to support the department’s MyVA program, which seeks to change the way VA serves veterans through the use of IT platforms, under a potential 10-year, $22.3 […] More
Sirius Computer Solutions‘ Force 3 subsidiary has secured three blanket purchase agreements from the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative to provide information technology products and services to federal agencies. Force 3 said Thursday it won the three BPAs through the Chief Information Officer-Commodities and Solutions, General Services Administration’s IT Schedule 70 and Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V contract vehicles. The company […] More
