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Joe Logue, previously a Booz Allen Hamilton executive vice president and senior partner, has joined Novetta‘s board of directors, the McLean, Va., company announced Thursday. “Joe Logue is an industry leader respected for his commitment to customer mission success,†commented Tiffanny Gates, president and CEO of Novetta. “His addition to the Novetta board of directors […] More
Employees continue to click on malicious links amid government agencies’ efforts to launch training programs and assessments as part of their cyber defense strategies, Government Technology magazine reported. A study by the Federal Information Systems Security Educators’ Association shows that 34 percent of cyber breaches are associated with negligence or human error. The report said […] More
SES Networks has partnered with IBM to help customers connect to a cloud computing platform from anywhere via a non-geostationary satellite network. Luxembourg-based SES said Thursday it will use the O3b Medium Earth Orbit system to offer fiber-like connectivity services on IBM Cloud to the government, maritime, aerospace and energy sectors. The partnership seeks to help clients deploy cloud-based tools and applications […] More
Boeing and Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary expect the SB>1 Defiant compound helicopter to have the initial flight in December, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. The two companies have teamed up to design and propose the aircraft for the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift program. The service considers Defiant and the Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor for the FVL initiative. Randy Rotte, director of FVL […] More
Boeing has received a one-year, $62.7M contract to remanufacture F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler platforms for the U.S. Navy. The company will inspect, refurbish and repair the aircraft units, as well as perform inner wing panel modifications that comply with the service’s new design specifications and service life projections, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Naval […] More
Representatives from NASA, the European Space Agency and industry have announced that the first service module for the Orion spacecraft will be delivered to the U.S. in late October, Space News reported Wednesday. Mike Hawes, vice president and Orion program manager at Lockheed Martin, said during the 69th International Astronautical Congress that the European-made service […] More
The National Ignition Facility has implemented Splunk software platforms to manage and analyze information technology systems used to secure the country’s nuclear stockpile. Splunk said Wednesday its Enterprise and IT Service Intelligence systems run on NIF’s Computer Control System built to monitor more than 66K control points across the laser facility. Enterprise works to help the facility’s personnel collect information from […] More
The Defense Information Systems Agency is soliciting industry input on services needed to support the Defense Contracting Management Agency‘s enterprise network. Potential providers would deliver maintenance, operations, installation, security compliance, configuration control and design recommendations for the infrastructure of DCMA’s wide and local area networks, DISA said Wednesday in a FedBizOpps notice. Sought services would […] More
Northrop Grumman has secured a $17.5M delivery order to update central computers in the U.S. Air Force‘s E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft. The company said Wednesday it will perform fifth-generation computer upgrade on 16 E-8C units as part of a fleet capability enhancement effort as the service builds a new advanced battle management system. Jane Bishop, […] More
The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is looking to award a sole-source contract to General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business for the Block 5 production of the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft system covering fiscal 2019. The company is the only designer and maker of the MQ-9 and is the sole party to possess the […] More
Leidos has joined a Cerner-led team to upgrade the Department of Veterans Affairs’ electronic health record system through the deployment of the same EHR platform used at the Defense Department’s medical facilities worldwide. “As lead systems integrator for the DoD’s Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization (DHMSM) program, we are pleased that the deployment of MHS […] More
Ron VanCourt, a more than two-decade naval program management veteran, has been named director of strategic development at Systecon’s North American business. He will oversee deal strategy, relationship-building and customer interface efforts in his new role, Systecon said. VanCourt previously served as program manager for the Naval Sea Systems Command 05V aircraft carrier engineering contract at Gryphon […] More
