Ultra Intelligence & Communications has announced the appointment of Amanda Rudolph as its new vice president of marketing and communications whose role includes brand messaging, digital marketing and public relations. Chris Bishop, Ultra I&C’s chief growth officer and a 4×24 member, said Rudolph’s appointment affirms the company’s “commitment to innovative and strategic leadership,” citing her […]
A CACI official said the U.S. Army completed preliminary testing on its portable jammer in November. CACI-owned Mastodon Design built the Terrestrial Layer System-Brigade Combat Team Manpack under a $1.5 million prototyping contract. The portable device is designed to enable soldiers to manipulate electronic signals while on the move and engage in other forms of […]
Dave Nelson currently serves as principal at HealthScape Advisors, where he guides the company in healthcare consulting initiatives surrounding client growth, government procurements and value-based care models. Prior to joining HealthScape, he founded multiple healthcare-focused organizations, including Inovacus, the Veterans Accountable Care Group and xG Health Solutions. In a recent interview with the Potomac Officers Club, […]
Chantilly, Virginia-based Arcfield announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Orion Space Systems. The acquisition grows internal design and integration expertise to enhance space exploration and hypersonic detection and tracking offerings for the Department of Defense and the intelligence community, Arcfield said. To support national security and environmental monitoring goals, Orion provides small satellite design […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $261 million, five-year contract to ManTech for the supply of various advanced technology solutions. According to ManTech’s press release on the award, the contract’s specific customers include the U.S. Air Force 53rd Wing Operations and 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing Technical Support Services the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center […]
BAE Systems has announced a strategic collaboration with Red Hat and The Weather Co. to enhance weather data integration into synthetic training environments for military use cases. The collaboration aims to deliver new offerings built on Red Hat’s OpenShift platform and The Weather Co.’s integration of weather data into Department of Defense frameworks, BAE said. BAE and Red Hat are […]
Lockheed Martin will launch an Electronically Steerable Antenna payload demonstrator in December to showcase how its sensors can rapidly operate in orbit. According to Lockheed, the ESA demonstrator, dubbed “Tantrum,” can be activated and calibrated much quicker than traditional on-orbit sensors, which usually take months to become operational. Maria Demaree, vice president and general manager […]
Bill Rowan, vice president of public sector at U.S. software company Splunk, has called on federal agencies seeking to defend critical infrastructure to prioritize next-generation observability strategies and tools. Observability involves the use of logs, metrics and traces for proactive threat mitigation. Rowan said observability strategies could enhance digital resilience by identifying vulnerabilities, optimizing mitigation […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs has tapped technology, science and engineering solutions provider ECS to help maintain critical information technology systems. On Monday, the company announced that it received a $60.7 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from VA’s Office of Information and Technology to provide a wide range of IT services, including but not limited to technical […]
QinetiQ US announced Monday that it has received a potential five-year, $170 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection to provide operations and maintenance support to the Tethered Aerostat Radar System. DHS uses TARS to obtain real-time data supporting border security efforts, QinetiQ said. U.S. military and law enforcement partners conducting related land, sea […]
