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BigBear.ai Receives USCYBERCOM Data Analytics Contract; GovCon Expert Reggie Brothers Quoted

BigBear.ai, a leading provider of artificial intelligence and machine learning, cloud-based big data analytics and cyber engineering solutions, announced on Thursday that the company has been awarded the potential five-year,...

Gen. Paul Nakasone: FireEye Helped Expose Foreign Adversary in SolarWinds Incident

Gen. Paul Nakasone, head of U.S. Cyber Command and a five-time Wash100 Award recipient, said critical data provided by a threat intelligence firm enabled the Department of Defense to immediately...

Veritas Technologies Names Carlyle Group’s Frank Finelli to Public Sector Advisory Board

Veritas Technologies, an industry leader in enterprise data protection, announced on Tuesday that Frank Finelli, managing director of Carlyle and a previous Wash100 Award recipient, has been appointed to the...

DHS Unveils Roadmap for Post-Quantum Cryptography Transition; Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Quoted

The Department of Homeland Security has released a guidance to assist organizations in securing their data and systems and mitigating risks and in preparing for the transition to post-quantum cryptography....

James Geurts Named to Strategic Advisory Board for Intellisense Systems

James Geurts, who was performing the duties of the undersecretary of the U.S. Navy from February to August this year, has joined other defense industry experts in providing Intellisense Systems...

GSA’s Technology Modernization Fund Awards Seven Projects to Advance Cybersecurity In Federal Agencies; Clare Martorana, Chris DeRusha Quoted

The Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) Board has announced seven new awards totaling $311 million to help federal agencies bolster cybersecurity capabilities and accelerate IT modernization efforts. This is the seventh...

SDA Director Derek Tournear: Satellite, Launch Prices Have Dropped

Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency (SDA) and 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, said virtually in a Defense One panel that the military's goal to establish a network of...

DHS Kicks Off ‘Cooling Solutions’ Competition to Boost Climate Resilience; Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Quoted

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has launched a series of competitions intended to bolster the nation’s climate resilience and advance the development of innovations that address climate change risks....

Gen. John Raymond: Space Force to Handle Army, Navy SATCOM Operations

Gen. John Raymond, the chief of space operations and a two-time Wash100 Award winner, said the U.S. Space Force will be responsible for U.S. Army and U.S. Navy satellite communications,...

GovCon Expert Reggie Brothers: BigBear.ai First Half 2021 Financial Results Show Consistent Contract Awards, Backlog Growth

BigBear.ai, an artificial intelligence and cloud-based data analytics solutions provider, announced its first half 2021 financial results, which include $72 million in year-to-date revenue, $150 million in contract awards and...

Maximus Board Selects John Haley to Succeed Peter Pond as Chair; Bruce Caswell Quoted

Maximus announced Friday that its board of directors has unanimously elected John Haley to serve as chair and Anne Altman to work as vice chair alongside Wash100 awardee Richard Montoni....

US, Australia, UK Announce Trilateral Security Partnership; Gen. Lloyd Austin Quoted

The U.S., Australia and the U.K. have agreed to further strengthen collaboration on defense and security capabilities under a trilateral security partnership. The AUKUS alliance will provide the Royal Australian...

Amentum Selected for GSA’s ASTRO IDIQ; CEO John Vollmer Quoted

Amentum, a leading federal defense contractor, announced Wednesday that the company has been selected for nine pools on the General Service Administration’s multiagency, multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity ASTRO contract to provide mission...

Gen. John Raymond: Space Force to Capitalize on Small, Fast Satellites

Gen. John Raymond, the U.S. Space Force's chief of space operations, said microelectronics and advanced propulsion can enable small satellites that can be deployed in large numbers while having the...

Lloyd Austin: US Capabilities to Strike, Track Global Threats Have Evolved Since 2001

Lloyd Austin, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, said he believes the U.S. is now safer than in 2001 given the capabilities it has...