THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS STORIES
AWS Supports USAF’s ABMS Edge Demonstration in Germany
Amazon Web Services helped the U.S. Air Force demonstrate edge computing with the service branch's new system of situational awareness sensors.
The company said Friday it participated in the On-Ramp 4 demonstration in Germany, where the evaluation of edge computing capabilities for USAF's Advanced Battle Management System took place.
Noblis Wins $263M Contract to Support DTRA’s Cooperative Threat Reduction Program
Noblis has won a potential $263.3 million contract to support a Defense Threat Reduction Agency program aimed at countering weapons of mass destruction through coordination with U.S. partner nations.
CGI Awarded Spot on Potential $12.6B DIA Contract for IT Services; Stephanie Mango Quoted
CGI announced on Tuesday that it has secured a position on the Solutions for the Information Technology Enterprise (SITE) III contract from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) for the delivery of information technology (IT) mission support services on classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains across DIA and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). The contract has a 10-year period and a potential ceiling value of $12.6 billion.
Brad Buswell Joins Leidos as Security Detection, Automation SVP
Brad Buswell, former president of Rapiscan Systems‘ North American business and aviation products segment, was appointed as Leidos‘ (NYSE: LDOS) senior vice president of security detection and automation, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Tuesday.
He brings to Leidos experience in advising defense and security companies about business leadership and management, government contracting as well as strategic planning and execution.
DLA Awards $938M in Facility Maintenance Contracts to Two Companies
Noble Supply and Logistics and PAE-IMK International have won separate indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts worth $937.5 million combined to help the Defense Logistics Agency maintain, repair and operate U.S. military facilities within the Pacific region.
DLA awarded $562.5 million to Noble for Zone 1 services and $375 million to PAE-IMK for Zone 2 tasks, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.
Industry Veteran, Former Snowflake Federal Leader Ro Dhanda Joins H2o.ai as Federal VP
Ro Dhanda, formerly of Snowflake Computing, has been appointed vice president of federal business for H2o.ai, the visionary leading open source data science, AI and machine learning platform company out of Silicon Valley.
“I am very excited to be joining a great organization with a strong team and innovative technology, Dhanda explained. “H2O’s Open Source AI/ML Platform will give government agencies the ability to leverage their data as a strategic asset and enable them to speed up time to decision and mission”.
Nicholas Speece, Vishal Kapur: Snowflake-Deloitte Team Seeks to Help Agencies Build AI-Driven, Cloud-Based Data Architecture
Nicholas Speece of Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) and Vishal Kapur of Deloitte Consulting said government agencies need a modern data architecture that uses cloud and artificial intelligence to facilitate data management and help glean insights from large volumes of data and unstructured content.
Guidehouse Plans New Headquarters in Tysons Corner, VA; CEO Scott McIntyre Quoted
Guidehouse announced on Monday it is opening a new global headquarters operation at Tysons Corner in Fairfax County. The company plans to invest $12.7 million to develop the state-of-the-art location. The building project and headquarters are estimated to create over 1,000 jobs within three years and house more than 1,500 employees upon its opening in 2021.
NSA, CISA, ODNI Issue ‘Potential Threat Vectors to 5G Infrastructure’ Analysis Paper
The National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) have released an analysis paper that assesses vulnerabilities associated with the adoption of 5G technology.
The document analyzes the major threat vectors across 5G domains and those are policy and standards, supply chain and 5G systems architecture, NSA said Monday. Under the three threat vectors, the paper outlines the sub-threats that describe additional vulnerabilities that cyber actors can exploit and potential threat scenarios.
Navy Taps Eight Contractors for Asset Design, Repair Services Under $986M IDIQ
Eight companies have been awarded a potential six-year U.S. Navy contract with a combined value of $986.3 million that provides for services in support of the service branch’s equipment, habitability systems, facilities and fixtures in the East and West Coast areas and outside of the continental U.S. locations.