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TechnoMile Receives Microsoft Gold Status; Matt Pinkston Quoted
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TechnoMile Receives Microsoft Gold Status; Matt Pinkston Quoted

TechnoMile has received Gold Partner status with Microsoft, marking the company a leader and developer in the field, TechnoMile reported on Thursday. The status has proven the company’s ability to enable organizations to adopt Microsoft products as part of their business strategy.

"While everyone globally may be feeling the effects of the COVID-19 situation, product companies that take this opportunity to push innovation will come out the other side on top," said Matt Pinkston, SVP Product Development at Technomile. 

TechnoMile adds to that by making the technologies work in context of your business for government contractors, architecture engineering and construction, and aerospace and defense enterprises. TechnoMile's latest additions to their Microsoft based solutions include DCS, NuAxis, Amentum, Colsa, and VSE. 

Microsoft Azure has supported public sector cloud strategy, with a presence in 54 global regions. Azure also supports many technologies out of the box. "We are releasing new products and updates to our existing suite of products so that our clients can be more productive and successful as they navigate these challenging times," added Pinkston.  

TechnoMile’s status adds to the company’s recognition in the technology field. In June 2019, TechnoMile was awarded Technology Partner Status by Amazon Web Services (AWS), enabling the technology firm to utilize the AWS platform to offer its software and cloud products. 

By partnering with AWS, TechnoMile will be able to offer adaptable, customized platforms to its clients and scale full application stacks into AWS, TechnoMile said June 12. “This achievement is a reflection of TechnoMile's dedication to our clients and our belief in utilizing the best in-class platforms and services, that which AWS provides,” said Ashish Khot, CEO of TechnoMile.

About TechnoMile

TechnoMile provides best-in-class technology and business process consulting services, leveraging a wide range of innovative technologies to deliver industry-specific solutions that enhance the customer experience. Through our "team solution" approach, we conduct strategic assessments, drive organizational alignment and provide solutions to meet our clients' specific customer and business needs.

Tailored to meet each business' unique challenges, our solutions are configured to foster deeper participant engagement and provide a greater return on your technology investment. They also empower your business to focus on building relationships and reaching future objectives faster.

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SOSi Consolidates Defense IT & Intelligence Solutions in New Business Unit to Drive Growth in Marketplace; Ed Bachl, Julian Setian Quoted
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SOSi Consolidates Defense IT & Intelligence Solutions in New Business Unit to Drive Growth in Marketplace; Ed Bachl, Julian Setian Quoted

SOS International (SOSi) has consolidated its defense information technology and intelligence solutions business units under the leadership of Ed Bachl, former co-founder of Vykin Corporation, the company reported on Thursday.

“Positioning our talented cadre of analysts, developers, and IT professionals within one business unit gives us a tremendous market discriminator,” said Bachl, SOSi’s senior vice president for Defense and Intelligence Solutions. “We can incorporate actual user feedback taken from our analysts in the field to develop more effective mission applications, networks, and IT solutions that meet our customers’ current and future needs.”

Vykin Corporation was acquired by SOSi in July 2019. The acquisition enabled SOSi to gain a spot on the Defense Intelligence Agency’s (DIA) $6 billion Enhanced Solutions for the IT Enterprise contract and on a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) procurement vehicle for agile and cloud development services. Vykin also gave SOSi command and control support to Department of Defense (DoD) customers across Southwest Asia, Europe and the Pacific region.

The company’s newly integrated Defense and Intelligence Solutions Group will align SOSi’s intelligence analytic, information operations, and technical collection capabilities with its world-class engineering, cybersecurity and mission IT expertise.

The Group will support a variety of programs in the DoD and Intelligence Community (IC), and will be a prime contractor on the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Solutions for Intelligence Analysis (SIA) program.

SOSi’s new division will assume the role of lead architect of the DoD’s global Mission Partner Environment (MPE), which is used by allied, coalition, and bilateral partners to securely communicate and share information.

The company’s success on the MPE program has marked SOSi a lead contender for an $8 billion contract to be solicited in summer 2020 by the U.S. Air Force combining the MPE and Battlefield Information Collection and Exploitation Systems Extended (BICES-X) contracts.

The new business has also integrated SOSi’s advanced technology research and development capabilities with its real and virtual intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) sensor and electronic warfare solutions, which will develop emerging technology products that support classified programs.

The newly integrated business will manage dozens of programs stretching across four continents. A large segment of the Group’s international workforce is composed of trained analysts charged with providing timely, reliable, and relevant intelligence for warfighters, planners, and policy professionals worldwide.

SOSi’s Defense and Intelligence Solutions business comprises one-third of the company’s business portfolio. The organization’s Mission Solutions Group provides long-range logistics, operations, maintenance, and supply chain solutions to the DoD and Department of State (DoS).

The Federal Solutions Group will provide software development, enterprise IT engineering, enterprise resource system management, network operations, cybersecurity and language services to numerous non-DoD and non-IC government customers, including the DoS, Department of Justice (DoJ), and Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

“The lines between analytic services and technologies are continuously blurring as more defense and intelligence customers adopt and deploy cloud, machine learning, and artificial intelligence solutions enterprise-wide,” said Julian Setian, SOSi president and CEO and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient. “As a bold and agile organization, we are adapting our business structure to align with the operational and procurement strategy shifts exhibited by our customers in the defense and intelligence markets.”

About SOSi

Founded in 1989, SOSi is the largest private, family-owned and operated technology and services integrator in the aerospace, defense, and government services industry. Its portfolio includes military logistics, intelligence analysis, software development, and cybersecurity.

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Perspecta Names Mac Curtis as Chairman of Board of Directors; Mike Lawrie Quoted
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Perspecta Names Mac Curtis as Chairman of Board of Directors; Mike Lawrie Quoted

Perspecta has appointed Mac Curtis, the company’s president and CEO and a six-time Wash100 Award recipient, as chairman of its Board of Directors effective August 5, 2020, Perspecta announced on Wednesday. 

"Mac has led Perspecta for two very successful years, executing a seamless integration of the legacy companies, enhancing Perspecta's innovative solutions and services and developing a talented workforce. Mac's deep industry knowledge, executive management skills and strategic and tactical capabilities make him ideally suited to lead Perspecta's continued growth as chairman," said Mike Lawrie, Perspecta chairman. 

Curtis has more than 25 years of senior level experience in the federal government contracting (GovCon) industry. He has served as president and CEO of Perspecta since its launch in 2018. Prior to joining Perspecta, Curtis served as president and CEO of Vencore, where he developed a cogent strategy, reduced the indirect cost and drove innovation and business development discipline into the business. 

As senior advisor for Veritas Capital, Curtis utilized his experience in strategy development and execution across the federal market as well as his significant experience in mergers and acquisitions, integration and operational synergies to evaluate acquisitions and future market opportunities.

Before joining Veritas Capital, he led Vangent as president and CEO of the company. In the role, he led the dynamic growth of Vangent. Curtis also executed Vangent's strategy to design, build and operate mission-critical systems and processes to deliver vital information, services and programs for its customers and their constituents. 

Curtis also served as president and CEO of Pearson Government Solutions and vice president and general manager of NCS Government Services Division. "As president and CEO of Perspecta, Mac has delivered solid results, making Perspecta a leading U.S. government IT services provider focused on mission-critical outcomes," added Lawrie. 

Lawrie, who has served as Perspecta's chairman since its launch in 2018, announced his retirement from the board effective at the end of his current term on August 5, 2020. Also, Philip Nolan will continue to serve as the current lead independent director following Lawrie's retirement.

"On behalf of Perspecta and the board, I want to thank Mike Lawrie for his leadership and guidance over the past two years," said Curtis. "Mike's experience and perspective helped accelerate Perspecta's integration and growth as a leading U.S. government services provider. I look forward to working with the board as we continue to effectively execute our strategy and grow the business while driving value for employees, customers and shareholders."

About Perspecta Inc.

At Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP), we question, we seek and we solve. Perspecta brings a diverse set of capabilities to our U.S. government customers in defense, intelligence, civilian, health care and state and local markets. Our 270+ issued, licensed and pending patents are more than just pieces of paper, they tell the story of our innovation. 

With offerings in mission services, digital transformation and enterprise operations, our team of 14,000 engineers, analysts, investigators and architects work tirelessly to not only execute the mission, but build and support the backbone that enables it. Perspecta was formed to take on big challenges. We are an engine for growth and success and we enable our customers to build a better nation.

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CISA Unveils Strategy to Protect Industrial Control Systems From Hackers; Christopher Krebs Quoted
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CISA Unveils Strategy to Protect Industrial Control Systems From Hackers; Christopher Krebs Quoted

The Department of Homeland (DHS) Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has launched a strategy to help safeguard industrial control systems from cyber threats, CyberScoop reported Tuesday. 

“We’re going to ask more of the ICS community, but we’re also going to deliver more to you,” Christopher Krebs, director of CISA and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said Tuesday at a virtual meeting of the ICS Joint Working Group. 

The strategy seeks to promote the use of data analytics and technology platforms and advance training to help protect operators of transportation, energy and other critical infrastructure from foreign threat actors. 

“We’re going to develop deep data capabilities to analyze and deliver information the community can use to disrupt the ICS kill chain,” Krebs said.

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Federal CIO Council Releases ‘Future of the Federal IT Workforce Update’
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Federal CIO Council Releases ‘Future of the Federal IT Workforce Update’

A new Federal CIO Council report provides 10 recommendations on how agencies can improve the hiring process and develop the future information technology workforce.

The report titled Future of the Federal IT Workforce Update suggests the development of a governmentwide special pay system for the IT workforce, transition to a competency-based classification model for all IT positions, creation of interdisciplinary procurement teams and expansion of existing pilot programs to enhance recruitment efforts.

The document calls for agencies to redesign the IT recruiting and hiring processes to attract talent, make federal IT career paths more attractive to the future workforce, enhance recognition for innovators and top performers in federal IT, compare the effectiveness of workforce initiatives with industry, boost adoption of intragovernmental augmentation offerings and employ more technical subject matter experts.

The report is organized around five primary issue areas – recruiting, retaining, reskilling, measuring and augmenting IT talent – that serve as critical steps needed to build the future IT workforce. The council examined each of the five areas in light of five factors or drivers impacting the federal IT workforce: innovation, mobility, cybersecurity, collaboration and agility.

The update is based on interviews conducted by the council with nearly two dozen agency chief information officers, chief human capital officers, IT innovators, industry executives and other experts.

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Ellen Lord: Pentagon Would Need Congress to Pass Supplemental Appropriations
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Ellen Lord: Pentagon Would Need Congress to Pass Supplemental Appropriations

Ellen Lord, undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said DoD may have to take some funds from its modernization and readiness accounts if Congress fails to provide supplemental budget amid mounting COVID-19 pandemic-related claims from the defense industry, Defense News reported Wednesday.

“There’s a choice there,” Lord said Wednesday during a House Armed Services Committee hearing. “Whether we want to eat into readiness and modernization ― and slow down modernization or readiness on an ongoing basis ― or whether we want to remedy the situation in the next six months or so … and continue to have the ready forces we need for our national security.”

Lord noted the Pentagon would want Congress to approve a supplemental appropriations measure beyond its $740 billion budget request for fiscal year 2021.

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Army Research Team Applies Automation to Multi-Agent Situational Awareness
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Army Research Team Applies Automation to Multi-Agent Situational Awareness

Army Research Laboratory, part of the service's Combat Capabilities Development Command, has introduced a new framework that would help soldiers obtain boosted situational awareness in low-bandwidth environments. A group of ARL scientists has enhanced distributed algorithms that allow for autonomous coordination across multiple intelligence agents, the Army said Monday.

Jemin George and James Hare of ARL worked with North Carolina State University and research fellow Anjaly Parayil to pursue the study. The two-part study applies autonomous multi-agent coordination to support surveillance and directed communication.

“This multi-agent approach allows for establishing a directed communication channel without having access to a physically connected antenna array,” George said.

The scientist and his team virtually presented their findings at the 45th International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing. The effort will go on to generally apply this discovery to different machine learning methods and other pursuits prioritized by the Army.

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USAF Completes T-7A Red Hawk Critical Design Review
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USAF Completes T-7A Red Hawk Critical Design Review

The U.S. Air Force has completed the T-7A Red Hawk aircraft's critical design review at Wright-Patterson AF Base after one year and a half of work and preparations.

The CDR put Red Hawk's systems in tests aimed at demonstrating training performance for pilots of fourth- and fifth-generation aircraft such as the F-35, Edwards AFB said Tuesday.

Tested systems include external pylons, the propulsion engine and a new escape mechanism.

The service branch partnered with Boeing, the aircraft's maker, to conduct Red Hawk's aircraft and overall system CDR in a three-day summit. Representatives from Randolph and Edwards AFBs virtually took part in the CDR.

“The combined government and Boeing team continues to leverage outside-the-box thinking, process tailoring and are breaking the norms by utilizing advanced engineering digital design practices to design, test and produce aircraft," said Shanika Sims, chief of the Air Vehicle Branch.

Boeing, partnered with Saab, supports the T-7A program under a $9.2B contract with USAF.

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USCYBERCOM Operations Director Maj. Gen. Charles Moore Named Command’s Deputy
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USCYBERCOM Operations Director Maj. Gen. Charles Moore Named Command’s Deputy

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles Moore, director of operations at U.S. Cyber Command, has been assigned to serve as USCYBERCOM's deputy commander.

He will also receive a promotion to lieutenant-general as he remains at Fort George G. Meade in Maryland for his new assignment, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.

Moore joined USAF in 1989 and went on the fill pilot, officer and instructor roles at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.

He commanded airmen for operations in Italy and Iraq, and his leadership experience also included work for Nellis AFB's 57th Wing and Shaw AFB's 20th Fighter Wing. The tenured pilot holds over 3K hours of flight experience in F-16 aircraft.

Moore began his tenure with USCYBERCOM in 2017 to assume his current position. He received education on cybersecurity policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

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DHS Announces Homeland Security Tech Research Contract Awardees
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DHS Announces Homeland Security Tech Research Contract Awardees

The Department of Homeland Security's science and technology (DHS S&T) directorate has awarded 26 contracts to 23 small businesses through the first phase of the Small Business Innovation Research Program to explore proofs-of-concept that may respond to homeland security technology concerns.

DHS said Tuesday that the topics covered by the contracts aim to address research and development needs of the department's operational segments. Topics under the program include machine learning modules, imaging technologies and remote sensor data protection. Each project will receive $150,000 in funds and will be eligible to apply for Phase II grants.

The next phase of the program will require the awardees to conduct research and development activities to produce working prototypes. Dusty Lang, SBIR program director at DHS, said the department maintains its engagement with industry to meet U.S. technology needs.

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