Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 06/09/2016

IBM Vet Jennifer Chronis Joins Amazon Web Services to Lead DoD Business

Jennifer Chronis, a former vice president in IBM‘s (NYSE: IBM) federal business and 15-year “Big Blue” veteran, has joined cloud computing services contractor Amazon Web Services as General Manager for the Defense Department market, AWS has confirmed to GovCon Wire…

Denmark to Move Forward on $3B F-35 Purchase

Denmark will proceed on a plan to purchase 27 F-35A fighter jets for $3 billion total from Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Reuters reported Thursday. Nikolaj Skydsgaard wrote Denmark becomes the 11th country to purchase the F-35’s conventional takeoff-and-landing variant used by U…

A2LA Accredits Sunera as Third-Party Cloud Assessor For FedRAMP

Sunera has been accredited by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation to serve as a third-party assessment organization under the federal government’s cloud computing program. The company said Tuesday cloud service providers that aim to obtain Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification can now employ the help of Sunera’s subject matter experts and RMS compliance platform…

Army Taps STG for NETCOM Cybersecurity Support Contract; Paul Fernandes Comments

STG Group has received a potential four-year, $7 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide cybersecurity support services for the service branch’s Network Enterprise Technology Command. Joe Nicholas, senior vice president and sector lead for cybersecurity and secure information systems at STG, will be in charge of the company’s business with NETCOM, the company said Wednesday…

House OKs DHS Cyber Function Reorg Bill

The House Homeland Security Agency has approved a bill to reorganize the Department of Homeland Security‘s cybersecurity functions and component responsibilities, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Aliya Sternstein writes the bill would have DHS turn its National Protection and Programs Directorate into an operational agency under the name of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection, which would be led by current NPPD leader Suzanne Spaulding…

Fedscoop: OMB Cyber Adviser Cord Chase Named OPM CISO

Cord Chase, formerly senior adviser for cyber and national security at the Office of Management and Budget, has joined the Office of Personnel Management as the agency’s first chief information security officer, FedScoop reported Wednesday…

Maj. Gen. Stephen Fogarty Named Cybercom Chief of Staff

Maj. Gen. Stephen Fogarty, commanding general of the U.S. Army‘s Cyber Center of Excellence and Fort Gordon in Georgia, has been named chief of staff for the U.S. Cyber Command, the Defense Department announced Wednesday…

Sikorsky to Support Turkey’s $3.5B T70 Utility Helicopter Production Program

Turkey’s undersecretariat for defense industries has selected five aerospace companies to manufacture and deliver T70 helicopters as part of the estimated $3.5 billion TUHP-Turkish Utility Helicopter Program…

IARPA Releases R&D Sources Sought Notice for Undersea Drone Program

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has released a research-and-development sources sought notice that seeks to obtain information from industry on potential support to help build an undersea drone…

Textron Picks iBASEt Platform to Help Manage Unmanned Tech Manufacturing Operations

Textron Systems plans to implement an iBASEt-made software platform in an effort to manage the company’s unmanned systems manufacturing processes at a factory in Hunt Valley, Maryland. iBASEt said Tuesday its Solumina software will work to help Textron Systems’ automate filing of bills of materials and engineering change orders as well as gain real-time visibility of shop floor production and quality processes…

National Cancer Institute Unveils Genomic, Clinical Data Platform

The National Institutes of Health‘s National Cancer Institute has launched the Genomic Data Commons, a unified system designed to store and facilitate sharing of cancer genomic and clinical data…