Government Technology
Hear about the latest product and service offerings from the government contracting industry’s leading providers. The Government Technology News section highlights developments in aerospace, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, defense, C4ISR, cloud, hypersonics, and space.
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Avaya, RapidSOS, 911 Secure Develop Location Discovery Tech for Emergency Responders
Avaya has partnered with 911 Secure and RapidSOS to offer device location discovery features to emergency first responders to improve their situational awareness in critical situations.
Lockheed Unveils Satellite Cloud Project; Yvonne Hodge Quoted
Lockheed Martin considers implementing the cloud-based approach in space missions through its two satellite cloud platforms – SpaceCloud and HiveStar, GeekWire reported Wednesday.
CBP Accelerates Email Transfer Work With Robotic Process Automation; AWS’ Dave Levy Quoted
The Customs and Border Protection within the Department of Homeland Security used 50 robotic process automation systems from IBM in 2018 to speed up the migration of 30 terabytes of archived emails to a new platform, FCW reported Wednesday.
DHS S&T Names Eight Tech Industry Finalists for $1.6M Opioid Detection Challenge
The Department of Homeland Security has picked eight finalists in the first stage of its $1.6M Opioid Detection Challenge, which aims to build new tools for rapid detection of drugs transported through the international mail system.
Smartsheet’s Cloud-Based Work Execution Platform Now Available to Gov’t Sector
Smartsheet has started to offer an Amazon Web Services-based work management technology to agencies after introducing the product at the AWS Public Sector Summit. The Smartsheet Gov cloud-based platform is designed to help government customers manage processes, simplify workflows and automate tasks, the company said Monday.
Cohesity Added to AWS Public Sector Partner Network
Cohesity has been accepted as a public sector partner of Amazon Web Services to help government customers manage and secure data in hybrid cloud environments.
Harris Provides Additional Navigation Payload for GPS III Satellite Program
Working as Lockheed Martin’s navigation signal partner for the U.S. Air Force’s GPS III Follow On program, Harris has delivered a new navigation payload, which will enhance transmission power, for the military service’s new satellites.
BlackBerry Endpoint Mgmt Platform Secures FedRAMP Ready Status; Bob Day Quoted
BlackBerry has demonstrated readiness to meet Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program requirements with a cloud-based platform designed to help government clients manage information technology endpoints. The company said Tuesday it achieved FedRAMP Ready designation for the Government Mobility Suite derived from the BlackBerry UEM mobile device management platform.
Lockheed Launches 3D Visualization Tool for Apache Helicopter Maintainers
Lockheed Martin has released the newest iteration of the company’s training tool, a visualization platform, that was designed for maintainers of Apache helicopter sensors.
SAP NS2’s Kyle Rice: DoD Should Leverage Commercial Platforms to Close Innovation Gap
Kyle Rice, chief technology officer at SAP National Security Services, wrote in a FedScoop article published Tuesday that the Department of Defense should leverage commercial technology systems to advance innovation and keep ahead of adversaries.