Government Technology

The University of Central Florida emerged as champions of the Raytheon-sponsored 2015 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition held over the weekend in San Antonio, Texas. Raytheon said Sunday UCF won for the second consecutive year and bested nine other teams during the finals of the Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security competition. “The talented men and women who […] More

DB Networks has graduated from Northrop Grumman and bwtech@UMBC’s joint Cync incubator program for startup businesses. Northrop said Thursday that the continuous monitoring service provider is the fifth cyber startup to complete the Cync program. Northrop Grumman and bwtech@UMBC formed the program with the goal of helping cyber, data sciences, big data and secure mobility […] More

MapR Technologies and Teradata will host a one-day conference May 12 in Tysons Corner, Va. to discuss the Hadoop platform and its surrounding technologies. The “Big Data Everywhere” conference will bring users and developers together to share their experience via technical sessions and user success stories. Industry leaders will also exchange Hadoop knowledge, share best practices and also discuss use cases and […] More

Founded in 2010 and based in downtown Washington, n2Grate has focused much of its work since on collaborations with government and commercial enterprises in data center management and cloud computing. Rich Troutman, an n2Grate senior director, spoke to Executive Mosaic about how small businesses such as n2Grate work with larger contractors and the work agencies do […] More

Gene Kim, author and DevOps thought leader, will deliver the keynote address at an April 8 development operations event in Pentagon City, Va. to be hosted by virtual data-as-a-service company Delphix. The event will start at 11 a.m. at The Ritz Carlton in Pentagon City. The event will present how companies and agencies can achieve […] More

Exelis is set to launch the company’s new global aviation services business and exhibit a suite of integrated services at the 2015 World ATM Congress from March 10 to 12 in Madrid, Spain. The new aviation business spans voice-over-Internet-protocol communication products, air traffic queue optimization service, airport and airlines operations management tools, terrestrial aircraft surveillance […] More

The U.S. Army Reserve has teamed up with six universities and private companies to form a cyber warrior network in an effort to address cyber threats. Chief of Army Reserve Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Talley inked the partnership with the University of Colorado, Drexel University, George Mason University, Norwich University, University of Texas at San Antonio and University of […] More

Northrop Grumman will exhibit the company’s maritime defense systems offerings at the 25th Western Conference and Exposition scheduled from Feb. 10 to 12. Robert Nelson, San Diego corporate lead executive for Northrop, said Monday the company intends for the exhibit to raise customer knowledge of how Northrop helps clients achieve their mission goals. “With the national strategic rebalancing of […] More

The Federal Trade Commission will conduct a big data workshop on Sept. 15 in Washington. Four panel discussions will cover an agenda based around the use and impact of big data on consumers, the FTC said Friday. For the “Assessing the Current Environment” portion, the panel will discuss current big data applications. During the “What’s on […] More

The Air Force Association’s CyberPatriot has given a Center of Excellence Award to Fairfax County Public Schools for work to help communities and institutions support the educational development of students. Superintendent Karen Garza received the award, which was presented by CyberPatriot National Commissioner Bernie Skoch on behalf of FCPS, the AFA said Monday. “FCPS has engaged many individuals […] More

Interns from Ball Aerospace and United Launch Alliance launched Colorado’s largest rocket Saturday from the Hudson Ranch near Pueblo. More than 100 students are participating in the seventh annual Student Rocket Launch with a total of 18 payloads on board three high-power sports rockets, ULA said Wednesday. “Year after year exceptionally talented summer interns amaze […] More