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Report: Lockheed Offers to Sell F-35As For $80M Per Aircraft
Lockheed Martin has proposed to lower the cost of the Department of Defense’s block F-35A purchases from $89.5M per aircraft to less than $80M each, Defense One reported Tuesday.
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Red Hat’s Joel Jackson: Culture Change Needed to Advance Agency IT Modernization
Joel Jackson, senior director of emerging product sales for Red Hat’s North America public sector group, said cloud, microservices and automation are among the modern software design’s building blocks that could reinforce federal information technology modernization efforts, Federal News Network reported Monday.
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Report: Boeing Plans Tech Improvements to Navy’s Growler Electronic Warfare Aircraft
Boeing is planning to implement technology updates on the E/A-18G Growler to help the U.S. Navy meet modernization goals for the service's electronic warfare aircraft fleet by the mid-2020s, Defense News reported Tuesday.
Lockheed’s Joe Ottaviano on Advantages of Block 2 Electronic Warfare System Upgrade for Navy
Joe Ottaviano, a director at Lockheed Martin’s rotary and mission systems business, said the Block 2 update to the U.S. Navy’s shipboard electronic warfare system under the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program could help the service detect various threats such as missiles and hostile electronic signals, C4ISRNET reported Tuesday.
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Zoom Gets FedRAMP Authorization for Conferencing Tech Platform
Zoom Video Communications has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification for a technology platform designed to help government customers manage video conference meetings.
Raytheon Develops Open Architecture-Based Unmanned Ground Control System; Bob Busey Quoted
Raytheon has built a common ground control system designed to help the U.S. Navy operate multiple unmanned platforms using a single cyber-hardened workstation. The company said Tuesday its CGCS is built to enable the Navy to integrate new features and reuse software services through the use of an open architecture that leverages the Unmanned Aircraft System Control Segment standard.
DISA Seeks Info on Quantum-Resistance Cryptography
The Defense Information Systems Agency is in need of industry-based information regarding the use of quantum-safe algorithms for cybersecurity. DISA said Monday in a FedBizOpps notice that it intends to evaluate the use of these algorithms and cryptographic approaches to protect the Department of Defense's information technology infrastructure.
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LexisNexis Risk Solutions Acquires Lumen from Numerica Corp., Haywood Talcove Quoted
LexisNexis Risk Solutions announced on Tuesday that the company is acquiring all Lumen’s assets, an integrated data platform owned by the Numerica Corporation. "Over the last seven years, we have successfully developed and commercialized the Lumen product line," said Jeff Poore, Numerica Corporation president.
Northrop Intros Maritime Inertial Navigation Tech
Northrop Grumman has unveiled a maritime inertial navigation system that works to integrate with guidance technology designed for unmanned surface and underwater vehicles as well as maritime patrol and surface vessels.