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is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.
Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new tanker designed to meet the requirements of the U.S. Air Force’s KC-Y program. The company said Friday its LMXT strategic tanker comes with a fly-by-wire boom capability, air-to-air refueling system, advanced camera and vision system, open system architecture and a multidomain operations node to improve onboard situational awareness and […] More
John Mengucci, president and CEO of CACI International and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, said that when it comes to mergers and acquisitions, the Reston, Virginia-based government services contractor is interested in buying assets that could fill gaps in capabilities, past performance and customer relationships, the Washington Business Journal reported Friday. “We’re going to be […] More
AT&T and the Naval Postgraduate School will conduct research and build 5G and edge computing-based maritime platforms in support of defense, national security, shipping and other commercial industries under a three-year collaborative research and development agreement. NPS and AT&T will conduct experiments using 5G and edge computing to develop maritime applications that can link crewed […] More
Lt. Gen. Eric Fick, head of the F-35 joint program office at the Department of Defense, said DOD could be ready to enter into a performance-based logistics contract with Lockheed Martin for the fighter jet program once the recently signed agreement for F-35 sustainment support services expires in fiscal year 2023, Defense News reported Thursday. […] More
NTT Data has received a contract from the Department of Justice to help modernize background checks by building a case management system. The company said Wednesday the proposed platform will synchronize data from several federal systems and facilitate processing of federal submissions to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. Under the contract, NTT Data […] More
Boeing forecasts a $2.6 trillion market for its defense and space platforms and services over the next decade as security and geopolitical challenges drive demand for new defense systems. The company said Tuesday the spending projection in the 2021 Boeing Market Outlook for the defense and space market reflects the significance of military aircraft, satellites, […] More
Planet Labs will provide researchers funded by the National Science Foundation and those at federal civilian agencies access to satellite data under a contract with NASA awarded through the Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition program. Robbie Schingler, co-founder and chief strategy officer of Planet, said in a statement published Tuesday the contract validates NASA’s commitment to […] More
Sandeep Shilawat, vice president for cloud and edge computing at ManTech International, said the U.S. government and its procurement process should prepare for and keep up with the next wave of cloud disruption to maintain the country’s edge over adversaries. Shilawat outlined in an article published Tuesday some of his near-term predictions in the field […] More
Chris Valentino, chief strategy officer at Peraton, said the Department of Defense should work with industry to drive experimentation, invest in new technologies and rapidly deploy capabilities to advance the Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept. He wrote in an article published Friday on the Professional Services Council website that DOD should recognize the potential […] More
The Lockheed Martin-built TPY-4 ground-based radar for air defense surveillance has received the AN/TPY-4(V)1 designation from the U.S. government. TPY-4 is a multimission radar that could provide warfighters situational awareness, early warning and tactical ballistic missile surveillance capabilities even in contested radio frequency environments and features Gallium Nitride technology and a digital, software-defined sensor architecture. […] More
The Environmental Protection Agency has granted a $477 million loan to the Hampton Roads Sanitation District in Virginia to help replenish the Potomac Aquifer and decommission a wastewater treatment plant as part of the Sustainable Water Infrastructure for Tomorrow program. EPA said Friday the SWIFT program includes over 20 projects across the Hampton Roads area […] More
Microsoft plans to invest $20 billion in cybersecurity in the next five years and Brad Smith, the technology company’s president, said a part of that investment will be used to help federal, local and state government agencies and other enterprise customers implement the security technologies they already purchased but have not started using, CNBC reported […] More
