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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.
Aerospace Corp. CEO Steve Isakowitz said he thinks rapid technology advancements could change the way companies compete for national security space contracts. Isakowitz told SpaceNews in an interview published Tuesday that as new technologies emerge, competition for military space contracts will see a shift away from a model in which a winning vendor can lock, […] More
Clint Crosier, a retired Air Force major general and director of aerospace and satellite team at Amazon Web Services, said he thinks high-performance computing is one of the use cases that the cloud is enabling in the space domain because it offers additional capability for digital engineering, digital modeling and simulation. “I think we will […] More
Technology industry veterans Ravi Aiyer and Shayne Forsyth have joined TechnoMile to serve as vice president of engineering and VP of marketing, respectively. TechnoMile said Tuesday the latest additions to its leadership team are part of the company’s efforts to further advance its cloud platform, accelerate growth initiatives and continue to support its client base. […] More
Robert Carey, president of Cloudera Government Solutions and a previous Wash100 Award winner, said he believes cyber is the primary challenge facing federal agency chief information officers and chief information security officers when it comes to managing and securing data in a hybrid cloud environment. “So to wrap a coherent security architecture around the disparate […] More
Booz Allen Hamilton, Science Applications International Corp., Peraton and other large technology contractors are hoping to get a share of the federal health information technology market by acquiring health software and IT companies, the Washington Business Journal reported Friday. “The size of the deals in health care in the public sector are very large and […] More
The Biden administration’s cybersecurity executive order calls on agencies to implement zero trust to mitigate cyberthreat risks and Steve Faehl, chief technology officer of security for Microsoft’s federal business, said the company could help agencies in their zero trust journey through a three-phase plan that starts with identification and monitoring, Federal News Network reported Thursday. […] More
Phebe Novakovic, chairman and CEO of General Dynamics and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, said she sees strong U.S. defense spending amid the current administration’s focus on infrastructure, child care and other domestic programs, Bloomberg reported Thursday. “President Biden has been a longtime supporter of national security. So, this year’s budget for defense had a […] More
Hewlett Packard Enterprise and the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have launched a testbed supercomputer designed to help developers and scientists optimize artificial intelligence, scientific and engineering projects planned for Aurora, the forthcoming exascale supercomputer. The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will host and manage the Polaris testbed supercomputer, which will be installed by HPE […] More
Shield AI has secured $210 million in equity financing as part of Series D funding round led by Austin, Texas-based technology investor Disruptive and will use the funds to invest in artificial intelligence capabilities for military aircraft and advance growth initiatives across defense and commercial sectors. “The funding round enables Shield AI to move one […] More
Lisa Callahan, vice president and general manager of commercial civil space at Lockheed Martin’s space business, said she believes accelerated digital modernization efforts meant to improve spacecraft manufacturing processes could also benefit deep space missions, SpaceNews reported Tuesday. She noted that the COVID-19 pandemic prompted the company to speed up its digital transformation roadmap and […] More
Lockheed Martin has developed a satellite antenna that could be used in remote sensing, radar and 5G communications. The company said Monday the Wide Angle ESA Fed Reflector antenna is part of its investment in the research and development of 5G.MIL technologies to link warfighting platforms in support of the Department of Defense’s Joint All-Domain […] More
General Atomics has added to its space systems infrastructure in San Diego a 7,500-square-foot cleanroom facility that can support the production of up to 300 optical communication terminals per year. Scott Forney, president of General Atomics’ electromagnetic systems business, said in a statement published Monday GA-EMS is committed to fielding OCTs in support of future […] More
