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Gene Colabatistto to Retire as CAE Defense, Security Group President
Gene Colabatistto, president of CAE's defense and security group, has announced plans to retire by the end of 2019.
Jane Edwards
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.
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Vannevar Labs Seeks to Support Intell Agencies With AI Tech; Brett Granberg Quoted
Vannebar Labs plans to introduce technology platforms that leverage artificial intelligence, natural language processing and machine learning to help defense and intelligence agencies address national security issues, TechCrunch reported Wednesday.
Johns Hopkins APL-IEEE Workshop to Examine Potential Gov’t Use Cases of 5G Tech
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers will host a workshop on Oct. 7 in Laurel, Md., to discuss 5G and its potential applications in first responder and tactical networks.
Chris Bogdan: Booz Allen Eyes Open Architecture for Ground C2 System
Chris Bogdan, a senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, said the company is interested in developing a ground-based command-and-control system with an open architecture designed to support satellites used for national security missions, C4ISRNET reported Wednesday.
Sikorsky-Built Combat Rescue Helicopter Gets Air Force Milestone C Approval
Lockheed Martin announced that the Sikorsky-built HH-60W combat rescue helicopter will now transition to low rate initial production after the U.S. Air Force issued a Milestone C decision.
ViON’s Rob Davies on Four Features Multicloud Management Tools Should Have
Rob Davies, executive vice president of operations at ViON, wrote in a GCN article published Tuesday that there are four features cloud managers should look for in a multicloud management tool and one is broad applicability.
Postal Service Seeks Info on Potential Mail Delivery Drone Sources
The U.S. Postal Service has issued a request for information to seek potential sources of unmanned aircraft systems that can be used in mail delivery and data collection.
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Perspecta to Continue IT Support for Navy NGEN Program; Mac Curtis Quoted
Perspecta will continue to provide information technology services and operate the Navy Marine Corps Intranet under the potential $657M Next Generation Enterprise Network contract modification.
Lt. Gen. John Thompson: SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Certified for Two National Security Orbits
Lt. Gen. John Thompson, commander of the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, said the service branch certified SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket to perform national security launch missions for “certain orbits,†SpaceNews reported Saturday.
Report: Raytheon Preps Combat Aircraft for ‘Friend or Foe’ ID Mode 5 Requirement
Raytheon plans to equip military aircraft with an identification friend or foe interrogator system to comply with an IFF mandate by June 30, 2020, Avionics International reported Wednesday.
Tenable’s James Hayes: Vulnerability Management Key Step to Cyber Risk Mitigation
James Hayes, vice president for global government affairs at Tenable, wrote in a blog post published Wednesday that government agencies and other organizations should consider vulnerability management as a “fundamental first step†to reduce the risk of cyber attacks.