CenturyLink Extends Cloud Networking Support to Microsoft Azure, Azure Government
CenturyLink has moved to expand its cloud networking service offering to support enterprise customers on Microsoft Azure and Azure Government cloud platforms.
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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Dave Wajsgras: Raytheon to Assess Cyber Vulnerability of Air Force’s F-15, C-130J Subsystems
Dave Wajsgras, president of Raytheon’s intelligence, information and services business, said the company has been selected by the U.S. Air Force to assess the vulnerability of avionics, mission computers, navigation and other subsystems of F-15 and C-130J aircraft to cyber attacks, Air Force Magazine reported Friday.
IBM’s Dan Chenok: Data Governance, Explainable Algorithms Could Help Agencies Address AI-Related Risks
Dan Chenok, executive director of the IBM Center for The Business of Government, wrote in a Nextgov article published Thursday that government agencies should address ethical issues and risks associated with the implementation of artificial intelligence and one of the measures to consider is developing explainable algorithms.
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Anthony O’Brien on Balance Between Defense-Commercial, US-International Aspects in Raytheon-UTC Deal
Anthony “Toby†O’Brien, chief financial officer at Raytheon, said the company’s proposed merger with United Technologies Corp. seeks to create a new entity that has its business evenly split between defense and commercial work and between domestic and international areas, Defense One reported Thursday.
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Rick Ambrose: Lockheed to Submit Satellites to Space Sustainability Rating Scheme
Rick Ambrose, executive vice president for space business at Lockheed Martin, said the company has volunteered its satellites for World Economic Forum’s “space sustainability†rating system, Breaking Defense reported Thursday.
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Boeing, Bell Eye Up to 12% Increase in V-22 Mission Readiness Rate
Bell and Boeing seek to boost the mission readiness rate of the V-22 Osprey military transport aircraft by 10 percent to 12 percent through structural updates to the nacelle and changes to wiring types, Rotor & Wing International reported Wednesday.
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Thomas Kennedy, Greg Hayes Meet With President Trump to Discuss Raytheon-UTC Merger
Thomas Kennedy, chairman and CEO of Raytheon, told Defense News in an interview published Wednesday that he and Greg Hayes, chairman and CEO of United Technologies Corp., met with President Donald Trump on June 10 to explain that the proposed Raytheon-UTC combination is complementary and not competitive.
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SOSi Awarded Army NETCOM Technical Engineering Support Contract; Julian Setian Quoted
SOS International has received a potential $18M contract from the U.S. Army to provide technical engineering and operational support services for Network Enterprise Technology Command.
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Airbus Seeks Partners for US Space Market Expansion Bid; Lockheed’s Rick Ambrose Quoted
Airbus’ defense business has begun its search for new partners to expand its footprint in the U.S. space market, Reuters reported Wednesday.
Use of AI, Machine Learning Evident in Top 10 Firms to Watch in Cybersecurity Market
The top 10 cybersecurity firms to watch in 2019 reflect the use of artificial intelligence, machine learning, analytics and other technologies to help speed up cyber threat detection and response to such threats, Forbes reported Sunday.
Lockheed Completes Radar Tech Demonstration for Army LTAMDS Program
Lockheed Martin conducted a series of exercises to demonstrate how its radar platform will meet the U.S. Army’s requirements for the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor during the service’s “sense-off†at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
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Jarrod Agen to Join Lockheed as Communications VP
Jarrod Agen, communications director of Vice President Mike Pence, is set to leave his post at the White House by the end of June to join Lockheed Martin as VP for communications, The Washington Post reported Monday.