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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.
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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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.
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Ann Kenny Named Federal Operations VP at KEPRO
Ann Kenny, formerly chief operating officer at consulting firm CRW and Associates, has joined health care management services provider KEPRO as vice president for federal operations, FedHealthIT reported Monday.
HighPoint’s Doug Taylor: Agencies Should Consider User Experience in IT Modernization Initiatives
Doug Taylor, vice president of operations at HighPoint Global, wrote in a LinkedIn article published Thursday that government agencies seeking to deploy digital platforms as part of information technology modernization efforts should consider user experience.
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Industry Execs Optimistic on Federal Data Strategy Timeline; Raytheon’s John DeSimone Quoted
Industry leaders said they believe the deadlines set in a draft action plan for the Federal Data Strategy are achievable, FedScoop reported Friday.
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L3 Execs Consider Air Force C-130H Cockpit Upgrade Contract a Sign of Cultural Shift
Executives at L3 Technologies said a potential $500M contract the company won from the Air Force to update the avionics systems of 176 C-130H airlifters is one of the signs of the company’s cultural shift through its adoption of “innovation sprints,†Defense One reported Sunday.
AWS’ Dave Levy: Procurement Reform Could Help Accelerate Federal IT Modernization
Dave Levy, vice president of federal government at Amazon Web Services, told theCUBE in an interview posted Thursday that the federal government needs to reform the procurement process to speed up the adoption of cloud and other technology platforms to advance information technology modernization efforts.
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Brian Kenner to Join Amazon as Regional Economic Development Senior Manager
Brian Kenner, deputy mayor for planning and economic development in Washington, D.C., will join Amazon in early July to serve as a senior manager with oversight of regional economic development efforts in the Greater Washington area, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday.