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Aevum Awarded Air Force ASLON-45 Launch Contract
Alabama-based space startup Aevum has secured a $4.9M contract from the U.S. Air Force to send experimental satellites to low-Earth orbit, SpaceNews reported Monday.
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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David Gerber: Mitre Study Says Air Force Should Delay Bomber Retirements
David Gerber, senior principal systems engineer at Mitre, said the company’s recent study suggests that the Air Force should postpone the retirement of legacy bombers until the B-21 aircraft is available in substantial numbers, the Air Force Magazine reported Friday.
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Dan Jablonsky: Maxar Sees Growth in Government Work
Dan Jablonsky, president and CEO of Maxar Technologies, said he is optimistic that the company will return to growth and “excited about the trend lines†he is seeing in its satellite business driven by an increase in government work in the U.S. and overseas, SpaceNews reported Sunday.
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Eileen Drake on Potential Impact of Political Changes on Space, Military Programs
Eileen Drake, president and CEO of Aerojet Rocketdyne, said the company thinks some civilian space and defense programs could be in jeopardy if a new president is elected in 2020, SpaceNews reported Thursday.
Cloudera’s Shaun Bierweiler: Open Source Offers Flexibility to Gov’t Clients as They Meet Mission Needs
Shaun Bierweiler, vice president and general manager of the public sector business at Cloudera, wrote in a LinkedIn article published Thursday that open source provides mission-critical value to public sector clients in support of their missions and requirements.
Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Industry Supports Gov’t Missions Through Investments in Satcom Capabilities
Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch of Inmarsat Government wrote in a SatMagazine article that the commercial satellite communications industry supports government customers’ missions and understand their requirements by investing in programs and capabilities that seek to improve the mobility, redundancy, flexibility, throughput, protection and resilience of satcom systems.
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American Systems Named to 2020 Military Friendly Employers List; Peter Smith Quoted
American Systems has been added to the list of military friendly employers for 2020 in recognition of the Chantilly, Va.-based information technology services contractor’s efforts to hire and support retired service personnel.
Forcepoint’s Eric Trexler: Human-Centric Monitoring Could Help Protect Controlled Unclassified Information
Eric Trexler, vice president of global government and critical infrastructure at Forcepoint, wrote in a Fifth Domain opinion piece published Tuesday that the defense industrial base should implement a human-centric monitoring approach to protect controlled unclassified information from cyber threats.
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Wayne Prender: Textron Enters Into Partnerships in Preparation for Army Rifle Mass Production
Textron is one of three companies the U.S. Army selected to develop prototypes of rifles under the service branch’s Next Generation Squad Weapons program and wants to be prepared to go into mass production should it win the NGSW contract, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday.
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Three Firms Awarded DARPA Contracts to Help Improve ‘Air-Gapping’ Systems
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded General Electric, Galois and Northrop Grumman separate contracts to explore new strategies to protect “high risk†data flowing between the Department of Defense’s classified and unclassified information technology systems, Nextgov reported Thursday.
Forcepoint’s George Kamis: Cloud Access Security Brokers Could Help Agencies Strengthen Cyber Posture
George Kamis, chief technology officer for global governments and critical infrastructure business at Forcepoint, wrote in a FedTech article published Wednesday that cloud access security brokers could help federal agencies ensure the security of applications in the cloud.