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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.
A solar probe that Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory designed and produced for NASA took off Sunday aboard United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Parker Solar Probe will deploy its magnetometer boom and high-gain antenna in the mission’s first week and kick off in September […] More
Rita Flaherty, vice president of business development at Lockheed Martin, has said the company’s missiles and fire control business has designed and developed at least 11,000 sensor platforms through its Orlando, Fla.-based facility in support of military intelligence and surveillance missions, Orlando Business Journal reported Thursday. Those platforms include the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night […] More
Dell Technologies‘ VMware subsidiary has agreed to buy a Dell EMC software suite designed to provide communication service providers with root cause analysis management and assurance tools as they launch services on existing and 5G networks. VMware said Thursday it will integrate the Dell EMC Service Assurance Suite offering into its network functions virtualization portfolio for the telecommunications sector, […] More
Maxar Technologies’ SSL subsidiary has been tapped by Zin Technologies to develop and test a flight system designed for NASA’s Psyche mission that aims to explore a metal asteroid and help shed light on the Earth’s formation. The agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory designed the Psyche Compute Element that will work as the main computer onboard […] More
A new group of elections systems providers and an information technology-centric cybersecurity data sharing organization have agreed to partner to safeguard voting platforms from possible election interference, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The Elections Industry Special Industry Group will provide election technology firms access to the IT Information Sharing and Analysis Center’s data sharing infrastructure […] More
The U.S. Army has launched efforts to begin the acquisition process for an interim capability intended for cruise missile protection through a program led by new Futures Command’s air-and-missile defense cross functional team, Defense News reported Wednesday. Col. William Darne, chief of staff of AMD CFT, said the team decided to focus on and address the […] More
Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary has registered the proposed SB-1 Defiant coaxial helicopter as S-100 with the Federal Aviation Administration, Vertical reported Wednesday. Sikorsky and Boeing have teamed up to develop and propose SB-1 Defiant for the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator program that would serve as a forerunner for the service’s Future Vertical Lift initiative. […] More
Wayne Rehberger, chief financial officer at Engility, has said the company is targeting mission operations and systems engineering support contracts in the defense, intelligence and space markets that range between $100 million and $500 million, the Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday. “I think our scale is great for the market that we’re targeting,†he said Wednesday at the […] More
Unisys has unveiled at the Black Hat USA 2018 conference a subscription-based managed service that works to leverage analytics to help security professionals assess an organization’s cybersecurity posture and evaluate cyber threats in financial terms. TrustCheck is built to perform cyber risk assessments through Secure Systems Innovation Corp.’s patented X-Analytics model used by cyber insurance […] More
Mitre has introduced a prize competition that seeks to engage entrepreneurs, college students and representatives from government and nonprofit organizations to help address improper payments in federal programs. The Strengthening Eligibility Verification Challenge is a two-month-long contest that aims to find new ways to validate the eligibility of individuals who are applying for federal benefit […] More
Rob Zitz, senior vice president and chief strategy officer for government systems at Maxar Technologies’ SSL subsidiary, has said he believes intelligence and defense agencies will look to small satellites in the next few years to build up the capabilities of large spacecraft owned and run by the government, SpaceNews reported Tuesday. “We see growth […] More
Boeing has invested in Burlington, Mass.-based additive manufacturing system developer Digital Alloys through its ventures arm to advance the development of 3D-printed aerospace components. Digital Alloys has developed an additive manufacturing platform, Joule Printing, that works to combine high-temperature alloys, titanium and other metals to produce 3D-printed parts, Boeing said Tuesday. Boeing HorizonX Ventures made the […] More
