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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.
Lockheed Martin, Boeing and other defense contractors have invested in startups with emerging technology platforms through their venture capital arms, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Lockheed announced plans in June to double its venture capital fund to $200 million by infusing an additional $100 million saved through the tax reform law to target up […] More
Several industry groups and individuals from the commercial sector and academia have asked the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy to issue a request for information in order to seek comments on its plan to establish a policy on artificial intelligence. The organizations wrote in a Wednesday letter to Michael Kratsios, deputy chief […] More
Margaret Peterlin, formerly chief of staff at the State Department, has been named vice president of global external and public affairs at AT&T, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Peterlin directly reports to David McAtee, general counsel at AT&T, and her appointment comes following a reorganization at the telecommunications firm’s Washington, D.C.-based office. “Peterlin brings […] More
Steve Harris, senior vice president and general manager of Dell EMC’s federal business, has said federal agencies need a long-term plan for digital transformation in order to reduce technical debt and leverage the Technology Modernization Fund through the Modernizing Government Technology Act. Harris wrote in a FedScoop article posted Thursday organizations accumulate technical debt through […] More
Northrop Grumman and NASA are likely to launch the agency’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer satellite aboard the Pegasus XL rocket later this year from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, Spaceflight Now reported Thursday. Officials who have knowledge of the mission said the launch of the ICON satellite designed to explore the connection between weather […] More
Boeing and Embraer have agreed to form a strategic partnership to establish a joint venture that will promote and build new applications and markets for KC-390 military multi-mission aircraft and other defense platforms and services. Nelson Salgado, executive vice president for Embraer’s financial and investor relations, said in a statement published Thursday that joint investments in […] More
NASA has released a request for qualifications for a program to design and build the second mobile launcher platform for the Space Launch System. A FedBizOpps notice posted June 29 says the proposed Mobile Launcher 2 is a mobile structure designed to support the launch of the SLS Block 1B rocket and future configurations of […] More
Aerojet Rocketdyne has started a series of 10 firing tests of an engine designed for use on Boeing’s Phantom Express unmanned vehicle as part of the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s Experimental Spaceplane program, SpaceNews reported Tuesday. The company performs the 100-second test firings of the AR-22 engine at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi for […] More
AeroVironment has collaborated with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to develop an unmanned helicopter platform as part of the Mars Exploration Program. The company displayed during a press briefing at Nasdaq Marketsite in New York City a model of the Mars Helicopter that will be integrated into the Mars 2020 rover, AeroVironment said Tuesday. AeroVironment handed […] More
Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch, top acquisition official at the U.S. Air Force, has said the service will call off the remaining flights in its light-attack experiment following the death of a naval pilot in an aircraft crash on June 22, Defense News reported Tuesday. The accident involved the A-29 Super Tucano aircraft from the Sierra Nevada–Embraer team. […] More
A NASA spacecraft designed to gather information about the sun is scheduled to take off no earlier than Aug. 4 aboard the United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Parker Solar Probe will determine how heat and energy move through the sun’s atmosphere by flying directly […] More
Northrop Grumman started work on a potential 15-month, $23 million follow-on contract to provide operations and maintenance support for the U.S. Air Force’s Enhanced Polar System Control and Planning Segment platform. The contract that was awarded in September 2017 will run through December, Northrop said Monday. EPS works to provide troops in the North Polar Region […] More
