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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.
Accenture and SAP have agreed to team up to co-develop a digital platform designed to help defense agencies advance their digital transformation initiatives. The companies will develop the digital defense platform based on SAP’s S/4HANA enterprise resource planning offering built on SAP HANA in-memory platform, Accenture said Thursday. “What our co-development with SAP does is […] More
CACI International CEO Ken Asbury has said the company’s effort to strike a “transformational transaction†is not based on scale but on the need to address gaps in capabilities across the 12 markets it serves, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday. “We are an organization that is not consumed by the notion of scale,â€Â Asbury told […] More
Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing’s defense, space and security segment, has said the company is “on the cusp of delivery†of the first 18 KC-46 air refueling tanker aircraft to the U.S. Air Force this year, the Seattle Times reported Thursday. “We have an entire fleet of tankers here and as we get […] More
Dell Technologies’ Virtustream business has added a software-as-a-service option to a platform that works to provide compliance monitoring and risk management support to government agencies and commercial users. The addition of the SaaS option to Virtustream Viewtrust seeks to provide clients with insights into their compliance and risk posture in both cloud and physical environments, Virtustream said Tuesday. Virtustream […] More
Iron Mountain has unveiled a data management platform that works to protect and recover critical information in the event of a cyber attack. The company said Wednesday its Iron Cloud Critical Protection and Recovery offering works to help organizations mitigate damage related to business disruption caused by cyber incidents through isolation of critical digital information […] More
A new Stockholm International Peace Research Institute report says military spending worldwide hit a total of $1.7 trillion in 2017, reflecting a 1.1 percent increase from 2016. SIPRI said Wednesday U.S. military spending remained steady for two years in a row at $610 billion and the country remained the world’s largest defense spender followed by China […] More
The fourth missile warning satellite that Lockheed Martin built for the U.S. Air Force sent its initial images back to Earth as part of the “first light†milestone. Lockheed said Wednesday the Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Flight-4 satellite switched on its sensors in February during the vehicle checkout phase as part of the milestone. “With the […] More
NTT Group and Dell Technologies have teamed up to launch a smart cities program in Las Vegas in support of the city’s digital transformation effort. The companies will field a smart city platform that will integrate NTT’s Cognitive Foundation architecture with Dell EMC’s internet-of-things gateways and hyperconverged infrastructure and VMware’s vCloud network functions virtualization function, […] More
The Defense Department has begun to seek vendors that can develop, deliver and operate 10 tethered aerostat platforms for Saudi Arabia, Bloomberg Government reported Tuesday. DoD said in an April 16 announcement that aerostats should have a set of sensors such as acoustic sensors, a ground indicator for moving targets and two electro-optical/infrared sensors in […] More
Boeing’s Aviall subsidiary has joined an industry team to help transition the Bronco II aircraft to the U.S. market. Boeing said Tuesday Aviall will work with Paramount Group, Aerospace Development and Fulcrum Concepts through the Bronco Combat Systems team. Bronco II is a two-person aircraft designed to support command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and […] More
General Dynamics plans to make an $850 million investment in its operations in Connecticut to support the production of 12 Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines for the U.S. Navy under a potential $5 billion contract awarded in 2017, the Connecticut Post reported Tuesday. General Dynamics Electric Boat plans to establish a new dry dock in Groton, Conn., […] More
Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson has said partnerships that focus on growth and shared opportunities play a key role in global security. “Public-private partnerships are most effective and most transformative when they are focused on making a strong, long-term impact,â€Â Hewson, a 2018 Wash100 recipient, said Monday at the Global Aerospace Summit in Abu Dhabi, United […] More
