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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.
The Department of Homeland Security has begun to seek information on potential industry sources that can provide data center support services for the Customs and Border Protection’s office of information technology. CBP said a FedBizOpps notice published Friday the request for information for DCSS is in line with the agency’s plan to release a draft […] More
The General Services Administration and the Department of Homeland Security have issued a request for information that seeks to identify GSA Alliant Small Business governmentwide acquisition contract holders that have potential to provide continuous diagnostics and mitigation support, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Jason Miller writes the release of the RFI comes as the CDM […] More
A new survey sponsored by Dell EMC has found that 64 percent of federal information technology leaders said their agencies had fielded software-defined data centers. Dell said Monday it commissioned market research firm Penn Schoen Berland to perform an online survey of 100 federal IT and business decision makers in May 2016 as an extension to the State of […] More
A new Tripwire survey says 64 percent of information technology security professionals said they acknowledge the need to safeguard industrial internet of things from potential cyber attacks. Tripwire said Monday it commissioned market research firm Dimensional Research to poll 403 security professionals from the U.S., Europe, Canada and the U.K. in January and found that 51 percent think they are […] More
Unisys has partnered with the Australia-based Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization to develop a data analytics platform designed to detect security risks associated with passengers and cargo at international land, air and sea borders. The company and CSIRO’s data-science unit Data61 will jointly fund research to evaluate airlines’ data sets and determine patterns of […] More
ViON has issued new guidance that seeks to help organizations reassess their cloud strategies in response to an Amazon Web Services outage in February. A service disruption related to AWS Simple Storage Service occurred on Feb. 28 in the Northern Virginia (US-EAST-1) region after an authorized S3 team member ran a command that resulted in […] More
Lockheed Martin plans to concurrently operate its Atlas V rocket with the United Launch Alliance-built Vulcan launch vehicle for a period of five years, Space News reported Friday. “We will be flying both vehicles for some period of time until we are absolutely certain that the Vulcan system can maintain the cadence, and the rhythm […] More
Lockheed Martin has wrapped up two flight tests of the updated Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico in order to verify and demonstrate the missile’s GPS anti-jam software and hardware systems. JASSM missiles launched from B-52 and B-2 bomber aircraft at an altitude of at least 24,000 feet and […] More
Industry officials told lawmakers at a House Homeland Security Committee’s cybersecurity panel hearing Thursday that that U.S. government is hesitant to facilitate cyber threat data sharing with stakeholders in the private sector, Nextgov reported Thursday. Scott Montgomery, a vice president at Intel Security, told House committee members that U.S. government investigators’ reluctance to share threat data […] More
Hughes Network Systems’ Rick Lober has said the backlog of launches faced by space launch service providers has raised concerns among commercial satellite operators that work to provide global communications support to military clients, National Defense reported Wednesday. “There are more [satellites] going up so that is fueling demand and there have been a few […] More
Saab has received a potential $11.6 million contract to deliver RBS 70 very short-range air defense systems to the Brazilian army. The company will also supply man-portable launchers, training simulators, night vision tools, multispectral camouflage for the air defense systems and related equipment for maintainers and operators, Saab said Monday. Saab will perform deliveries through […] More
Germany plans to buy three Northrop Grumman-built Triton unmanned aerial vehicles from the U.S. Navy for use in signal intelligence operations of its armed forces, Defense News reported Wednesday. The inspector general with Germany’s armed forces Bundeswehr said the country’s military aims to procure the first Triton UAV in 2025 and the other two drones by […] More
