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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 State Department has given Kuwait the go-ahead to purchase 750 Joint Direct Attack Munitions tail kits and related components from the U.S. government under a potential $37 million foreign military sales agreement. Boeing will serve as the sole-source contractor for the FMS transaction that also covers spares of JDAM load build trainers, support tools, repair and return […] More
Hensel Phelps Construction has received a contract from the General Services Administration to establish a new port facility in Columbus, New Mexico for the Department of Homeland Security. The new land port of entry in New Mexico will work to support DHS’ Customs and Border Protection’s efforts to ensure the security of U.S. borders, GSA said Friday. […] More
China has performed a flight test of the Shenyang Aircraft-built FC-31 Gyrfalcon fighter jet, Business Standard reported Monday. The fifth-generation fighter jet, which costs approximately $70 million per aircraft, is a cheaper version of the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 Lightning II aircraft and is designed to carry weapons that weigh up to 8 tons. FC-31 is the updated […] More
Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary has received a potential one-year, $35.7 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for the third phase of a program that seeks to develop a removable kit prototype designed to automate aircraft’s co-piloting functions. Sikorsky will produce and install prototypes on various types of aircraft for flight demonstrations under DARPA’s Aircrew […] More
Japan’s ministry of economy, trade and industry and the information-technology promotion agency have revised a set of guidelines in effort to highlight the responsibility of corporate executives in cybersecurity and include IPA’s supplementary cyber guidebook. The revised Cybersecurity Guidelines for Business Leadership calls for business executives to advance investments in cyber measures in an effort to […] More
Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, has said budget issues with regard to the recapitalization of federal satellite communications platforms and a “fragmented†procurement model are some of the satcom challenges the U.S. government currently faces. “The government should no longer follow a procurement model in which lowest price, rather […] More
A Govini report predicts competition for information technology contracts across the Defense Department and service branches to increase in 2017 as $210 billion worth of DoD contracts approach expiration in the coming year, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Frank Konkel writes the analytics firm also estimates bids for each expiring IT contract to increase to an average of […] More
Bethesda, Maryland-based information technology services provider InfoZen will add an additional 25,000 square feet to its corporate headquarters in Montgomery County and hire up to 100 employees by the end of 2017 as part of the company’s expansion efforts. InfoZen announced the expansion three months after it received a potential $208 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security, […] More
Brevard County commissioners in Florida on Tuesday approved the changes to a potential $1.75 million incentive package for Lockheed Martin in exchange for the creation of up to 300 jobs, Florida Today reported Tuesday. Dave Berman writes three county commissioners cleared the revised incentive deal between Lockheed and the North Brevard Economic Development Zone, while […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to submit research proposals for a $23 million program that seeks to develop low-size, weight, and power transmitters that will work to facilitate underground and underwater radio communications. DARPA posted on FedBizOpps the broad agency announcement for the A Mechanically Based Antenna program that seeks to create transmitters designed to produce […] More
Siemens has received a series of Energy Savings Performance Contracts to implement energy and water conservation measures at federal agencies. Barbara Humpton, president and CEO of Siemens Government Technologies, said in a statement released Monday the company will work to help federal agencies cut carbon emissions and meet the White House’s sustainability and energy conservation […] More
A security response team at Symantec collected intelligence data to help the FBI track and facilitate arrest of three cyber criminals in Romania that are part of a cyber crime group called “Bayrob.” Symantec said Friday the group conducted computer intrusion, credit card fraud and auto auction scams that resulted in the theft of up […] More
