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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 has selected ASRC Federal’s mission solutions business to help test and develop the Long Range Discrimination Radar system for the Missile Defense Agency. ASRC Federal said Tuesday the LRDR system works to support the ballistic missile defense system in missile threat detection, interception and elimination. Lockheed currently develops the LRDR platform under a […] More
Airbus’ defense and space business has teamed up with satellite Internet provider OneWeb to launch a new joint venture that will work to develop a constellation of 900 satellites designed to provide Internet communications services worldwide. Brian Holz, vice president of space systems at OneWeb, will serve as CEO of OneWeb Satellites joint venture, Airbus said […] More
A new PwC survey says 91 percent of business organizations have implemented the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Cybersecurity Framework and other risk-based security guidelines in an effort to detect and mitigate cyber threats. PwC polled at least 10,000 C-suite executives of information technology and security firms from more than 127 countries from May 7 through June […] More
The U.S. Army Contracting Command has issued a request for information on a consortium with the capability to research and develop prototypes of cyber platforms designed to protect vehicles from cyber attacks. The service branch said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Dec. 29 that the consortium will build prototypes in support of the Tank Automotive […] More
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released the second draft of a document that aims to help computer security professionals assess whether an entropy source of randomness is capable to protect sensitive information. NIST will accept public comments on the latest draft of its publication “Recommendation for the Entropy Sources Used for Random […] More
The U.S. Air Force has awarded an L-3 Communications division a contract to develop 34 units of Predator Mission Aircrew Training System simulators, DefenseWorld.net reported Wednesday. Vishwanath Patil writes L-3 Link will supply PMATS simulators that will be used to train the Air Force and Air National Guard pilots and sensor operator crews of General Atomics-built […] More
Microsoft and the Agriculture Department have selected seven winners of a competition for the development of online applications that aim to help improve the U.S. food system’s resiliency to climate change. The USDA-Microsoft Innovation Challenge required participants to design new tools that work to analyze the agency’s open data on food production available on Microsoft’s […] More
SpaceX has tapped AECOM to design and develop a Hyperloop test track for a SpaceX-hosted competition that aims to promote innovation among university students and speed up the development of Hyperloop prototypes. Hyperloop is a type of transport system that would travel up to 760 miles per hour through a network of air-cushioned pods and […] More
The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded eGlobalTech a three-year contract to provide systems engineering and acquisition support services to the service branch’s command, control, communication, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance program. Contract work covers financial and project management, field engineering and software quality assurance services in support of USCG’s C4ISR initiative, eGlobalTech said Tuesday. The company […] More
BAE Systems PLC has secured a potential $4.3 million contract from the U.K. defense ministry to continue to provide a service that aims to reduce collision risk in the country’s uncontrolled airspace. BAE said Tuesday its Centralized Aviation Data Service works to help pilots plan flight routes in order to prevent flight path crashes. The CADS […] More
Boeing has secured a potential $8 million contract to provide training support for C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft pilots under NATO’s Strategic Airlift Capability program. SAC program aircrews will begin training sessions this year at the company’s international training facility in the U.K., Boeing said Tuesday. The U.S. Air Force conducted an inspection of the company’s […] More
The U.S. Air Force has issued a request for information on commercial weather data services that could help address the Defense Department’s requirements for space-based environmental monitoring weather information. The remote sensing systems directorate of the service branch’s space and missile systems center asked interested companies to submit white papers as responses to the RFI […] More
