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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.
An Airbus subsidiary will provide satellite communications services for Norway’s defense ministry under a four-year agreement. The contract signed with the Norwegian Defense Logistic Organization calls for Airbus Defence and Space to provide X-band capacity of up to 30 megahertz per year to Norway’s military for use on the Skynet satellite constellation, Airbus said Monday. The […] More
Cisco and Kansas City, Missouri have agreed to launch a framework that aims to further help carry out the delivery of public services through what the company calls “smart city” applications. Cisco said Monday it has tapped Sprint to build and oversee a Wi-Fi network that will work to connect applications for the Smart+Connected Communities platform. […] More
ICF International will continue to provide technical support services for the U.S. Army’s Product Manager Force Sustainment Systems unit under a five-year, $35 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The single-award contract calls for ICF to help PMFSS technical teams and its Massachusetts-based integration laboratory to build new base camps and evaluate and maintain new equipment for such camps, the company said […] More
QinetiQ business unit Cyveillance will integrate Cyren’s platform with a service that seeks to protect commercial networks from malware, pharming and other phishing attacks under a multi-year agreement. Cyren’s Phishing Intelligence Feed platform collects real-time data on phishing activities worldwide through its Cyber Intelligence system that works to screen at least 17 billion transactions on a […] More
TeleCommunication Systems and Symantec have partnered to develop a technology for commercial enterprises to identify and prevent financial fraud, unauthorized account access and other illicit activities online. TCS said Monday it will integrate its Trusted Location platform with Symantec’s Mobility Risk Detection system to create a combined tool designed to determine if a mobile device’s location has been compromised […] More
Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, a senior vice president at Inmarsat, has called on the U.S. government to reform how it acquires satellite communications technologies and move toward what she called a “SATCOM as a Service” setup. Cowen-Hirsch, SVP of government strategy and policy for Inmarsat’s U.S. government segment, wrote in a SpaceNews op-ed published June 3 that such a model would see […] More
Huntington Ingalls Industries business Ingalls Shipbuilding has turned over the Legend-class cutter James to the U.S. Coast Guard. The service received the national security cutter Friday and is scheduled to commission the vessel in Boston on Aug. 8, HII said Friday. Jim French, NSC program manager at Ingalls Shipbuilding, said the NSC program “continues to prove the benefits of […] More
A General Dynamics subsidiary has completed phase two tests on a long-term evolution technology under the Public Safety Communications Research Program that seeks to improve communications for first responders. The integration of Band Class 14 eNodeB system from General Dynamics Mission Systems with vehicle modems enabled the LTE site to communicate at a range of […] More
Hewlett-Packard has introduced a global business segment that focuses on big data and high-performance computing with manufacturing and oil and gas as some of its key target growth areas, HPCwire reported Thursday. William Mannel, vice president and general manager of the HPC and big data business unit at HP, said he believes there is more […] More
The State Department has given Egypt the go-ahead to buy from the U.S. a sensor security platform, related components and services for use in border security monitoring operations under a potential $100 million foreign military sales agreement. Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and DRS Technologies will act as primary contractors for the sale, which covers sensor surveillance […] More
A General Dynamics subsidiary will provide support services for the U.S. Navy to help develop payload tubes for integation with Virginia-class submarines under a $6.5 million modification to a contract awarded in 2010. General Dynamics Electric Boat will help assemble four tubes that will comprise the Virginia Payload Module to be installed in the hull section of the nuclear-powered […] More
A Northrop Grumman subsidiary has introduced a ground robot that intends to help military bomb squads combat vehicle-based improvised explosive devices and other threats. The Andros FX unmanned vehicle from Northrop Grumman Remotec has an operation control tool with a touchscreen showing three-dimensional graphics, four track pods and an arm with additional roll joints, the […] More
