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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.
A report from the National Association of State Chief Administrators and Accenture has found that 51 percent of citizens surveyed gave their digital interactions with U.S. state governments a positive rating. NASCA and Accenture polled 1,500 U.S. citizens between February and March and found that 74 percent of respondents cited websites as the most common […] More
Axiom Space will carry out the second private manned mission to the International Space Station in the second quarter of 2023 under a mission order signed with NASA. Axiom Mission 2 will take off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and astronauts on this mission will perform outreach, scientific research and other in-orbit activities […] More
Austal’s U.S. arm and Saildrone will develop autonomous unmanned surface vehicles under a strategic partnership. Austal USA said Tuesday it will combine its advanced manufacturing capabilities with Saildrone’s unmanned surface vehicle technology through the partnership to provide the U.S. Navy and other government clients with platforms that could support hydrographic survey, maritime domain awareness and […] More
AT&T has announced the expansion of 5G on the FirstNet broadband communications platform and launch of a miniature cell site meant to help improve in-building connectivity for first responder agencies on FirstNet. The company said Wednesday it will provide public safety personnel in over 40 cities, including Boston, Chicago and Minneapolis, access to its mid-band […] More
Twenty additional Amazon Web Services offerings have received provisional authority to operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The services are now available on the FedRAMP Marketplace and on the company’s Services in Scope by Compliance Program page, according to a blog post published Monday. The services that secured certification from FedRAMP’s Joint […] More
Amazon Web Services helped the Department of Justice’s tax division develop an application in less than two months to streamline the process for employees seeking approval for their telework requests and enable DOJ to implement a hybrid work arrangement as part of their return-to-office policy. The development team at DOJ’s tax division tapped AWS Professional […] More
Sierra Nevada Corp. is investing $200 million to develop two prototypes of its RAPCON-X plane by January 2024 as the U.S. Army considers replacing its fleet of fixed-wing aircraft used in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, Breaking Defense reported Friday. Tim Harper, senior director of business development for mission solutions and technologies division at SNC, […] More
Atlas Space Operations has raised $26 million in a round of Series B financing led by Mitsui & Co. and will use the investment to further advance its Ground Software as a Service business model and international growth initiatives. “This investment well capitalizes the company to accelerate growth in key areas of commercial and US […] More
HawkEye 360 will build and demonstrate overhead radio frequency-sensing capabilities for U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command under a two-year cooperative research and development agreement. “This partnership will support the Army’s modernization initiative to develop more efficient, effective, and resilient systems that strengthen how the U.S. Army mobilizes, protects, and sustains expeditionary forces leveraging […] More
Sabre Systems has formed a joint venture with technology platforms provider GBS Solutions under the Mentor-Protege Program of the Small Business Administration. GBS-Sabre Innovative Solutions JV will merge the capabilities of the two companies to deliver enterprise data management, cyber platforms, systems and software engineering and digital transformation support to government agency customers, Sabre said […] More
Science Applications International Corp. has secured a potential $163 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide design, development, modernization, sustainment, lifecycle and integration support to naval enterprise networks. SAIC said Thursday it will support shore networks, related components and network service platforms of the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific Shore Networks Branch in San […] More
The U.S. Air Force has accepted four Boeing-built MH-139A Grey Wolf test aircraft for use in testing the military capabilities of the platform as the service approaches Milestone C review for the aircraft program. The move came weeks after Boeing finalized the Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certification in order for the aircraft to reach […] More
