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is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.
DigitalGlobe has unveiled several images that were captured by the firm’s new WorldView satellite with a 30-centimeter-resolution camera technology. The company released WorldView-3 imagery samples to demonstrate how visual information from the commercial satellite can help urban planners, transportation agencies and insurance companies, DigitalGlobe said Thursday. One satellite photo shows an airport in Madrid and […] More
A General Dynamics subsidiary has begun work to build two Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer ships for the U.S. Navy. Bath Iron Works laid the keel for the USS Rafael Peralta at a ceremony held Thursday at its Bath, Maine shipyard, General Dynamics said Thursday. The U.S. Navy named the destroyer after Sgt. Rafael Peralta, […] More
Strategy Analytics predicts spending on airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology for electronic warfare operations will increase in the U.S., Russia, China and India during the next nine years. The global airborne ISR sector is projected to grow at a 3.2 percent compound annual growth rate between 2013 and 2023 to a total market value […] More
Industry analysts believe the U.S. Defense Department needs to broaden its outlook on technology research and development efforts in order to accelerate military innovation, Defense News reported Saturday. Paul McCleary writes Byron Callan, director at research firm Capital Alpha Partners, said the agency should include both established and nontraditional contractors in acquisition dialogues. “If we’re […] More
Matt Brown, vice president of homeland security and cyber solutions at Knowledge Consulting Group, says organizations must ensure their information technology infrastructure has the basic tools to identify security vulnerabilities. Brown wrote in a piece for Security Magazine published Thursday that enterprises should review their systems while prioritizing system weaknesses by potential impact so they […] More
Lockheed Martin and NASA have moved another step closer to launching the Orion crew exploration vehicle following completion of production and assessment work on the spacecraft. The Lockheed-built Orion capsule will be integrated with a Delta IV heavy-lift rocket on a pad at NASA’s Space Launch Complex 37 in Florida in November, the company said […] More
Cubic Transporation Systems has received a $9 million contract to update hardware and software on the electronic card ticketing system for public transit services within Los Angeles County. The company will intergrate a technology for securing consumers’ payment card information into the county’s TAP automated fare collection system, Cubic said Wednesday. “Today, merchants accepting credit […] More
Carson Zimmerman, a MITRE principal cybersecurity engineer, has written a book intended to help government, academic and commercial organizations adopt strategies to defend their cyber-dependent information technology systems. He discussed the motivations behind his book “Ten Strategies of a World-Class Cybersecurity Operations Center” in a question-and-answer session that was produced as part of the company’s […] More
Hewlett Packard has landed a $116.5 million contract extension to help the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation manage the agency’s electronic prisoners data system for five additional years. HP’s enterprise services business will continue to provide hosting, disaster recovery and backup services for the state’s Strategic Offender Management System, the company said Tuesday. The […] More
Damian Whitham, senior director of cloud computing solutions at General Dynamics Information Technology, said research data helps the organization to align its cloud service offerings with government customers’ needs, FedPulse reported Tuesday. He told FedPulse reporter Susan Rose the firm commissioned an online survey of 150 IT professionals across multiple federal agencies to find out […] More
IBM has developed a new portfolio of OpenStack-based cloud computing offerings intended to help organizations connect on-premise and hosted information technology systems. The IBM Cloud OpenStack Services suite is available on the company’s online store and allows customers to implement applications through the Softlayer cloud infrastructure, IBM said Tuesday. “Today’s announcement further demonstrates IBM’s commitment […] More
An SRA International and SAP NS2 alliance helped the U.S. Department of Agriculture build an integrated platform for managing the agency’s local and oversees food and nutrition programs. USDA’s Web Based Supply Chain Management system is based on SAP technology and works to help agency users order, purchase and track commodities for school lunch initiatives […] More
