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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.
Amazon Web Services has expanded its instance offerings for an AWS platform designed to help U.S. government customers process sensitive workloads in cloud environment. Jeff Barr, AWS chief evangelist, writes in a blog post published Thursday the company added five more EC2 virtual machine types hosted on the AWS GovCloud (US) system. HS1 instance is […] More
A consortium comprising of Dell, Hewlett Packard, Intel and Emerson‘s network power business has developed a technical industry standard to help administrators manage, secure and modernize data center systems. Redfish network interface is designed to make different server platforms interoperable and extract insights from big data to improve system monitoring, the companies said Thursday. The […] More
RSA and TeleSign have partnered to add a phone-based verification service to an RSA technology offering that works to help organizations prevent fraudulent transactions on their web portals. Telesign said Wednesday it will provide voice or SMS one-time passwords for users of RSA’s Adaptive Authentication fraud detection platform. Adaptive Authentication is designed to evaluate login […] More
The global market for unmanned ground vehicles is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 32.72 percent to $8.26 billion in value by 2020, according to a MarketsandMarkets report. MarketsandMarkets said Wednesday UGV technological advances as well as the increasing demand for the platform’s combat and non-defense applications are some of the factors […] More
RSA has supplied the Department of Homeland Security with an enterprise-grade platform meant to provide user visibility into potential threats to federal information technology systems, GCN reported Wednesday. William Jackson writes that DHS chose RSA’s Archer visualization tool to manage governance, risk and compliance activities under the government-wide Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation initiative. Archer will […] More
The U.S. Army has been developing an open architecture for military drone ground control stations in collaboration with software company Real-Time Innovations and General Dynamics‘ advanced information systems business. RTI said Wednesday the framework supports the Future Airborne Capability Environment program that aims to help the government and industry boost interoperability between avionics platforms. “In […] More
Mapp Biopharmaceutical has landed an 18-month, $24.9 million contract with the Department of Health and Human Services to further develop ZMapp, an antibody drug designed to treat the Ebola virus. HHS’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority will provide financial, preclinical and manufacturing support to Mapp with the goal of obtaining U.S. regulatory approval for […] More
Mark Aslett, CEO of Mercury Systems, predicts the company will be open to acquisitions in the digital signal processing modules market during the next year, the Boston Business Journal reported Tuesday. David Harris writes Aslett said the firm could expand its portfolio by purchasing companies with radio frequency or microwave offerings for electronic warfare. The […] More
A Siemens business unit has won an $11 million contract to help the United States Geological Survey implement methods for saving energy and conserving water at three agency-run facilities. USGS and Siemens Government Technologies will execute water and energy efficiency initiatives at the agency’s headquarters in Virginia, environmental science research facility in Missouri and fisheries […] More
Harris Corp. collaborated with eClinicalWorks to implement a unified cloud-based electronic health records infrastructure for 23 detention facilities run by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. The companies deployed the eClinicalWorks-based EHR system with the goal of helping ICE Health Service Corps integrate and exchange medical data of detainees across different locations, eClinicalWorks said […] More
IBM has partnered with the University of South Carolina to develop analytics tools to help maintenance professionals detect when a piece of equipment is nearing failure, the Columbia Regional Business Report newspaper reported Thursday. James Hammond writes the technology firm will also invest $2.4 million in business analytics software grants for the university’s condition-based maintenance […] More
A group of students and researchers at a Polish university has built an autonomous control system for unmanned aerial vehicles through a Lockheed Martin-backed project. Lockheed said Friday that Warsaw University of Technology’s research team demonstrated the autonomous drone software under a partnership agreement between the company and the university. The alliance’s goal is to […] More
