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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.
CA Technologies has joined a cybersecurity alliance that seeks to craft multi-factor authentication standards for securing online transactions. The company sought to bring its experience in securing identities and data access to the Fast IDentity Online group, CA said Tuesday. “The market has been screaming for an alternative to passwords for years,†said Jim Reno, chief […] More
Lockheed Martin has finished constructing the propulsion structure of a U.S. Air Force satellite that the company has designed to provide government, intelligence and military agencies with early missile warnings. The fourth Space-Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit spacecraft is set to enter the assembly, integration and testing phases, Lockheed said Tuesday. SBIRS propulsion modules […] More
The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman will conduct tests to assess how a Northrop-built unmanned helicopter operates in an electromagnetic environment at sea. Northrop designed the MQ-8C Fire Scout aircraft with a Faraday shield that aims to protect avionics systems against radio frequency interference, Northrop said Monday. “Almost 95 percent of what makes up the […] More
Booz Allen Hamilton has created a set of guidelines for energy companies to protect infrastructures from cyber attacks and to help operators comply with security standards established by the North American Electric Reliability Corp. The NERC updated critical infrastructure protection requirements after a report from the Department of Homeland Security found that energy facilities are […] More
IBM has introduced two security tools that the company built to help large enterprise customers safeguard their data and systems from cyber threats, USA Today reported Monday. Elizabeth Weise writes that IBM designed its Threat Protection System to serve as a one-stop cyber defense program. The Critical Data Protection product works to secure corporate documents […] More
Autonomic Resources worked with Economic Systems to help the latter company obtain a provisional authority-to-operate approval from the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board for a software-as-a-service platform. EconSys used Autonomic Resources’ ARC-P cloud system as the underlying infrastructure for EconSys’ FHR Navigator SaaS offering throughout the FedRAMP assessment and authorization process, Autonomic Resources said Friday. ARC-P […] More
Australia’s defense department has selected Lockheed Martin as the preferred tenderer for a project to consolidate the agency’s 280 data centers worldwide into 11 locations. Lockheed and Australian defense officials aim to finalize the Centralized Processing Project contract in the third quarter of 2014, the defense department said Thursday. The department intends to integrate military […] More
Oracle has kicked off a program to help enterprise clients migrate their on-premise human capital management and customer relationship management applications to cloud-based HCM and CRM apps. The Customer 2 Cloud program is open to customers using Oracle’s Siebel, E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne software products, Oracle said Wednesday. “Despite clear and significant […] More
Aquilent has unveiled a new Drupal-based architecture to help government organizations manage and deliver online content in a cloud environment. The Drupal Platform works to help agencies use open-source technology to secure digital communications and engage with the public, Aquilent said Thursday. According to the company, the platform works to help customers integrate Drupal-powered sites […] More
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded 13 patents to TeleCommunication Systems for a range of public safety, messaging and location-based services during the first quarter of 2014. TCS holds 355 patents globally, has more than 300 pending patent applications and applied for 17 patents in the U.S. this year, the company said Wednesday. USPTO granted […] More
Leidos has been awarded an $87 million subcontract to produce, integrate and test combatant craft systems for the U.S. Special Operations Command. The award falls under a potential $400 million Combatant Craft Medium Mk-1 program, for which Oregon Iron Works is the prime contractor, Leidos said Wednesday. John Fratamico, Leidos group president, said the company […] More
ATK has developed and tested a photovoltaic array for solar electric propulsion systems that NASA intends to use to power future robotic and manned spacecraft. The company’s MegaFlex solar array wing has a diameter of 32 feet and is designed to generate up to 400 kilowatts of electric power, ATK said Wednesday. “The completion of […] More
