General Atomics Tests Lockheed IR Search-and-Track Tech on Avenger Aircraft
General Atomics' aeronautical systems business demonstrated autonomous sensing capabilities aboard an Avenger remotely piloted aircraft during a 90-minute flight test.
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Attila Security, Cis Secure Form Telework Kit Partnership
Columbia, Maryland-based endpoint cybersecurity provider Attila Security and Ashburn, Virginia-based communication device company Cis Secure will market a telework cybersecurity kit to federal government customers as part of a new partnership.
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne Rocket Brings 10 NASA CubeSats to Orbit
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket deployed 10 small satellites into the target orbit for NASA’s Launch Services Program as part of its second launch demonstration. The company’s carrier aircraft Cosmic Girl with the two-stage rocket lifted off from Mojave Air and Space Port in California on Sunday.
OneWeb Gets Additional Funding From Hughes, SoftBank; Pradman Kaul Quoted
OneWeb has now raised $1.4B in total funding after it received additional investments from Hughes Network Systems and SoftBank Group. The additional funding provides OneWeb with needed capital to come up with a constellation of 648 satellites in low-Earth orbit by the end of 2022 to deliver broadband connectivity and low-latency communication services to customers worldwide.
Executive Spotlight: Interview with John Bozarth, Amentum’s SVP of Mission Readiness
John Bozarth, senior vice president of Mission Readiness at Amentum, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the company’s efforts to drive growth, solve customers’ most critical needs, as well as expand solutions and technologies, through valuable partnerships. He also discussed how Amentum will continue to grow in new markets moving into 2021.Â
Northrop Announces ‘Milestone C’ Decision for Army-Contracted Air & Missile Defense System
The Department of Defense has given Northrop Grumman the green light to produce a software-defined anti-air and missile threat system following a Milestone C decision that required amounts of development and testing work between the company and the U.S. Army.
Johns Hopkins APL Adds InductiveHealth to Disease Surveillance Tech Partners
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and InductiveHealth Informatics have partnered to offer a disease surveillance system designed to help users assess the health of their communities.
AGA-Grant Thornton Survey Sheds Light on How Gov’t CFOs Manage Finances Amid COVID-19
The Association of Government Accountants and Grant Thornton’s public sector arm have released a new survey describing how chief financial officers from federal and state government agencies manage the financial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and outlining several recommendations agency CFOs should consider as they navigate through the health crisis.
Mitre, Microsoft, Salesforce Join Coalition to Advance Vaccination Credential Initiative
A coalition of technology and health companies has launched an initiative that intends to enable individuals to obtain digital access to their COVID-19 vaccination records based on interoperable, open standards. Coalition members that are advancing the Vaccination Credential Initiative include Cerner, CARIN Alliance, Change Healthcare, Evernorth, Epic, Mayo Clinic, Microsoft, Mitre, Safe Health, Oracle, Salesforce and The Commons Project Foundation.
CBP Orders FLIR-Made Air & Ground Surveillance Systems
FLIR Systems has booked over $23M in awards to update U.S. Customs and Border Protection's inventory of air and ground surveillance technologies needed to support the Mobile Surveillance Capability initiative and another situational awareness-focused program.
Hitachi Vantara Federal’s Michael Coene on Three Data Management Measures Agencies Should Consider
Michael Coene, chief cloud architect at Hitachi Vantara Federal, wrote in a commentary published Tuesday on Federal News Network that there are three steps agencies should consider to accelerate digital transformation and data management efforts and one is enabling current operations and planning for future changes. “Strategic architectural design should optimize data management practices for the known, and to the extent possible, the unknown,†he said.
Army’s Northrop-Built Integrated Battle Command System Gets Green Light for Production
The Integrated Battle Command System that Northrop Grumman developed for the U.S. Army to help link warfighters and sensors across the battlefield has been cleared by the Department of Defense for low-rate initial production, Defense News reported Wednesday.