Sehlke Unveils Payroll Support Tool for Military, Civilian Agencies
Sehlke Consulting has introduced a new platform designed to support civilian and military payroll divisions across the federal financial community, ExecutiveBiz has learned.
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Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch on Inmarsat’s Global Xpress 5 Satellite
Inmarsat is seeking to meet increased U.S. military and commercial demand for more bandwidth in the Middle East and Europe with its Global Xpress 5 communications satellite, C4ISRNET reported Thursday. “GX5, adding to that mix, looks at an area where we’ve got increased and significant demand. It is a very, very dense environment for commercial as well as military," said Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy at Inmarsat Government.
DISA OKs Oracle for Additional Cloud Service Regions
The Defense Information Systems Agency has authorized Oracle to operate at Impact Level 5 across the government cloud regions of Chicago, Phoenix and Ashburn, Va.
ULA Readies Boeing-Made Starliner Spacecraft for Orbital Test Flight
United Launch Alliance is preparing to test-fly a Boeing-made spacecraft designed for crewed space transport.
Northrop Supports Air Force Ballistic Missile Flight Test
Northrop Grumman recently assisted the U.S. Air Force and the Strategic Capabilities Office in carrying out the flight demonstration of a prototype ground-launched ballistic missile at Vanderberg Air Force Base in California.
CenturyLink to Update Internet2 Network With Optical Fiber Service
Nonprofit technology community Internet2 has tapped CenturyLink to incorporate the latter’s low-loss fiber network service in support of modernization efforts for a research and education network.
Bell Eyes Pratt & Whitney-Made Engine as Auxiliary Power Unit for 360 Invictus
Textron’s Bell subsidiary plans to use a Pratt & Whitney-built helicopter engine as auxiliary power unit for its proposed helicopter design for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program, Vertical Magazine reported Tuesday.
International Gov’t Execs Discuss Cloud-First Policies, IT Modernization at AWS re:Invent
More than 300 government officials from 40 countries joined the three-day Amazon Web Services Government Delegation Program at re:Invent in Las Vegas to discuss the barriers to digital transformation and ways to address such challenges.