Government Technology
Hear about the latest product and service offerings from the government contracting industry’s leading providers. The Government Technology News section highlights developments in aerospace, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, defense, C4ISR, cloud, hypersonics, and space.
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Criterion Unveils Cybersecurity Compliance & Risk Management Platform for Federal Agencies
Criterion Systems has launched a platform designed to help federal agencies develop and field cybersecurity and privacy programs. CyberScale is a cyber compliance and risk management platform for customers to identify and assess a CS&P program’s risk using the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Cybersecurity Framework, the company said Tuesday.
Appian, Smartronix Partner on Application Dev’t Managed Service in Gov’t Cloud Platforms
Appian and Smartronix have partnered to offer cloud-based business application development software as a managed service to the Department of Defense and other federal agencies.
Air Force Materiel Command Releases Market Survey for Product Data Support Services
The Air Force Materiel Command is conducting market research into technical service offerings for product data systems and processes.
DoD Sets June 22 Launch Date for Space Tech Demo Mission on SpaceX-Built Rocket
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled to lift off June 22 to send 24 payloads into space as part of a Department of Defense-led program that seeks to demonstrate interagency science and technology experiments.
Marine Corps, Northrop Complete Initial Operational Test & Evaluation for AESA Radar System
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Marine Corps have completed an initial operational test and evaluation of an active electronically scanned array radar designed to provide a 360-degree area coverage for warfighters to detect and counter threats.
BAE Marks Orbital Milestone for Space-Based Electronics
BAE Systems-built electronic systems aboard more than 300 satellites have logged a cumulative flight time of 10K orbit-years. The company said Monday its single board computers helped power satellites over the past three decades and provided onboard processing functions for government and commercial space missions.
Pure Storage’s Nick Psaki: Data-Centric Architecture Key to Data Democratization
Nick Psaki, principal system engineer at Pure Storage, wrote in a GCN article published Monday that agencies seeking to make data widely available through data democratization should implement a data-centric architecture that brings together on-premises and cloud applications.
Lockheed VP Johnathon Caldwell Talks On-Orbit Performance of First GPS III Satellite
Johnathon Caldwell, vice president of navigation systems at Lockheed Martin, told GPS World in an interview published Monday about the on-orbit performance of the first GPS III satellite the company built for the U.S. Air Force. “On Jan. 8 we began broadcasting navigation data across all signal chains, and the satellite has been in checkout mode since then,†Caldwell said of GPS III SV01, which launched in December.
Raytheon to Begin GPS OCX Monitor Station Receiver Installation in August; Dave Wajsgras Quoted
Raytheon will begin installing worldwide the GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System’s monitor station receivers in August. “The modernized receivers give GPS OCX the ability to receive and decrypt all GPS III military and civil signals, a critical capability the current system doesn't have," Dave Wajsgras, president of Raytheon’s intelligence, information and services segment, said in a statement published Monday.
In-Q-Tel to Help Sysdig Deploy Cloud-Native Visibility & Security Platform to Gov’t Agencies
In-Q-Tel, the intelligence community's venture capital arm, and Sysdig have entered into a strategic partnership to field a new platform designed to provide government agencies control and insight as they adopt multicloud, containers, Kubernetes and other modern information technology platforms.