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in Contract Awards, NewsIntelsat Taps Airbus to Build Software-Defined Satellites
Intelsat awarded Airbus a contract of an undisclosed sum to design, manufacture and deliver two software-defined satellites that support various frequency bands for global communications services.
CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna Outlines SolarWinds’ Action Plan in Response to Cyber Incident
Sudhakar Ramakrishna, president and CEO of SolarWinds, wrote in a blog post published Thursday that in light of the cyber attack, the software company will implement measures centered around three key areas: further securing its internal environment, improving product development environment and ensuring the integrity and security of the products it delivers.
NetApp’s Seth Cutler: Agencies Need to Understand AI Trends to Prepare for Evolving Security Threats
Seth Cutler, chief information security officer of data storage and management company NetApp, has said that agencies should continuously update and retrain artificial intelligence models to detect, prevent and respond to cyber threats.
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NTIA Eyes Competition to Help Create Open-Architecture 5G Stack for DOD Missions
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is looking for public input on plans to launch a challenge focused on developing an open stack of 5G technologies to support the Department of Defense’s missions.
Industry Cyber Experts Call on Agencies to Adopt Zero Trust; Zscaler’s Stephen Kovac Quoted
Cybersecurity experts are urging government agencies to accelerate the adoption of zero trust capabilities in the wake of a cyber attack involving a vulnerability in SolarWinds’ Orion software, FedScoop reported Saturday. “They’re kind of operating on the fly,†Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and compliance at Zscaler. “They’re buying one solution and thinking they’ve got zero trust now.â€Â
Robotic Research Joins Persistent Systems’ Wave Relay Ecosystem; Jeffrey Washington Quoted
Persistent Systems has announced that Robotic Research joined the Wave Relay Ecosystem, an industry alliance of sensor and unmanned system companies that leverage the former's Wave Relay mobile ad hoc network. "The aim of the Wave Relay Ecosystem is to deliver the warfighter a truly unified battlefield network," said Jeffrey Washington, director of business development at Persistent Systems.
in Executive Moves, NewsBabs Doherty Named Preferred Systems Solutions CEO, President
Babs Doherty, formerly senior vice president within Preferred Systems Solutions' Eagle Ray Technologies Group, has been promoted to president and CEO of PSS. She will aim to expand the Reston, Virginia-based company's professional services and technology offerings for the government sector.
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Booz Allen Makes Strategic Investment in Cybersecurity Firm Tracepoint
Booz Allen Hamilton has invested in Tracepoint, a digital forensics and incident response services provider, as both companies aim to help public and private sector clients address cybersecurity threats. Booz Allen said Friday the strategic investment seeks to complement the company's portfolio of cybersecurity offerings for enterprise, defense and federal civilian organizations.
David Bettinger: SpaceLink to Target Government Market for Satellite Data Relay Service
SpaceLink — the newly formed subsidiary of Electro Optic Systems — will target its government market strategy in the U.S. on military, intelligence and civil aerospace applications of a medium-Earth orbit data relay service, SpaceLink CEO David Bettinger told Via Satellite in an interview posted Wednesday.
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GrammaTech to Develop AI Tool for Mathematical Model Analysis Under DARPA Program
GrammaTech has received a contract of an undisclosed value from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for studying and prototyping an artificial intelligence-powered tool under DARPA's AI Exploration program. The company said Thursday it is building the AI-based ReMath program to automate the analysis of mathematical models from binary applications within embedded software and cyber physical systems.
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GSA Seeks Consultation Services for SBIR/STTR Portal Cloud Migration Effort
The General Services Administration is looking for potential sources of subject matter expertise to help the Department of Defense migrate its web portal for small businesses to a cloud environment.