News

Latest stories

  • General Dynamics Mission Systems, IDA Join Wireless Innovation Forum
    in C4ISR News, News

    General Dynamics Mission Systems, IDA Join Wireless Innovation Forum

    General Dynamics‘ mission systems business and the Institute for Defense Analyses have joined the non-profit mutual-benefit Wireless Innovation Forum that aims to advance the use of wireless communications and spectrum-sharing technologies. WInnForum said Thursday the two new members will work alongside radio manufacturers, acquisition authorities, service providers, standards bodies, regulatory agencies, operators and researchers in the group’s spectrum innovation efforts. […] More

  • Former US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy Elected to Boeing Board
    in News

    Former US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy Elected to Boeing Board

    Caroline Kennedy, former U.S. ambassador to Japan, has joined the board of directors at Boeing and she will serve on the board’s audit and finance committees. Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing chairman, president and CEO, said in statement published Thursday that Kennedy will contribute her professional, diplomatic and global perspectives to the board’s company oversight efforts. Kennedy previously served on various nonprofit […] More

  • Accenture Survey: 73% of Govt Technology Leaders Cite Security, Privacy as Potential Emerging Tech Advantages
    in Biometrics News, Cybersecurity News, News

    Accenture Survey: 73% of Govt Technology Leaders Cite Security, Privacy as Potential Emerging Tech Advantages

    Seventy-three percent of 774 government technology leaders who responded to a global survey by Accenture said they believe the use of emerging technology can help public agencies secure data and protect privacy. Accenture said Wednesday it surveyed government technology leaders from nine countries about emerging technologies such as analytics, predictive modeling, internet of things, automation, biometrics and […] More

  • Cisco’s Diane Gongaware: Agencies Should Advance Data Analytics Via Collaboration, Network Creation
    in Big Data & Analytics News, Featured, General, News

    Cisco’s Diane Gongaware: Agencies Should Advance Data Analytics Via Collaboration, Network Creation

    Diane Gongaware, vice president of U.S. public sector services at Cisco, has said government agencies should establish an information technology network that will work to help them analyze and derive insights from large data workloads as a result of the adoption of internet-connected devices. Gongaware wrote in a FedTech article published Tuesday that an IT […] More

  • Navy Solicits Bids for USS Fitzgerald Retrieval Contract
    in Industry News, News

    Navy Solicits Bids for USS Fitzgerald Retrieval Contract

    The U.S. Navy has begun to solicit proposals for a contract to transport the damaged USS Fitzgerald guided-missile destroyer back to U.S., United Press International reported Wednesday. The service branch is currently investigating the collision of USS Fitzgerald with a Philippine-flagged container ship off the coast of Honshu, Japan, in June. The Navy posted a solicitation notice on […] More

  • Northrop Subsidiary Reviews Design of Inmarsat Satellite L-Band Reflectors
    in Industry News, News

    Northrop Subsidiary Reviews Design of Inmarsat Satellite L-Band Reflectors

    Northrop Grumman‘s Astro Aerospace subsidiary has conducted a preliminary design review of L-band reflectors for two communications satellites that Airbus currently develops for Inmarsat. Astro Aerospace will work to mature the reflectors’ design before the Inmarsat-6 satellite program undergoes a critical design review later this year, Northrop said Wednesday. Inmarsat awarded Airbus’ defense and space business a […] More

  • TAPE Joins Booz Allen’s Navy C4ISR Support Contract Team
    in C4ISR News, News

    TAPE Joins Booz Allen’s Navy C4ISR Support Contract Team

    Technical and Project Engineering has joined a team led by Booz Allen Hamilton that won a position on an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support the US Navy’s C4ISR program. The team will provide management and technical support services under the SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific contract, TAPE said Tuesday. Booz Allen is one of three awardees on the multiple-award IDIQ […] More

  • Space News: Harris Realigns Focus to Small Satellite Devt
    in Industry News, News

    Space News: Harris Realigns Focus to Small Satellite Devt

    Executives at Harris‘ space and intelligence systems unit have said the company aims to focus on the development of small satellites in a push to test electronics and other technology aboard larger spacecraft, Space News reported Wednesday. Sid Stewart, manager of the satellite solutions group, told Space News the company’s transition to small satellites from hosted […] More

  • Tim Cahill: Lockheed Eyes Ship-Launched Patriot Missile, New 6-Foot Rocket
    in News, Products & Service

    Tim Cahill: Lockheed Eyes Ship-Launched Patriot Missile, New 6-Foot Rocket

    Lockheed Martin wants to develop a new range of air and missile defense systems such as a ship-launched variant of the Patriot missile and a new six-foot-long rocket, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. Tim Cahill, vice president of Lockheed’s air and missile defense business, said at the Space and Missile Defense symposium in Huntsville, Alabama that the company looks to produce versions […] More

  • VA Issues Mobile Cloud Services Infrastructure RFI
    in Government Cloud, News

    VA Issues Mobile Cloud Services Infrastructure RFI

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has released a request for information on potential contractors that can support the development of a mobile cloud services infrastructure for VA. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says the VA MCS system will replace the department’s mobile infrastructure services platform that works to facilitate common controls sharing and management across […] More

  • Vazata Cloud Platform Passes Annual FedRAMP Compliance Audit; Lance Black Comments
    in News, Products & Service

    Vazata Cloud Platform Passes Annual FedRAMP Compliance Audit; Lance Black Comments

    Vazata has passed an annual Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program compliance audit on the company’s Virtual Federal Image cloud platform for government clients. The company said Monday the assessment was conducted by FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board Test Readiness Reviewers who represent the departments of Defense and Homeland Security as well as the General Services Administration. FedRAMP JAB […] More