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Amazon Web Services has developed a new private cloud computing platform and AWS marketplace to support U.S. intelligence agencies’ work to discover, buy and deploy software packages and applications. Jeff Barr, AWS chief evangelist, said in a blog post published Monday the company looks to provide a broad selection of big data, analytics, cloud transition […] More
California-based biotechnology firm Lpath has secured a two-year, $1.45 million grant from the Defense Department to examine the use of a monoclonal antibody drug as a potential treatment for neuropathic pain associated with traumatic brain injury. Lpath said Monday it will conduct preclinical studies to assess the effect of the company’s experimental drug Lpathomab on pain that follows neurotrauma as the company seeks to validate the findings […] More
Infor has partnered with Amazon Web Services as the New York-based enterprise software company aims to obtain Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification to offer a cloud-based software suite to government agencies. The agreement allows Infor to host its CloudSuite Public Sector offering on AWS’ GovCloud (US) as well as receive guidance from cloud technology consulting and implementation services provider Day1 Solutions, an AWS Partner Network […] More
CloudLock has become the first cloud computing access security broker to achieve an “in Progress” status through the agency authorization route as part of the governmentwide Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. CloudLock said Monday its Cloud Security Fabric Federal Edition serves as a cloud-native CASB and cloud cybersecurity platform that works to secure applications that agencies buy and build. “We believe […] More
Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, a senior vice president at Inmarsat, has said she believes that government and commercial organizations should collaborate to build resilient space systems. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in a blog post published Monday that U.S. government officials and lawmakers continue to increase their commitment to a satellite service model that seeks to increase military satellite communications and boost resiliency […] More
The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency has awarded CACI International a three-year, $40 million contract to help manage two platforms the Defense Department uses to eliminate paper from the receipt, acceptance, invoice and payment steps in contracting lifecycles. and systems. DoD’s Wide Area Workflow e-Business Suite is designed to process contracting documents via web-based applications and the Electronic Document Access system stores the Pentagon’s procurement instruments and related items, CACI […] More
A subsidiary of Siemens has worked to help the U.S. Postal Service automate the agency’s mail sorting systems within its delivery units. Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics integrated address-reading software into USPS’ Delivery Schemeless Sortation system in an effort to accelerate mail processing, Siemens said Monday. The company designed its address-reading platform to automatically process the picture on mail items, compare the photo with the […] More
NASA has picked a cloud-based NetApp storage platform to help agency personnel move, protect and manage data at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The selection came after NASA’s informational resources directorate conducted a proof-of-concept data storage effort that leveraged NetApp’s AltaVault appliance, Veritas‘ NetBackup platform and Amazon Web Services‘ cloud technology, NetApp said Monday. “With one of the largest cloud footprints of any […] More
Charles River Analytics has partnered with Systems and Technology Research and Raytheon in an effort to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency produce decision support tools for military command-and-control operators to manage complex missions. STR and Charles River will collaborate to design and build a distributed planning and assessment suite under DARPA’s Resilient Synchronized Planning and Assessment for the Contested Environment program as part […] More
Woolpert has secured a one-year, $4.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to help the service branch manage its geospatial information library across a number of installations within five USAF commands. The company said Friday it will provide geospatial services to the Air Combat Command, Air Education and Training Command, Air Force District of Washington, Air Force Special Operations Command and Air Force […] More
Northrop Grumman has worked with the U.S. Air Force‘s Life Cycle Management Center and Air Combat Command to develop an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance payload adapter for the Block 30 RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system. The parties built the IPA technology under a cooperative research-and-development agreement as part of efforts to link existing and future data-gathering sensors with the RQ-4 drone’s airframe system, the […] More
Qualtrics has reached an agreement with the General Services Administration to provide the company’s insight platform to federal customers in a move to help government agencies gain access to customer and employee insights. Qualtrics said Friday it has been added to the roster of cloud service providers listed on DigitalGov.gov as part of the arrangement and federal agencies […] More
