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The U.S. Marine Corps has moved closer to the initial operating capability status for its fleet of Lockheed Martin-built F-35 fighters, Reuters reported Monday. Andrea Shalal writes Lt. Gen. Jon Davis, deputy commandant for aviation at the Marine Corps, told reporters the military branch’s F-35s met combat readiness requirements during a review and that USMC Commandant […] More
Lockheed Martin and StemRad have started to study the potential application of StemRad’s radiation shielding technology to deep-space operations. The goal is to modify StemRad 360 Gamma into a radiation protection system that is intended to help protect astronauts during missions, Lockheed said Monday. Randy Sweet, business development director for civil space at Lockheed Martin, said the company […] More
A report commissioned by U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James urges the military service to adopt a flexible approach to evaluating and approving rockets for national security-related launches, SpaceNews reported Monday. Mike Gruss writes Larry Welch, a former Air Force chief of staff and retired general, led the broad area review of military space […] More
A TechServe Alliance report indicates that employment in the fields of information technology and engineering has grown steadily at 4.4 percent and 0.7 percent, respectively, since June 2014. The trade association said July 17 that IT grew by 208,200 workers and engineering added 18,600 workers in the past year as IT and engineering jobs are available […] More
Triple Canopy has earned a certification from the American National Standards Institute and ASIS International for the company’s quality management of its private security service operations. “Achieving PSC.1 certification not only demonstrates our integrity and dedication to transparency but also contributes to our broader goal of improving accountability among private security service providers worldwide,” Mo […] More
Dynetics has recruited Department of Homeland Security veteran Shane Hammett to become the company’s senior cybersecurity threat analyst. Hammett will assist customers in evaluating the cyber threat landscape using the Dynetics’ Cyber RiskScope cyber risk management services, Dynetics said Monday. “Cybersecurity risk assessment and mitigation strategies are becoming increasingly critical for businesses in their efforts […] More
Loren DeJonge Schulman, formerly senior adviser to National Security Adviser Susan Rice, has been appointed as a Leon E. Panetta senior fellow and deputy director of studies of the Center for a New American Security. Schulman will oversee the center’s effort to produce policy research and develop her own national security and defense strategy and reform […] More
MarketsandMarkets has released a new report that forecasts the analytics-as-a-service market to grow 40.3 percent year-over-year to $23.03 billion by 2020 from $4.23 billion in 2015, driven by low total cost of ownership and scalability. The report notes a growing adoption of analytics-as-a-service among large, small and medium businesses worldwide due to the increase in […] More
Wes Anderson serves as vice president of worldwide public sector services at Microsoft and leads a team that offers information technology services to U.S. and international government agencies. Anderson, an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 list for 2015, previously held the VP title for U.S. public sector services at Microsoft and also created and led the […] More
Boeing received initial on-orbit signals from its Wideband Global SATCOM 7 satellite following the spacecraft’s Wednesday launch at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The company said Thursday it built WGS-7 to deliver 17 percent more communications bandwidth capacity to the U.S. military and allied forces. Dan Hart, vice president of Boeing’s government space […] More
Harris Corp. and information and communications technology provider CPqD have been selected to assist the Brazilian air force in monitoring Brazil’s airspace control system equipment. Network operations personnel will use the two companies’ technologies to keep track of surveillance, navigation and communications systems, as well as detect issues across the South American country’s ATC network, Harris said Monday. Under the […] More
The National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence is seeking public comment on its draft guide for securing medical and patient information on mobile devices. NIST said Thursday the “Securing Electronic Records on Mobile Devices” document is the first in a series of publications providing guidance on the use of open source, standards-based or commercially available […] More
