Israel Aerospace Industries and South Korea-based composites manufacturing firm Hankuk Carbon have formed a joint venture with the goal to develop and produce unmanned aerial vehicles. Korea Aviation Technologies will specifically offer vertical takeoff-and-landing UAVs to the South Korean military and civilian sectors, IAI said Tuesday. KAT aims to build platforms with a maximum take-off weight of 600 […] More

The White House is on track to complete new policies that aim to facilitate the sale of U.S.-built military unmanned aircraft systems to international customers and help U.S. drone manufacturers compete with Israeli and Chinese counterparts, Reuters reported Wednesday. The Trump administration also intends to relax international restrictions on U.S. drone exports through the renegotiation […] More

Gregory Garrett, head of international cybersecurity practice at BDO USA, told Federal News Radio in an interview that aired Monday he has observed a growing demand for cyber liability insurance among government contracting firms due to increased breach incidents. “It is very much real and in demand,” Garrett said of cyber liability insurance. “While the federal acquisition […] More

Computer Sciences Corp. has announced plans to set up a new office in Adelaide, South Australia, after it received a seven-year contract to provide desktop computers, tablets, laptops and other digital devices as well as end-user computing services to government agencies in the state. CSC will make a $5 million investment to establish the new office in […] More

A Govini report predicts competition for information technology contracts across the Defense Department and service branches to increase in 2017 as $210 billion worth of DoD contracts approach expiration in the coming year, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Frank Konkel writes the analytics firm also estimates bids for each expiring IT contract to increase to an average of […] More

The Intelligence and National Security Alliance has appointed executives from industry and academia to its boards of directors and advisers. The six new directors will oversee INSA’s strategic planning and business operations, while the five new advisers will offer additional guidance for alliance-related activities, INSA said Wednesday. “These new board members have a deep understanding of […] More

The government contracting industry and its agency customers are both grappling with questions as to how they can keep pace with fast technology advancements as requirements and demands of users change with those trends. With the rapid development of new technologies, legal counsel is more important than ever. The general counsel executives in the government […] More

U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Mike Shoemaker has said the military branch and companies vying for the MQ-25A Stingray carrier unmanned aerial vehicle program are faced with the challenge of combining tanker and ISR features into one UAV platform, USNI News reported Thursday. Sam LaGrone writes Shoemaker, commander of Naval Air Forces, said during a Center for Strategic and International Studies event that an ideal ISR […] More

International Security and Defense Systems has selected a mobile application developed at Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev to secure attendees of the Rio 2016 Olympics in Brazil, Jewish Business News reported Monday. The mobile app SayVU is available on Android devices and is designed to help users send a distress signal to an emergency hotline, the […] More

Kay Kapoor, president of government solutions business at AT&T, has won the Women in Technology’s 2016 Leadership Award for the corporate large market sector category in recognition of her work in the technology industry. WIT held the 17th Annual Leadership Awards Thursday at the Hyatt Regency in Reston, Virginia, in an effort to acknowledge the mentorship, […] More

The U.S. Army is testing a range of vehicle-mounted systems that feature radar, computer processing, fire control technology and interceptors to detect and destroy enemy fire, Scout Warrior reported Tuesday. Kris Osborn writes the Army is looking at both domestically produced and allied international technologies to take part in the Modular Active Protection Systems program. The service branch wants […] More

The competition for new fighter jets to replace Canada’s CF-18 fleet faces a refresh as the Liberal party prepares to take over government on Nov. 4, Reuters reported Monday. Randall Palmer writes that incoming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has ruled out the purchase of Lockheed Martin‘s F-35 and indicated plans to place savings onto naval ships. Other bids on […] More