NASA has launched the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory-built Balloon Observation Platform for Planetary Science into space in order to study solar system objects. The spacecraft took off from the Fort Sumner, New Mexico-based NASA Columbia Scientific Balloon Research Facility on Thursday and will work to detect organic elements on objects in the solar system, NASA said Thursday. BOPPS […] More

The Defense Innovation Unit has issued “success memos” to Zscaler, Google‘s cloud business and McAfee after the technology vendors met prototyping objectives of the agency’s Secure Cloud Management program. All three companies developed platforms that work to help DIU users secure access to software-as-a-service applications via the internet, the Department of Defense’s innovation arm said […] More

BlackBerry has been selected to provide the U.S. Air Force a suite of tools designed to manage and protect devices connected to the service branch's computer network.

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BlackBerry has introduced an enterprise endpoint security platform designed to help customers detect and counter cyber threats to mobile devices.

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BlackBerry has established a new wholly owned subsidiary to help the company further build up partnerships with government agencies and advance Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-related initiatives. Robert "Bob" Day, a retired Coast Guard rear admiral, will serve as president of Washington, D.C.-based BlackBerry Government Solutions, the company said Tuesday.

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BlackBerry has secured a five-year, multimillion dollar contract to provide crisis communications software for the Joint Emergency Mass Notification Systems of the Senate Sergeant at Arms Office. The company said Tuesday AtHoc-built software will power JEMNS to facilitate secure notification and communications in the event of a critical situation for approximately 50,000 people that work and visit the U.S. Capitol Complex. “It’s critical for […] More

Boeing and BlackBerry will collaborate to offer government customers an Android smartphone designed to have a tamper-proof covering and a security architecture, Bloomberg reported Saturday. John Chen, chairman and CEO of BlackBerry, confirmed the partnership during an earnings call with investors on Saturday, according to the report by Julie Johnsson and Gerrit De Vynck. Johnsson […] More

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has distributed an existing device to help communities track the virus that causes the COVID-19 disease.

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NASA will immerse 15 new potential space technologies in low-gravity simulating experiments using commercial aircraft, high-altitude balloons and suborbital rockets as part of the Flight Opportunities program. The space agency said Wednesday the effort will help mature the selected technologies for future space operations. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine noted that the organization will work to […] More

IBM’s Center for The Business of Government has teamed up with Nicole Gardner, vice president for eminence at IBM’s global business services division, to form a new council of advisers who previously held senior leadership roles at federal, local and state government agencies. The company said Monday the Former Government Executives Council is an 11-member organization […] 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

Huntington Ingalls Industries has delivered the USS John P. Murtha amphibious transport dock to the U.S. Navy. HII said Friday Richard Schenk, vice president for program management, signed the official DD 250 document to transfer the custody of the amphibious transport dock to the service branch. Schenk said the company aims to deliver two more ships to complete the class, which […] More