Given the prevalence of electronic warfare and an industry-wide pivot from hardware to software, cloud-based applications are an increasingly crucial aspect of U.S. defense operations. Department of Defense Chief Information Officer John Sherman codified the Pentagon’s Software Modernization Implementation Plan in April, which places an emphasis on the creation of software factories, hubs for the rapid and unceasing […] More

Washington, D.C.’s public transportation agency has chosen a BlackBerry division to implement a unified network for agency personnel, first responders and local emergency organizations to communicate in the event of a crisis. BlackBerry said Tuesday the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will use AtHoc‘s Connect alerting and crisis communication platform to distribute information to and from Metro’s enterprise monitoring, helpdesk and customer service facilities. […] More

The Defense Department has elected new members to the Defense Business Board who will work to advise the defense secretary and other DoD officials on business standards. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced the appointments on Thursday. “I welcome the new business leaders joining our ranks, and pleased to see former members return at such an important […] More

Orbital Sciences‘ Cygnus cargo spacecraft has delivered science, supplies and spacewalking payloads to the International Space Station under a $1.9 billion NASA resupply services contract. SS Janice Voss was launched aboard an Orbital Sciences-built rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia and the Expedition 40 crew received the nearly 3,300 pounds of supplies at […] More

A SpaceX-built cargo ship has landed in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday after delivering nearly 5,000 pounds of experiments and supplies to the International Space Station, Military Times reported Sunday. James Dean writes that SpaceX’s Dragon unmanned capsule left the ISS at 9:26 a.m. Eastern time and then came down approximately 300 miles off the […] More

Raytheon and its employees will observe “Pi Day” on Friday to promote programs related to science, technology, engineering and math by delivering applies pies to math teachers in six states. The company will deliver the pies to teachers within 3.14 miles of its facilities in Arizona, California, Virginia, Florida, Massachusetts and Maryland, Raytheon announced Thursday. Other projects […] More