The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced that veterans who use TracFone Wireless phones now have free mobile data connectivity to access the VA Video Connect telehealth service.

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Verizon provides a set of public safety-tailored services to national security and military customers under a $993.5M contract with the U.S. Navy.

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A group of state attorneys general and voice service providers have agreed to implement principles aimed at preventing robocalls or illegal calls associated with telemarketing and consumer fraud.

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The U.S. Marine Corps seeks information on autonomous ground vehicles that can carry rifle squad assault and/or sustainment load on behalf of Infantry Marines in the squad level. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says the Marine Corps Rapid Capabilities Office is interested in learning about ground systems equipped with teleoperation and robotic applique capabilities and a fully […] More

ViaSat has received a contract of undisclosed value to supply a cybersecurity platform for U.S. military users to protect wearable computing devices against threats. The ViaSat Mobile Dynamic Defense software will work to secure iGov‘s Tactical Local Area Network Field Computing Device-Wearable platforms that are designed to provide dismounted soldiers with a suite of situational awareness and […] More

A MobileIron–Metronome Software team has received a $749,930 grant from the Department of Homeland Security‘s Science and Technology Directorate to develop technology for first responders to secure mobile device-based sensor systems. Both companies will work to create a security overlay designed to comply with security and data provenance requirements under the Next Generation First Responder framework, MobileIron said […] More

The U.S. Air Force has invited a team composed of Sierra Nevada and Embraer‘s defense and security business to participate in the service branch’s OA-X light attack aircraft demonstration in July at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. Sierra Nevada said Friday the two companies will jointly showcase the A-29 Super Tucano light air support aircraft at the OA-X assessment. OA-X will inform the Air […] More

Toshiba Corp. has formed an Australia-based subsidiary within Toshiba America Information Systems to deliver mobile computing platforms and services in Australia and New Zealand. Toshiba Client Solutions ANZ will serve small and medium-sized businesses as well as the enterprise, government and education markets, Toshiba said Tuesday. TCSAN will operate in Sydney with Mark Whittard as managing director and chief executive […] More

The Department of Homeland Security will host Industry Day events on Wednesday in Washington and Aug. 2 in Menlo Park, California, to discuss a request for information on technical platforms and best practices designed to address threats to government mobile devices. The cybersecurity division under DHS’ science and technology directorate will use the responses from […] More

Kryptowire has secured a position on the General Services Administration‘s Schedule 70 contracting vehicle to offer a tool the company designed to help agencies secure third-party applications in federally approved mobile devices. The company built its technology as part of a cybersecurity research and development program run by the Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate, DHS said Friday. DHS S&T […] More

Representatives from General Dynamics and the U.S. Army participated in a demonstration for the Army’s scaled-up collaboration software. Geographically dispersed teams with nearly 5,000 total participants shared real-time mission command data using the third-generation General Dynamics-developed CPOF tool during the test, General Dynamics said Tuesday. “By increasing the maximum number of concurrent users from 300 to […] More

A SolarWinds study indicates that some federal information technology professionals have trouble managing security risks due to an increased adoption of mobile devices and shadow applications. SolarWinds said Tuesday it collaborated with Market Connections to poll 200 federal IT leaders regarding their concerns over mobile technology, shared services and shadow IT, which refers to the […] More