DecisionPoint has appointed Tanecia Canady, former Savan Group executive, as chief administrative officer in an effort to strengthen the company’s pursuit of new growth opportunities. In this role, Canady will oversee finance and accounting, human resources, infrastructure and quality management and other aspects of daily corporate operations, DecisionPoint announced from Gaithersburg, Maryland on Monday. “Tanecia is […] More

AT&T and Ghost Robotics have partnered to deploy robotic dogs that could support the missions of defense, federal and state agencies, public safety, law enforcement, fire departments and commercial clients through the telecommunications company’s FirstNet wireless broadband network for first responders. “Network-connected robotic dogs can deliver a broad range of IoT use cases, including many […] More

Amazon Web Services is among the companies that will help the North American Aerospace Defense Command provide families with live updates on Santa’s whereabouts on Dec. 24. As part of the NORAD Tracks Santa program, AWS said Wednesday omnichannel cloud contact center service Amazon Connect will be available for use to tap remote call center […] More

Verizon has deployed connectivity platforms and services to enable North American Aerospace Defense Command to help children track Santa Claus on Dec. 24, through a toll-free hotline. Verizon said Monday its 5G Ultra Wideband service has reached more than 175 million people as part of the company’s 5G expansion efforts in the U.S., enabling NORAD […] More

Leidos and Microsoft have demonstrated the successful pairing of the former’s Edge to Cloud technology with the Azure Cloud Infrastructure in an effort to bridge the gap between legacy and modern military systems. The two organizations showcased the collaboration, which represents a milestone in the development of the Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative, during the U.S. Army’s Project […] More

General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business, SES and Hughes Network Systems combined their technologies to conduct a higher data rate transmission of a multi-orbit satellite communications system. A demonstration event was held on Oct. 20 to show the resilience and capability of unmanned aerial vehicles to maintain high workload and mission-critical connectivity in congested and contested […] More

Cubic‘s mission and performance solutions division has unveiled a network connectivity device module powered by Cisco‘s router and switching technologies for use in military applications. M3-SE5 is a rugged router and switch module optimized in size, weight and power that uses Cisco’s ESR6300 router and ESS3300 switch that are designed to enable high-speed networking capabilities, […] More

Clint Crosier, director of aerospace and satellite at Amazon Web Services, discussed how the federal government and industry look for ways to improve connectivity in space using cloud computing, which he said has unique capabilities ranging from artificial intelligence to data analytics. He said during a fireside chat aired by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce […] More

Northrop Grumman and Cubic‘s mission and performance solutions division have jointly demonstrated a high-capacity backbone platform intended to support mission systems interoperability and data connectivity in all defense domains. The companies presented during a cross-industry event the potential applications of HCB technology and an open-architecture gateway system to the Department of Defense’s Joint All Domain […] More

Inmarsat and Honeywell have introduced a new satellite communications service for government and business airborne users. SwiftJet is backed by Inmarsat’s ELERA satellite network and is set to become commercially available in the first half of 2023 to deliver inflight connectivity over L-band, Inmarsat said Monday. SwiftJet uses Honeywell-built hardware that can be installed on […] More

SES’ government arm has partnered with Planet Labs to develop a satellite-powered connectivity platform under a NASA program that aims to demonstrate near-Earth communications by 2025. The partnership seeks to create a commercial space relay service that will use SES’ O3b mPOWER system and other satellites, the company said Tuesday. SES Government Solutions booked a […] More

NASA has selected the U.S.-incorporated subsidiary of Telesat to demonstrate the potential of its satellite-based broadband connectivity network to provide space-to-space relay capabilities to support communications for future near-Earth missions. Telesat Government Solutions said Tuesday it received $30.7 million in funding from the Communications Services Project to co-develop space-based radio frequency terminals that will be […] More