Federal cloud service providers that are seeking a FedRAMP authorization have access to Autonomic Resources’ FedRAMP Express service if they want to fast-track the compliance process. Through the express lane, vendors can achieve FedRAMP Authority to Operate status by using an authorized FedRAMP and DoD infrastructure-as-a-service platform to run their software, Autonomic Resources said Tuesday. Autonomic Resources […] More

Lockheed Martin has received a five-year, $14 million contract to continue its operation and sustainment support for cyber operation simulations at the National Cyber Range, Nextgov reported Friday. Aliya Sternstein writes Lockheed first joined the program in 2009 and signed an $80 million contract in 2012 to operate the range. The U.S. Army is allocating $5.6 million […] More

Science Applications International Corp. has received a one-year task order worth up to $13 million from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency for sustainment and maintenance support for the Cooperative Threat Reduction program. SAIC said Thursday it will provide support for the acquisition, storage, distribution, maintenance, evacuation and disposition of materials and infrastructure operations, assessment, repairs and maintenance. […] More

A team of NASA and Lockheed Martin engineers has begun integrating a thermal protection system onto the crew module of the agency’s Orion deep-space exploration vehicle. NASA plans to conduct a maiden test flight for the Orion spacecraft by Dec. 4, Lockheed said Wednesday. The test’s goal is to evaluate if the heat shield will […] More

Ed Morche leads Level 3 Communications‘ government markets group as its senior vice president and general manager, leading all functional activities in support of the firm’s civilian, defense, intelligence and other customers. In that role, the more-than-20-year telecommunications veteran also sets strategic direction for the firm’s capture strategy for government contracts. Morche recently caught up […] More

Pentagon science adviser Howard Meyer has suggested conditions are ripe for the emergence of directed energy weapons as the military is lowering expectations for laser technology and the likelihood of an attack is increasing, Breaking Defense reported Monday. Sydney Freedberg writes Mayer expressed confidence that the Defense Department’s laser weapons system programs will take off by […] More

Harris Corp. has received authorization to deploy its team radio system for secret level voice and data communications after obtaining a National Security Agency certification. The Falcon Wideband Rifleman radio works to connect troops to tactical networks for command and control functions under the Defense Department’s Rifleman Radio program, Harris said Tuesday. George Helm, president […] More

Michael Horowitz, associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania, has recommended the government re-examine its export policy on unmanned aircraft systems and warnedthat limitations could lose the country’s lead in the technology to partner nations, Defense News reported Thursday. “Building partner capacity to substitute or supplement for American capabilities is an important national security priority, and there […] More

The Pentagon has imposed new standards on the traceability of electronic parts in all defense contracts in order to avoid fake components from getting into military systems, the Washington Business Journal reported Tuesday. Jill Aitoro writes the Defense Department’s final rule, published in the Federal Register, requires companies to adopt a counterfeit detection and avoidance […] More

Pat Tamburrino Jr., formerly chief of staff for the Defense Department‘s Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, has been appointed director of the business development team at government consulting firm LMI. Bill Moore, LMI executive vice president, said Wednesday that Tamburrino has experience leading  large and complex organizations. A career member of the Senior Executive Service through his work […] More

Joe Stein, the retired U.S. Air Force Major General who most recently helped lead the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense’s policy posture with NATO and Europe, has joined SkyLink Aviation as the firm’s senior executive for operational strategy. The company pointed to Stein’s leadership experience as a commander of large aviation organizations, and at […] More

Harris Corp. has completed a series of interoperability tests on Falcon III manpack radios that host a waveform the company has developed for a U.S. military satellite communications system. “This milestone puts us on schedule to release the MUOS waveform through a software upgrade to the combat-proven AN/PRC-117G terminal next year,” George Helm, president of Harris RF Communications‘ […] More