A GPS navigation payload Raytheon built for the Federal Aviation Administration‘s Wide Area Augmentation System was launched aboard a SpaceX-built Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Wednesday. Raytheon said Wednesday the WAAS GEO 5 payload is designed to support air navigation of commercial airline and general aviation pilots over a 12-year period. “Extremely accurate navigation technologies make this system a critical resource to […] More

CAMERON CHEHREH CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER DELL – FEDERAL BUSINESS Cameron Chehreh serves as chief technology officer at Dell’s federal business. Mr. Chehreh is an 18-year information technology veteran with business development, sales, market strategy and technology development experience. Prior to joining Dell, he spent five years at General Dynamics’ information technology business as CTO for […] More

Melissa Chapman, a former chief information officer and deputy assistant secretary from the Department of Health and Human Services, has joined Springfield, Virginia-based information technology services company Information Innovators Inc. as new vice president of the business development and capture unit. Chapman joined the company in May and has since led its HHS market growth strategy through subject matter and technical […] More

Cameron Chehreh serves as chief technology officer at Dell’s federal business. Chehreh is an 18-year information technology veteran with business development, sales, market strategy and technology development experience. Prior to joining Dell, he spent five years at General Dynamics’ information technology business as CTO for commercial cyber services and intelligence solutions divisions. He also served […] More

DigitalGlobe has selected Raytheon‘s Constellation Scheduling System to provide mission planning and launch support for DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-4 commercial satellite in September 2016. Raytheon said Thursday CSS is a commercial geospatial system that works to provide automatic scheduling and mission planning support for satellite operators and geospatial data providers. DigitalGlobe announced last year its plans to expedite […] More

A Deltek report indicates federal civilian and defense agencies have collectively spent about $2.29 billion on cloud computing products and services during fiscal 2015. Alex Rossino, a principal research analyst at Deltek, writes in a blog article published Tuesday the company found that the U.S. Defense Department awarded $1.14 billion in contracts to cloud vendors over […] More

The Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services program has achieved full deployment approval after Frank Kendall, acquisition chief at the Defense Department, signed an acquisition decision memorandum on the CANES program, Chips magazine reported Friday. Steven A. Davis writes the CANES program aims to reduce shipboard network workload through information technology modernization and consolidation of data, voice, […] More

A Transparency Market Research report says worldwide cyber weapons could grow into a $521.9 billion market, largely because of government organizations’ efforts to secure critical infrastructure assets. The market intelligence firm said Tuesday defense and intelligence agencies use cyber weapons to deal with adversaries who conduct espionage, data theft and information technology sabotage activities. Defense cyber weapons generated nearly […] More

A Visiongain study, released by ReportLinker, forecasts global revenue from border security platforms and services will be approximately $16.4 billion this year. The 364-page market research report examines key factors that Visiongain believes can affect worldwide, regional and national spending on products designed to help authorities monitor cross-border activities, ReportLinker said Wednesday. Visiongain categorized the […] More

Sherly Bunton, formerly chief information officer at agricultural equipment manufacturer AGCO, has joined General Dynamics subsidiary Gulfstream Aerospace as CIO. Gulfstream said Thursday that Bunton will report to Chief Financial Officer Dan Clare and will oversee the company’s enterpise information technology assets and strategies. She previously held leadership roles at wire and cable maker Southwire, […] More

Michael Kauffman serves as managing director of legal division at Dell. He brings more than two decades of business management, national security law, regulatory compliance and government contracting experience to his role at Dell. Kauffman joined the company in 2014 after spending five years at software firm Proteus Technologies, where he served as vice president of […] More

Dan Allen is the chairman and CEO of Serco Inc. — the British services contractor’s North American subsidiary — and brings more than three decades of experience in leadership roles at multiple intelligence and information technology firms to his current position. In this capacity, he oversees approximately 10,000 people who provide communication and information systems, […] More