Red Hat has selected Carahsoft Technology as a recipient of the Public Sector Distribution Partner of the Year award for the fifth year in a row. Carahsoft said Thursday the award recognizes its efforts to drive net revenue and support for Red Hat’s public sector partner program. The recognition was given during the 2018 North […] More

Officials from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center have reviewed SpaceX’s proposal to expand its facilities in the spaceport to support more rocket refurbishments and other operations, Spaceflight Now reported Monday. KSC officials stated in an environmental assessment that the Hawthorne, Calif.-based firm’s expansion would include sites for booster and fairing processing, storage, launch and landing control, flown […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency held a kickoff meeting with approximately 100 participants from commercial, academic and military sectors for the Common Heterogeneous Integration and Intellectual Property Reuse Strategies program. The CHIPS program aims to create a community of technologists and researchers as well as establish a technological framework designed to facilitate the segregation of […] More

A new report by SecurityScorecard says the government sector ranked third to last in overall cybersecurity compared with 17 industries. The 2017 U.S. State and Federal Government Report evaluates the cybersecurity capabilities of more than 500 U.S. federal, state and local government agencies against the practices of industries such as transportation, finance, energy and healthcare, SecurityScorecard said Thursday. […] More

Mercury Systems has obtained design service accreditation from a Defense Department organization for its microelectronics facility in Phoenix, Arizona. The Advanced Microelectronics Center in Phoenix is the company’s second facility to obtain the Category 1A Trusted Supplier certification for design services from DoD’s Defense Microelectronics Activity organization, Mercury Systems said Wednesday. The accreditation seeks to […] More

Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch has said eight of the first 10 Iridium NEXT satellites that took off in January began to provide data and voice transmission service between March and mid-April, Spaceflight Now reported Friday. Stephen Clark writes Desch said at a quarterly earnings call Thursday that engineers have begun to reposition the two other satellites […] More

Lockheed Martin plans to concurrently operate its Atlas V rocket with the United Launch Alliance-built Vulcan launch vehicle for a period of five years, Space News reported Friday. “We will be flying both vehicles for some period of time until we are absolutely certain that the Vulcan system can maintain the cadence, and the rhythm […] More

BRIAN NEELY CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER AND CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER AMERICAN SYSTEMS As CIO and CTO for AMERICAN SYSTEMS, Brian Neely leads the overall vision, planning, and management of all technology and information management-related resources throughout the enterprise. Mr. Neely began his career at AMERICAN SYSTEMS in 1996, and has been instrumental in the company’s strategic […] More