Rick Ambrose, head of space business at Lockheed Martin, has said the company’s partnership with Amazon Web Services aims to make access to satellite-based data less expensive for firms and other stakeholders, the Washington Post reported Friday. “If you look at the challenges people have with putting up satellites, it’s very cost-prohibitive to put ground […] More

Amazon Web Services and Lockheed Martin have agreed to combine their technology platforms to provide clients the capability to download and upload satellite data and commands. Lockheed will integrate its Verge antenna network with the AWS Ground Station to help users quickly download, analyze and process satellite data amid weather disturbances and other unplanned outages, the […] More

Matthew McFadden, cyber director for General Dynamics’ information technology business, has said federal agencies should continuously innovate as part of efforts to protect information systems. He wrote in a blog entry posted Tuesday that government IT leaders should partner with companies and adopt new technology such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, security orchestration, automation and blockchain […] More

NASA has awarded blanket purchase agreements to three companies to provide the agency with Earth observation data sets derived from constellations of commercial small satellites. Maxar Technologies’ DigitalGlobe subsidiary, Planet and Spire received the sole-source contracts under the agency’s Private Sector Small Constellation Satellite Data Product Pilot program, NASA said Friday. “This pilot program is […] More

ExecutiveBiz talked with Michael Moritzkat, vice president and managing director, about Seagate Government Solutions’ data storage products, cybersecurity offerings and what new technologies the company is developing. “I strongly believe partnering with the government is key, rather than just building products and hoping they’ll buy them.” ExecutiveBiz: You have over 30 years’ experience in federal […] More

CenturyLink will continue to provide managed services to state and local government, public entities and educational institutions across Texas under a second contract with the state’s Department of Information Resources. The company said Thursday it aims to provide full operational data and communications support to government organizations in Texas through the contract. LeAnn Coe, director of […] More

Artificial intelligence has seen a massive uptake in the past decade, as major tech companies and up-and-coming start-ups plant their roots in AI-related disciplines like machine learning, natural language processing, image recognition and neural networks. As of 2018, the seeds of innovation are blossoming as human interest in the nonhuman continues to grow. There is […] More

Juniper Networks has introduced a series of applications built to help simplify network operations and convert ideas into automated workflows. The company said Thursday the Juniper Bots cover an evolving ecosystem of software applications designed to transition from the common use of machine-focused automation tools. Juniper Bots utilize the AppFormix and Contrail platforms along with […] More

Tim Solms, vice president for U.S. federal business and managing director of worldwide government at Juniper Networks, has said the Defense Department should implement automation and software-defined networking efforts as it works to consolidate data centers. Solms wrote in a commentary for Federal News Radio published Monday that the adoption of SDN and automation seeks to help […] More

Tony Whigham, formerly director of the federal business at Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s Aruba Networks subsidiary, has joined Hitachi Data Systems as director of government sales in Australia and New Zealand. He will work to develop strategies for HDS’ federal and state government portfolio and  explore new areas of collaboration with the company’s social innovation solutions unit, Hitachi said Thursday. The […] More

Pamela Warren, director of government and industry solutions at Palo Alto Networks, has said government agencies should adopt automation in an effort to protect networks from emerging cyber threats and predict cyber attackers’ actions. Warren wrote in a FedTech Magazine article published Tuesday that a recent Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity report also recommended the […] More

General Dynamics‘ mission systems business unit has started to offer direct fiber optic network connections for the company’s universal secure phones. Users of the new Sectera vIPer phone can plug into the fiber network without the need for converters, General Dynamics said Tuesday. Mike Tweed-Kent, vice president and general manager of General Dynamics’ cyber and electronic warfare […] More