Chris Bellios, chief operating officer (COO) of Hexagon US Federal, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the company’s recent growth, talent recruitment and retainment and how Hexagon US Federal will evolve technology to cater to the Intel and defense industry.   

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Siren has formed a strategic partnership with Praescient Analytics, a provider of intelligence analysis to the U.S. federal government, to develop Praescient’s investigative platforms, Siren said Thursday. 

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Executive Mosaic is honored to announce Charles Harrington, CEO and chairman of Parsons, as an inductee into the 2020 Wash100 Award for growing the company through acquisitions and contract awards and expanding work with U.S. defense customers.

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Labsphere, a New Hampshire-based photonics company, has unveiled a commercial satellite and airborne calibration network called Flare that will work to augment data fidelity from Earth-observing devices.

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Jerry Bessette, a former senior cybersecurity official with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has joined Booz Allen Hamilton to lead its commercial business, Booz Allen announced on Tuesday. 

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George Kamis, chief technology officer for global governments and critical infrastructure business at Forcepoint, wrote in a FedTech article published Wednesday that cloud access security brokers could help federal agencies ensure the security of applications in the cloud.

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Mitre has landed the 45th spot on Computerworld’s list of best places to work in information technology in the U.S.

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Raytheon has developed multiple-intelligence sensor technology that merges data from different systems, such as radar and imager sensors, in order to provide more accurate information to service personnel to help them track targets such as intercontinental ballistic missiles.

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A spacecraft that Lockheed Martin built for NASA’s Mars exploration mission landed Monday on the red planet’s surface. The InSight Mars Lander made its descent on Elysium Planitia in the planet’s equatorial region and transmitted a tone through its X-band small deep space transponder seven minutes after the spacecraft’s landing, Lockheed said Monday. The spacecraft […] More

Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has proposed to clear SpaceX’s application to offer broadband services through the use of low-Earth orbit satellite systems, Ars Technica reported Thursday. Pai said in a statement issued Wednesday the approval of SpaceX’s application will help create more competition when it comes to providing terrestrial internet services […] More

When working with U.S. government agencies on defining next-generation space technologies, industry leaders across the board are all hands on-deck. SSL Government Systems, for instance, is helping the U.S. Air Force test the security of hosting payloads on commercial satellites; researching power and propulsion for NASA’s Deep Space gateway; developing concepts for advanced military satellite […] More

Voxtel has secured a potential $5.2 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to provide software-reconfigurable imaging and ranging sensors designed to perform autonomous navigation and military imaging. The company said Tuesday it aims to create a multimode fused image sensor technology that will combine laser detection, radar sensing and short-wavelength infrared passive imaging […] More