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is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.
Charles Beames, a more than three-decade aerospace industry veteran, has been elected to serve as chairman of the board of directors at space cybersecurity company SpiderOak. He will bring to the role his aerospace and business leadership experience and expertise as the company counters cyberthreats to the space economy, SpiderOak said Tuesday. Beames comes to […] More
Cloudflare, CrowdStrike and Ping Identity have agreed to collaborate on a project to offer free cybersecurity services to U.S. power and water utilities, hospitals and other critical infrastructure entities to help strengthen their defenses against cyberthreats. The companies will work with public sector partners on the Critical Infrastructure Defense Project, which will provide a roadmap […] More
Spire Global will develop four 6U LEMUR satellites for Sierra Nevada Corp. under a partnership on a space services program. The Spire satellites will enable SNC to perform radio frequency collection and analysis to provide insights for military and government agencies to help them manage RF emissions and protect against GPS and RF interference, Spire […] More
The first B-21 Raider bomber that Northrop Grumman built for the U.S. Air Force has kicked off the ground testing phase, Defense News reported Friday. “With the first [B-21] test aircraft in formal ground test, software and hardware are coming together,” said Tom Jones, president of Northrop’s aeronautics systems business. “The phase we’re in now […] More
General Atomics has announced a new unmanned aircraft system designed to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities to users. Gambit from General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business is a jet-powered autonomous collaborative platform designed using digital engineering techniques and can enable pilots to gain insights into hostile airspace, detect threats and share data across the battlespace […] More
Microsoft, SpaceX and other Western companies are providing assistance to Ukraine amid Russia’s ongoing invasion, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Microsoft is offering cybersecurity support to Ukraine by sharing information on cyberthreats. Tom Burt, vice president of customer security and trust at the company, said he reached out to defense and intelligence officials in […] More
The U.S. subsidiary of Israel-based Rafael Advanced Defense Systems received a facility clearance from the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency in February, Defense News reported Wednesday. Bethesda, Maryland-based Rafael Systems Global Sustainment started the application process for the clearance in April 2020 and Joseph Anderson, president and CEO of RSGS, said securing the approval provides […] More
CesiumAstro has raised $60 million in a round of Series B financing co-led by Airbus Ventures and Forever Ventures and will use the capital to accelerate its research and development efforts and expand manufacturing capabilities and facilities in the U.S. and abroad. “This investment is a key endorsement of our ability to deliver advanced communication […] More
Darktrace has launched a U.S. federal division to help defense, intelligence, federal civilian agencies and critical infrastructure fortify their defenses against cyberattacks using self-learning artificial intelligence tools. Sally Kenyon Grant, who has over 30 years of government experience, will lead Darktrace Federal as vice president with oversight of programs that support U.S. government agencies’ cybersecurity […] More
Christopher Kastner, most recently chief operating officer of Huntington Ingalls Industries, officially assumed responsibilities as president and CEO of HII on Tuesday and plans to continue transforming HII from a shipbuilding company into a provider of defense technologies across the globe, Defense News reported. “HII’s unique capabilities are critical to America’s security, and we have […] More
Palo Alto Networks has found that threat actors have been using a custom backdoor called SockDetour to target U.S. defense contractors. The company said Thursday SockDetour functions as a backup backdoor in the event that the first backdoor is removed and is hard to detect because it “operates filelessly and socketlessly on compromised Windows servers.” […] More
Palantir Technologies will help modernize a military network designed to transmit information worldwide under a $34 million order from the U.S. Army, Defense News reported Monday. The company will provide software, cybersecurity, training and testing support for the Army Intelligence Data Platform, according to a Feb. 22 announcement by the program executive office for intelligence, […] More
