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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.
AT&T and Verizon reached a deal with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Steve Dickson, head of the Federal Aviation Administration, to delay until Jan. 19 the deployment of a 5G wireless service, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The telecommunications companies’ decision, which will provide FAA more time to address flight safety concerns, came after […] More
Jim Richberg, public sector field chief information security officer at Fortinet, said the government should address security concerns ahead of further adoption of robotic process automation and other related technologies and one way to do that is harnessing artificial intelligence to “power ecosystems or platforms of interoperable security across the federal government.” “AI-powered instrumentation can […] More
The Department of Energy is seeking information on potential vendors that can help the office of science’s consolidated service center digitize paper records and can provide a records management application. CSC wants the application to be hosted in a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-certified cloud platform and to store, track and maintain digital records […] More
Northrop Grumman will build and deploy a system designed to detect, track and counter enemy missiles and other aerial threats under a potential five-year, $1.38 billion contract the U.S. Army awarded in December. The Integrated Battle Command System production contract also includes logistics and product engineering support for the U.S. and select international partners through […] More
The Space Development Agency has released a presolicitation notice for the ground operations and integration support for the first tranche of the National Defense Space Architecture’s transport layer and future capability layers. SDA will select a contractor with capabilities to manage, maintain, operate and provide general and logistical services in support of the Tranche 1 […] More
AT&T and Verizon turned down the request of the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration to delay the deployment of a 5G C-band service that is set to occur on Jan. 5, Wednesday, Nextgov reported. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and FAA Administrator Steve Dickson asked the CEOs of the two telecommunications companies through […] More
Sypris Electronics will support the U.S. military’s secure communications program under a follow-on award from a defense prime contractor. The Sypris Solutions subsidiary said Thursday it will produce and test embedded circuit card assemblies designed to execute cryptographic functions for the Army Key Management System. AKMS consists of a simple key load device, automated communications […] More
The Department of Defense spent $14 trillion on the country’s two-decade war in Afghanistan and a study by Brown University’s Costs of War Project says at least 33 percent to 50 percent of the total defense spending went to contractors, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Data from the Costs of War Project, a group […] More
Military stocks are taking a hit as the Department of Defense prioritizes research and development over purchases of aircraft, tanks and other equipment and creates opportunities to work with Silicon Valley startups and other nontraditional defense contractors, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Competition with countries like Russia and China has resulted in a change […] More
SpaceX has received $337.4 million in a round of equity financing, Reuters reported Wednesday. The space company, which raised approximately $1.16 billion in equity funding in April, reached a valuation of $100 billion after a secondary share sale in October. Its investors include Alphabet and Fidelity Investments. Elon Musk’s company disclosed the new funding round […] More
A Raytheon Technologies business plans to upgrade its SPY-6 radars to help advance the U.S. Navy’s distributed maritime operations concept to provide the service and joint force operators with a complete view of the battlespace, Defense News reported Monday. Raytheon Missiles and Defense demonstrated the Network Cooperative Radar concept in partnership with the Office of […] More
Seven member companies of the Digital Interface Standards Working Group will consolidate to become part of the Digital Intermediate Frequency Interoperability Consortium. DIS companies that will join DIFI are Communications & Power Industries, DataPath, Datum Systems, Gilat Satellite Networks, SES, ST Engineering iDirect and Wavestream, the consortium said in a Dec. 22 news release. “We […] More
