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Tay Fitzgerald, vice president for strategic missile defense at Raytheon Technologies’ missiles and defense business, said she believes the Department of Defense should transform its entire infrastructure to counter emerging hypersonic and cruise missile threats and should take a revolutionary and an evolutionary approach to missile defense, Federal News Network reported Thursday. “A great example […] More

Carahsoft Technology will provide public sector customers with access to Flashpoint’s threat intelligence platforms through its contract vehicles and reseller partners. Flashpoint’s offerings provide organizations visibility into cyber threats using human-powered analysis, data collection techniques and technologies and can track adversaries across chat services platforms, paste sites, illicit marketplaces and forums online, Carahsoft said Wednesday. […] More

Iridium Communications has introduced its Certus 100 midband satellite service to support government, maritime, internet of things, land mobile and aviation customers. Iridium Certus 100 launches with several portable, battery-powered products from the company’s partners that can be integrated as an onboard satellite communications system for connected vehicles, aircraft and vessels, Iridium said Wednesday. SkyLink […] More

The U.S. Navy will conduct an industry day on Nov. 18 to discuss acquisition, development and sustainment programs for autonomous and unmanned systems and platforms. The service plans to award a contract to support the development, procurement, experiments, testing, exercises and demonstration of unmanned systems, according to a notice published Tuesday. Naval Sea Systems Command […] More

Google has secured high authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its cloud-based collaboration platform. Mike Daniels, vice president of Google Cloud’s global public sector business, wrote in a blog post published Wednesday the FedRAMP High authorization given to Google Workspace will provide federal customers a secure environment to collaborate with other […] More

Kevin Phillips, chairman, president and CEO of ManTech International and a five-time Wash100 Award recipient, said the federal government should continue using other transaction authorities as a way to transition the acquisition process’ focus from contract requirements to an outcome-based approach to help speed up the delivery of commercial innovation to agencies, the Washington Business […] More