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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.
Rocket Lab has received a contract to design and build two Photon spacecraft to support a science mission to Mars. The twin spacecraft, dubbed Blue and Gold, are expected to launch in 2024 for the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers mission, which is one of the three missions that NASA selected in 2019 […] More
A new MeriTalk study has found that 84 percent of information technology decision makers within the Department of Defense said accelerating the transition to enterprise cloud platforms is critical to addressing the needs of warfighters. MeriTalk said in a June 7 news release that it surveyed more than 100 defense IT leaders in April and […] More
The fifth Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite has started using its liquid apogee engine to reach its operational orbit and is expected to deploy its antennas and solar arrays in respond to commands from company and U.S. Space Force engineers once it arrives. GPS III Space Vehicle 05 launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket on […] More
Ian Northrop, CEO of digital engineering firm JHNA, said the company is looking to make more acquisitions as the Department of Defense increases adoption of open-architecture systems as part of its modernization efforts, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday. “I’m eager, we have a pipeline of opportunities, we have other owners we are talking to,” […] More
The U.S. Air Force is seeking companies that are capable of delivering about 140 to 160 commercial derivative aircraft to supplement the service’s tanker fleet at the end of the production of the KC-46A aerial refueling aircraft. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center expects to receive commercial derivative aircraft at a rate of 12 […] More
Boeing and NASA teams started fueling the company’s CST-100 Starliner crew and service modules in preparation for the spacecraft’s second flight test that is scheduled to launch on July 30 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida aboard the United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V rocket. The Orbital Flight Test-2 mission will allow NASA and […] More
Dominic Delmolino, vice president of technology and innovation for the public sector at Amazon Web Services, said AWS supports the U.S. federal government’s transition to Internet Protocol version 6 in accordance with an Office of Management and Budget memo released in November. “IPv6 has a number of advantages over IPv4, including an increased number of […] More
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has secured authorization from the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body to conduct cyber readiness assessments of companies seeking to compete for Department of Defense contracts. Kratos said Tuesday it became one of the first two certified third-party assessment organizations under the CMMC program after passing the Defense Industrial Base […] More
The Department of Defense is seeking proposals from National Spectrum Consortium members to build medical training prototypes using 5G and augmented reality. The request for prototype proposals for the 5G Telemedicine and Medical Training requirement intends to develop a 5G-enabled AR platform that can handle multiple trainees under a single facilitator and a telementoring system […] More
Companies like Lockheed Martin are participating in joint exercises to help the Department of Defense come up with a joint all-domain operations platform that can link sensors to shooters to achieve decision dominance, Breaking Defense reported Monday. “[It’s] about machine learning, artificial intelligence, eventually quantum computing—the speed at which they’re able to operate, and really […] More
Dan Ives, a technology and media analyst at investment firm Wedbush Securities, said an increase in federal spending on cybersecurity platforms amid recent cyberattacks and a new executive order to strengthen the U.S. government’s cyber defenses could lead to an increase in mergers and acquisitions in the cybersecurity space, the Washington Business Journal reported Friday. […] More
Gen. John Raymond, chief of space operations and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, said the U.S. Space Force is set to launch on Sunday, June 13, a monitoring satellite aboard the Northrop Grumman-built Pegasus XL rocket to provide “space domain awareness” as part of the TacRL-2 mission, SpaceNews reported Thursday. Raymond said a new office […] More
