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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.
General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has installed and started using the CAE-developed Predator Mission Trainer at its flight test and training center in North Dakota.
A new Govini analysis shows that U.S. military readiness is likely to see a major impact in the next few weeks as the coronavirus pandemic spreads to manufacturing hubs and military bases in the country’s western and southern areas, Defense One reported Monday.
Patrick Perry, director of emerging technology for federal DOD/IC at Zscaler, wrote in a commentary published Tuesday on Defense Systems that the Department of Defense should change its focus from network security to data security to better manage large data volumes and increasing bandwidth requirements.
Stratolaunch is working on a reusable hypersonic vehicle designed to fly at speeds of up to Mach 7 to support hypersonic experiments, research and operational missions, SpaceNews reported Monday. Talon-A is an 8.5-meter-long hypersonic vehicle with a liquid-propellant rocket engine and a 3.4-meter wing span that can launch from the company’s carrier aircraft.
Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Google and other technology companies are reaching out to the federal government to help with coronavirus pandemic response efforts, FedScoop reported Monday. “This is unprecedented and so the response from the tech sector has been unprecedented,â€Â Nick Sinai, a senior adviser at venture capital firm Insight Partners, told the publication.
Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University’s School of Business, said the federal government is implementing an “all-of-the-above†approach to procurement as it responds to the coronavirus pandemic, the Washington Business Journal reported Monday. “They are doing [Other Transaction Authorities], they are doing contract ramping, commercial production, they are doing things like the Defense Production Act, so lots of different efforts,†McGinn said of federal agencies.
David Egts, chief technologist at Red Hat’s North American public sector business, wrote in an article published Friday on FedScoop about how federal agencies can develop and implement Agile principles to improve their ratings on the Federal Information Security Modernization Act scorecard.
Espressive, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based artificial intelligence software developer, has raised $30M in a round of Series B financing led by Insight Partners and supported by Wing Venture Capital and General Catalyst. Espressive said Wednesday it will use the investment to advance growth initiatives and product innovation and address its client base’s demands.
Slingshot Aerospace has received a $1.5M Small Business Innovation Research contract from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and another $1.5M in funds from venture capital firms ATX Venture Partners and Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund to accelerate the development and deployment of an artificial intelligence-based platform. Slingshot EDGE is designed to help warfighters glean insights from data using AI and provide them situational awareness capability in order to facilitate the decision-making process on the battlefield, the company said Thursday.
Robert Shea, a Grant Thornton principal, told Government Matters in an interview posted Tuesday about the challenges and the need for technology in response to the coronavirus pandemic. "One of the things I think we’ve learned is that we need to be pretty practised at what flexibilities agencies need to offer to their federal and contractor workforces,†he said. “Technology is a key enabler and will need to be in place in the future.â€
Leonardo DRS CEO William Lynn told Government Matters in an interview posted Tuesday that one of the trends he sees in the defense sector is the Pentagon’s need for speed. He said the Department of Defense wants industry to deliver faster and companies should understand DoD’s priorities to know where to invest and meet the department’s requirements.
