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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.
Chris Howard, vice president of U.S. public sector at Nutanix, wrote in a FedTech Magazine article published Monday that there are three things federal information technology leaders should learn from private sector organizations when it comes to cloud adoption and one is that they should not view cloud as a “one size fits all†solution.
Executive Mosaic is honored to announce Gen. David Goldfein, chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, as an inductee into the 2020 edition of the Wash100 Award for his efforts to advance digital architecture, software and operations as well as weapons and space capabilities for the USAF.Â
George Kamis, chief technology officer for global governments and critical infrastructure business at Forcepoint, wrote in a GCN article published Friday that fog computing and cross-domain technologies could help warfighters at the tactical edge secure and accelerate sharing of data gathered from various internet-connected devices.
Brian Schettler, managing director of Boeing’s HorizonX Ventures, told Defense News in an interview posted Thursday that getting venture capital funding for defense companies that are focused on hardware is a challenge and one way to help address that reluctance among investors is looking at the “capitalization piece.â€
Lockheed Martin has recognized Cobham’s advanced electronic solutions business as a supplier of cables and other radio frequency interconnect platforms in support of development work on NASA’s Orion spacecraft.
The U.S. Army has picked 20 small businesses and technology companies that will move to the third phase of xTechSearch 4.0 competition. “We must proactively and aggressively engage with innovators to see what new ideas, concepts, systems and sub-system components they can bring to the table,†Bruce Jette, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, said in a statement published Wednesday.
David Morgan, co-founder and vice president of operations at STS International, told Federal News Network in an interview published Tuesday about the importance of rare earth elements in the U.S. supply chain. REE is “a critical component of the entire supply chain because it's the beginning, the nexus of what all of the electronics come from. So, if you don't have those, you can't build them,†Morgan said.
Tom Arseneault, president and chief operating officer of BAE Systems’ U.S. subsidiary and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, said the two business units the company agreed to acquire from Raytheon and United Technologies Corp. will "bolt into existing businesses" within BAE Systems Inc.’s electronic systems sector, Inside Defense reported Monday.
Jim Scanlon, general manager of defense systems unit at Science Applications International Corp., said the use of other transaction authorities has helped SAIC and other companies speed up work on vehicles, weapon systems and other programs with the Department of Defense, the Washington Business Journal reported Friday.
A new survey showed that 48 percent of information technology leaders in the federal government said their agencies are transitioning from a perimeter defense approach to a zero-trust or identity-centered security model, FedScoop reported Wednesday.
Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin’s space business and a four-time Wash100 award recipient, told Yahoo Finance in a video posted Tuesday about the manned mission to the moon by 2024.
