Jane Edwards
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.
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Army, Industry Partner on Cyber, EW Tech Development; Northrop’s Ginger Wierzbanowski Quoted
The U.S. Army has teamed up with industry to develop cyber and electronic warfare capabilities under the $982M R4 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and is now issuing task orders to support the service’s cyber electromagnetic activities, Army Technology reported Wednesday.
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Pat Gelsinger on VMware’s Efforts to Secure FedRAMP Certification
VMware is close to earning an authority to operate for its cloud offering under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and CEO Pat Gelsinger said he considers the FedRAMP certification a “critical milestone†and a significant opportunity for the company, CRN reported Thursday.
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DoD Adds Forcepoint Next-Gen Firewall to Approved Products List
The Department of Defense has placed Forcepoint’s Next Generation Firewall on the DoD Information Network Approved Products List following the completion of testing and requirements for security certification.
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Inmarsat Taps Airbus to Build Three Satellites for Global Xpress Network
Inmarsat has selected Airbus’ defense and space business to develop three next-generation satellites for its Global Xpress satellite network. Inmarsat said Thursday the production of GX7, GX8 and GX9 satellites is part of the company’s move to expand its mobile broadband coverage worldwide, improve ability to incorporate future technology platforms and provide agility in space deployment.
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16 Companies Form Digital Services Coalition
Sixteen small- and medium-sized companies have established a new coalition to promote the use of Agile processes in government information technology contracting and encourage collaboration between agencies and industry. The Digital Services Coalition will work with the U.S. Digital Service, the General Services Administration’s 18F organization and other agencies to improve the delivery of government services to citizens, the coalition said Wednesday.
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Lockheed, Red Hat Use Agile Practices to Quickly Deploy F-22 Capabilities; Will Watkins Quoted
Lockheed Martin has teamed up with Red Hat to advance the use of Agile development practices and automated software tools in order to speed up the development and deployment of software platforms and other capabilities for the F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft, Signal Magazine reported.
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Northrop Advances GaN Tech Development for Military Systems in Multidomain Battlespace
Northrop Grumman develops gallium nitride and other semiconductor materials for integration with radars, sensors and other electronic warfare systems to support warfighters as they operate in the multidomain battlespace. The company said Wednesday it produces GaN and other semiconductors through its advanced technology laboratory, which runs as a Pentagon trusted foundry and has delivered over 8M components used to support missions across maritime, space and other domains.
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SAS’ Jon Lemon on Potential Role of Data Analytics in Federal Workforce Management
Jon Lemon, a strategic solutions specialist at SAS’ government unit, wrote in an opinion piece posted Wednesday on Federal Times how data analytics could help federal agencies in their workforce management efforts. A federal agency’s time and attendance systems, human resource platform, financial tools and employee satisfaction surveys are some of the data sources that could be integrated to form a “centralized analytics dashboard,†he wrote.
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ACT-IAC Announces Igniting Innovation Conference and Awards Winners
The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council has unveiled the winners of the Igniting Innovation 2019 Conference and Awards. ACT-IAC said Wednesday conference attendees selected Leidos as the overall winner for its "Lifesaving CT Opioid Detection" platform, which is designed to help address the country’s opioid crisis by intercepting narcotics and other substances in parcels and cargo.
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Dave Dillow Joins Babel Street to Lead Publicly Available Information Programs
Dave Dillow, a 20-year Department of Defense veteran, has joined Washington, D.C.-based data analytics platforms provider Babel Street as director of publicly available information programs. He will help the company serve new DoD components by supporting their missions through the use of PAI, the company said Wednesday.
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FireEye: Fake Social Media Accounts Impersonated 2018 US Midterm Candidates to Back Iranian Interests
A new FireEye report says a network of fake social media accounts impersonated U.S. political candidates and used legitimate online and print media outlets in the U.S. and Israel to promote content in support of Iranian interests. The company said Tuesday most of the bogus accounts in the network were created between April 2018 and March 2019 and used profile pictures taken from different sources online.