Boeing Puts Apache Block II Compound Helicopter Through Six Wind Tunnel Tests
Boeing finished in January six wind tunnel tests on a small-scale model of an AH-64E Block II Apache compound helicopter, Rotor & Wing International reported Friday.
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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Report: Navy Eyes Production Order for Raytheon’s Joint Precision Approach & Landing System
The U.S. Navy is set to sign a contract with Raytheon by May to begin the production of the company’s Joint Precision Approach and Landing System for use on the service’s nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships, FlightGlobal reported Friday. Raytheon is expected to deliver the first JPALS units in 2020 for installation on the service's 11 carriers and eight assault ships.
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NNSA Eyes Logistics, Mgmt Services Contract Award to Mitre in Support of ‘Jason’ Scientific Panel
The National Nuclear Security Administration issued a FedBizOpps notice Thursday to announce its plan to award a contract to Mitre to provide logistics and management support to a scientific advisory panel called Jason, Defense News reported Thursday.
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Red Hat’s David Egts: Open Source, Hybrid Cloud Could Provide Agencies Access to Supercomputing
David Egts, chief technologist of North American public sector at Red Hat, has said federal agencies seeking to gain access to high performance computing should leverage open source and hybrid cloud platforms.
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In-Q-Tel’s Chris Darby on ‘Democratization’ of Technologies
Chris Darby, president and CEO of In-Q-Tel, said the “democratization†of satellites and other technologies had closed the gap between the U.S. and other countries in terms of capabilities, CBS News reported Wednesday.
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Army to Host Industry Day for ‘Enterprise IT as a Service’ Program
The U.S. Army will hold a government-industry collaboration day May 7 at Fort Belvoir in Virginia to discuss the service’s Enterprise Information Technology as a Service program. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says interested stakeholders have until April 29, Monday, to register for the event, which will discuss the Army’s strategy to upgrade its enterprise network and the other transaction authority as well as feature one-on-one sessions.
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Kathy Warden: Northrop on Track to Meet Synergy Targets as Orbital ATK Integration Continues
Northrop Grumman executives said they are seeing the benefits of the company’s acquisition of Orbital ATK, which now operates as Northrop’s innovation systems business unit, when it comes to new business opportunities and cost savings, SpaceNews reported Wednesday.
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Deloitte’s William Eggers & John O’Leary: 5 Things to Consider for Gov’t Workforce Mgmt Reform
William Eggers and John O’Leary of Deloitte’s Center for Government Insights wrote in a Nextgov article published Tuesday that there are five ideas federal agencies should consider as they reform their workforce management approach and one is recognizing the individual worker.
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Marillyn Hewson: Lockheed Develops Hypersonic Weapons Through Contract Awards Worth $2.5B
Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson said the company is developing various hypersonic weapons through military contracts worth approximately $2.5B combined, USNI News reported Tuesday.
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Pegasystems’ Doug Averill: Agile Methodology Key to Project, Portfolio Mgmt System Modernization
Doug Averill, industry market leader for public sector at Pegasystems, wrote in a GCN article posted Tuesday that implementing Agile methodology could help agencies centralize data and meet cybersecurity requirements as they work to build up their platforms for portfolio and project management.
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Federal Gov’t Needs Private Sector to Back Tech R&D Projects; GDIT’s Yogesh Khanna Quoted
Industry and government executives said the federal government, which used to be a monolith when it comes to technology research and development, needs the support of the private sector in order to fund R&D work on new technologies amid tight budgets and other challenges, Federal Times reported Tuesday. Yogesh Khanna, chief technology officer at General Dynamics Information Technology, noted that even large companies do not have extensive financial resources to back massive R&D programs.
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Zscaler’s Stephen Kovac Calls for Trusted Internet Connections 3.0 Platform Certification Process
Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and compliance at Zscaler, wrote in a commentary piece published Monday on FCW that the federal government should advance a certification process for platforms under the updated Trusted Internet Connections 3.0 policy.