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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.
The White House is set to hold a meeting on Thursday with executives from at least 30 U.S. technology companies as part of efforts to advance the use and deployment of algorithms, robots and other artificial intelligence technologies, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. A draft schedule of the meeting says the Trump administration aims to […] More
Hughes Network Systems has received a follow-on contract from the Defense Department to develop a flexible modem interface prototype designed to facilitate interoperability between military and commercial services and platforms. The contract award marks the second phase of a pilot study that seeks to evaluate how satellite communications systems can interoperate in support of military […] More
Concurrent Technologies Corp. will sponsor the three-day 28th Annual Showcase for Commerce that will kick off on May 30 in Johnstown, Pa. Sens. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), and Rep. Keith Rothfus (R-Pa.) are among the congressional leaders who are expected to attend the event that seeks to help industry representatives connect with defense contractors and […] More
DXC Technology has launched a platform as a service designed to help organizations speed up the development and deployment of applications across private, public and hybrid environments. The DXC Managed Container PaaS powered by Red Hat OpenShift works to help developers build, manage and field containerized apps through a single platform and can be integrated […] More
Orbital ATK produced at its Beltsville, Md.-based facility the heat pipes for a Lockheed Martin-built spacecraft that took off Saturday aboard United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket in support of NASA’s Mars mission. Orbital ATK said Monday that it also produced an ultraflex solar array and diaphragm tanks for the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and […] More
Bob Fecteau, a senior vice president and chief information officer at Science Applications International Corp., has been inducted into the CIO magazine’s Hall of Fame in recognition of his leadership and contributions to the technology sector. Fecteau and 14 technology business executives will be recognized at the three-day CIO 100 Symposium and Awards Ceremony that will kick […] More
A Lockheed Martin-built spacecraft for NASA‘s Mars mission lifted off Saturday aboard United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport lander is scheduled to reach Mars on Nov. 26 and perform scientific investigations through Nov. 24, 2020, NASA said Saturday. The […] More
Mike Petters, president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries, has said the company had booked contracts for approximately 25 combat ships at the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2018, the National Interest reported Saturday. “By the end of 2020, if all goes as planned, we will see a significant amount of contracting activity […] More
The latest version of the Firebird optionally-manned aircraft built by Northrop Grumman’s Scaled Composites subsidiary has been seen flying at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California, the Drive reported Saturday. Northrop’s H03 Firebird intelligence gathering aircraft, which has the civil registration code N326JG, has been photographed by photojournalist David Wirth and features a large […] More
Inmarsat CEO Rupert Pearce has said the company has launched a new program that aims to develop new spacecraft to build up its fleets of Ka– and L-band satellites in an effort to meet demand, SpaceNews reported Thursday. Pearce said Wednesday at an earnings call that the GX Flex program, which is now in the […] More
Raytheon has been chosen to help the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance design, develop and support an airspace corridor in New York state to facilitate testing of unmanned aircraft systems. The company said Thursday the new airspace corridor will serve as a venue for companies to test drones and platforms designed for air traffic management […] More
Accenture and SAP have agreed to team up to co-develop a digital platform designed to help defense agencies advance their digital transformation initiatives. The companies will develop the digital defense platform based on SAP’s S/4HANA enterprise resource planning offering built on SAP HANA in-memory platform, Accenture said Thursday. “What our co-development with SAP does is […] More
