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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.
Lockheed Martin has launched a new line of satellite buses at the Air Force Association-hosted Air, Space & Cyber Conference. The company said Tuesday its family of satellite buses consists of the LM 50, LM 400, LM 1000 and the LM 2100 series and will share at least 280 common components in an effort to […] More
Orbital ATK has announced plans to make a $5 million investment to expand its 175,000-square-foot production facility in Beavercreek, Ohio, as the company transitions work from its Clearfield, Utah-based facility. The company said Tuesday the expansion project is expected to generate 57 technical and engineering jobs and will add approximately 40,000 square feet of space […] More
Saab has announced plans to set up a production facility in the U.S. for a trainer aircraft the Sweden-based company and its partner Boeing proposed for the U.S. Air Force‘s T-X program. Saab said Monday it has begun to identify and assess potential sites for the new aircraft manufacturing facility to be established in the U.S. […] More
Technology investment firm C5 Accelerate has teamed up with SAP National Security Services in an effort to further support an accelerator program that seeks to identify and track companies that work to address national security issues. SAP NS2 will share its knowledge in data management, technology and advanced analytics as part of the innovation partnership […] More
The U.S. Navy is expected to buy a second autonomous vessel built by a Leidos-led team as the service prepares to take over control of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, USNI News reported Friday. Timothy Barton, maritime chief engineer at Leidos, said DARPA has begun […] More
Lockheed Martin‘s venture capital arm has invested in Ocean Aero as both companies aim to seek opportunities to expand their autonomous maritime capabilities. The strategic investment from Lockheed Martin Ventures seeks to help the firms continue to demonstrate their capability to configure teams of autonomous platforms for complex missions, Lockheed said Friday. Chris Moran, executive director […] More
A new report by LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Data Foundation says the U.S. government should advance the universal entity identification process through the adoption of a unique identifier to facilitate verification of businesses, nonprofit institutions and other organizations. LexisNexis and Data Foundation interviewed 17 government, industry and tech professionals for the report and respondents said […] More
Deltek has released a new report that takes a look at how federal agencies adopt blockchain technology and artificial intelligence platforms. The General Services Administration has helped facilitate the implementation of blockchain technology through the Emerging Citizen Technology Program launched in October 2016, Alex Rossino, a principal research analyst at Deltek, wrote in a blog post published Thursday. ECTP […] More
Lockheed Martin has teamed up with Blue Cedar to incorporate the latter’s mobile security tool into its Universal Communications Platform mobile application in an effort to facilitate secure communications among app users, military personnel and first responders. The partnership seeks to enable users to download to their smartphones, table computers and other mobile devices the […] More
Boeing and Lockheed Martin have submitted bids to the U.S. Air Force for a program to replace the service branch’s fleet of UH-1N Huey helicopters, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. The Boeing-Leonardo team offered the MH-139 helicopter as its entry for the UH-1N replacement competition as the military branch looks to procure 84 aircraft through the […] More
F-35 pilots from the U.K. air and naval forces have collaborated with fighter jet pilots from Italy and the Netherlands to participate in F-35 coalition interoperability tests conducted at a BAE Systems-operated simulation facility in Samlesbury, England. The tests are part of a series of simulation exercises designed to assess the interoperability of the fighter aircraft with […] More
CAE has partnered with a research laboratory at Canada-based business school HEC Montreal to build up aviators’ performance through research on user experience in flight simulators. CAE said Tuesday it will collaborate with the school’s Tech3Lab to use big data analysis, neuroscience and biometrics to study pilots’ behaviors in a training environment. Marc St-Hilaire, vice […] More
