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Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
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.
Northrop Grumman has received a contract to update radio terminals aboard the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft. The company said Tuesday it will install the Air Force Tactical Receive System-Ruggedized terminal that works to help JSTARS detect and monitor hostile ballistic missile and air defense threats through collection of […] More
BAE Systems has unveiled at the Space & Missile Defense Symposium in Alabama a new multiple-object tracking radar system designed to provide military test ranges with time, space and position information on several in-flight objects. The iMOTR radar platform has an X-band or C-band active electronically scanned array antenna and clutter suppression functionality designed to collect […] More
Lockheed Martin will build a space instrument that will work to collect data on the planet’s vegetation health and carbon cycle as part of the Geostationary Carbon Cycle Observatory mission. Lockheed said Tuesday it expects the GeoCARB instrument to launch aboard a commercial geostationary orbit satellite as a payload by 2022 to measure carbon dioxide, methane, […] More
DLT Solutions has introduced a new big data and analytics platform designed to help government agencies analyze and generate insights from disparate and unstructured data sources as well as facilitate digital transformation efforts. AnalyticsStack works to address use cases and big data requirements of public sector organizations and leverages the ecosystem integration of various stack […] More
PV Puvvada, president of Unisys’ federal systems business, has said federal chief information officers and other government security professionals should communicate to senior agency heads the measures they are implementing to address cyber risks within their organizations. Puvvada wrote in a blog post published Monday that there are four elements that should be included in reports to […] More
Expenditures related to research and development work on an Aerojet Rocketdyne-built liquid oxygen/kerosene-based propulsion system have amounted to approximately $228 million as of June 30, Space News reported Monday. Aerojet Rocketdyne is one of the two companies that won “other transaction†agreements from the U.S. Air Force in 2016 to develop the AR1 rocket as an alternative […] More
A new MeriTalk study has found that 59 percent of federal agencies have fielded converged infrastructure systems as part of their organizations’ data center strategies. MeriTalk said Monday the “Converged: At the Core of IT Allâ€Â report, underwritten by NetApp and Cisco, is based on an online poll of 150 federal information technology leaders between May and June. […] More
Lockheed Martin has developed an active electronically scanned array radar system designed for use with the U.S. Army’s integrated air and missile defense platform. The company said Monday it will showcase the AESA Radar for Engagement and Surveillance demonstrator at the three-day Space & Missile Defense Symposium that will kick off Tuesday in Huntsville, Alabama. Lockheed […] More
Raytheon CEO Thomas Kennedy has said the White House’s measures to support the defense sector help U.S. contractors pursue growth opportunities in the international market, the Boston Business Journal reported Wednesday. “Having an administration that supports industry and going after international business changes the game,†Kennedy said during Raytheon’s second-quarter earnings call. “And we have an […] More
David Thompson, president and CEO of Orbital ATK, has said he thinks the growth in government satellite work the company has seen since early 2016 could help make up for the weak demand for commercial communications satellites, Space News reported Friday. “Continued strength in government satellite activity, particularly military or defense-related satellite activity, should offset […] More
Concurrent Technologies Corp. will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony on Aug. 24 in Johnstown, P.A., as part of an open house utilizing existing facilities to advance the development of processes to produce advanced and small modular reactor systems. Rep. Keith Rothfus (R-Penn.) will attend the launch of the Center for Advanced Nuclear Manufacturing, CTC said Thursday. CTC President […] More
Romania has announced plans to purchase 36 F-16 fighter aircraft and High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems by 2022, Defense News reported Thursday. “These acquisitions are in the interest of safeguarding the security needs of Romania, but also to respect the government’s commitments in relation to NATO’s structures,†said Adrian Tutuianu, Romania’s defense minister. The European […] More
