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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.
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a process designed to encrypt and store sensitive data into a synthetic DNA. Bioengineers George and Marlene Bachand at Sandia Labs used a computer algorithm to encode a summarized version of a letter by U.S. President Harry Truman into a chemically synthesized DNA spotted onto a Sandia Labs […] More
Lockheed Martin has received a potential $8.6 million contract modification to provide sustainment support services for the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System control segment. The GPS control segment includes the master control station, alternate control station, six monitor stations, four ground antennas, consolidated test environment and telecommunications simulator test station, the Defense Department said Friday. […] More
Airbus Group has received a contract from Germany’s defense procurement agency to operate Israel Aerospace Industries-built Heron 1 unmanned aerial systems in support of German forces’ missions in Mali. Airbus’ defense and space business will begin UAS operations in Mali in November through February 2018, Airbus said Thursday. Thomas Reinartz, head of sales for unmanned […] More
Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance, has said he believes the passage of the fiscal 2017 National Defense Authorization Act would help pave the way for ULA to further develop the Vulcan rocket, Via Satellite reported Thursday. Caleb Henry writes House and Senate lawmakers work to reconcile through a conference the two versions […] More
Fidelis Cybersecurity has introduced a database and two freeware tools that work to detect cyber threats and protect network infrastructure from data theft. The Barncat Threat Intelligence Database contains a collection of more than 100,000 records of malware-derived configuration settings in remote access tools and is designed to help cyber analysts identify and attribute cyber […] More
The U.S. Coast Guard has selected BlackBerry‘s AtHoc division to provide a software platform in support of efforts to expand the functionalities of the service branch’s alert warning tool. AtHoc will integrate its Crisis Communication software with USCG’s Alert Warning System 2.0 in order to facilitate transmission of emergency alerts as well as reach service and […] More
The Missile Defense Agency plans to award a potential five-year contract to provide information technology management and analysis support services to MDA’s information management and technology operations directorate. MDA said in a presolicitation notice posted Wednesday on FedBizOpps potential contractors will provide such services under a small business set-aside contract in support of global information systems across all agency […] More
Michael Fallon, U.K. defense minister, has said the U.K. has called on the U.S. Defense Department to finalize and approve the former country’s request to procure 138 Lockheed Martin-built F-35 aircraft under two contracts worth approximately $15 billion, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Anthony Capaccio writes the contracts include the potential sale of nine Lockheed’s F-35B short-takeoff […] More
ZedaSoft has received a contract from AI Signal Research to provide a simulator for the Boeing-built Apache AH-64D helicopter that runs on a simulation software framework. ZedaSoft will work to equip the Apache simulator with its Container-Based Architecture for Simulation software framework and provide simulation hardware equipment under the contract, the company said Wednesday. CBA for Simulation is […] More
Riverbed Technology has unveiled a new research and development center in India in an effort to advance the global distribution of its application performance and cloud networking tools. Kartik Subbanna, Riverbed’s vice president of engineering in India, will lead the company’s R&D facility in Bangalore and will report to Vineet Abraham, U.S.-based VP of engineering […] More
The Defense Department has awarded the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service a potential three-year, $1.5 million contract to help DoD’s Domestic Preparedness Support Initiative bring defense technology platforms to the commercial market. The TEEX product development center will help DPSI determine focus areas and collaborate with the office of assistant defense secretary to identify products that […] More
An official with L-3 Communications has said the company is ready to offer to international customers a new aircraft designed to perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, FlightGlobal said Wednesday. Craig Hoyle writes John Koziol, vice president of ISR systems at L-3, made the announcement after the company launched the Spydr II aircraft at the […] More
