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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.
A threat intelligence team at Palo Alto Networks has found that a cyber espionage group has launched a new spear phishing attack against the U.S. government. The company said Tuesday its Unit 42 discovered that the Sofacy threat group, also called APT28, used a compromised email account linked to a foreign affairs ministry of another country […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a solicitation to gather research proposals for a potential five-year, $26 million program that aims to build miniaturized magnetic components for integration with electromagnetic systems used by the Defense Department. DARPA’s Magnetic Miniaturized and Monolithically Integrated Components program will focus on three technical areas, according to a broad agency announcement posted Thursday on FedBizOpps. Those […] More
Intergraph Government Solutions’ software platform will be deployed across 13 U.S. Marine Corps installations worldwide after the platform received milestone C and full deployment approval under the defense acquisition system. IGS said Thursday the deployment approval for Intergraph Computer-Aided Dispatch was based on the software tool’s live operation and testing conducted at Marine Corps Air Station […] More
QTS Realty Trust will host Georgia Hospital Association’s information technology systems through the company’s Atlanta-Metro data center under an agreement between QTS and GHA. QTS provides data center migration and managed hosting services in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, the company said Thursday. Brandon […] More
MBDA’s Italian subsidiary will supply Qatar’s naval units with four corvette ships, two patrol vessels and a landing platform dock under a contract with the country’s naval force. MBDA said Thursday the contract is part of an agreement that Italian defense minister Roberta Pinotti and Qatar’s defense chief Khalid Bin Muhammad Al-Attiyah signed in Rome Thursday. […] More
Xerox’s PARC subsidiary and DZYNE Technologies have been awarded separate contracts under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program aimed at developing a “vanishing” air delivery platform. DARPA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted June 10 DZYNE Technologies will receive $2.9 million under the initial phase of the Inbound, Controlled, Air-Releasable, Unrecoverable Systems program and $3.2 million under […] More
Leonardo-Finmeccanica and Bittium will showcase their military radio platforms at the five-day Eurosatory Defense and Security International Exhibition that kicked off Monday in Paris. Leonardo-Finmeccanica said Monday it will demonstrate how its Swave software-defined tactical radio and Bittium’s Tactical Wireless IP Network system could establish a network through a common high data rate waveform. The European HDRWF […] More
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos has said the next administration should ask NASA to launch large-scale technology development initiatives and prize programs, Space News reported Wednesday. Jeff Foust writes Bezos made the remarks in an on-stage interview during a lecture at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington Tuesday. “One thing that the government could […] More
Salient CRGT’s Laurence Rose has discussed in his book “The Human Side of Virtual Work” methods and ideas on how government technology firms can implement their teleworking programs and ensure customer satisfaction in a virtual work environment. Rose, senior vice president of contracts and procurement at Salient CRGT, said Wednesday that companies should provide “humanistic management†amid limited […] More
Esri and the National Geomatics Center of China have signed an agreement that aims to expand access to China’s cartographic maps and imagery data through Esri’s ArcGIS mapping platform. Esri said Tuesday ArcGIS system users outside China will now have access to China’s geodata at no additional cost. “The agreement will facilitate the scientific and […] More
Italian defense minister Roberta Pinotti and her French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian have signed an agreement to facilitate collaboration on the development of the Aster 30 Block 1 NT missile. MBDA said Tuesday France and Italy will work to update the Aster 30 missile and its SAMP/T system through the cooperation arrangement pact in order to develop […] More
Four NASA astronauts have begun to work with Boeing and SpaceX to assess spacecraft control systems and simulators in preparation for their future International Space Station missions as part of the Commercial Crew Program. NASA said Wednesday astronauts Doug Hurley, Suni Williams, Bob Behnken and Eric Boe have been tapped to undergo training for flight tests […] More
