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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.
Boeing has handed to the U.S. Navy a system the company designed to store fuel cell energy derived from solar, wind and other renewable resources. The service branch will install the system on its microgrid at a Naval Facilities Engineering Command facility in California to test the platform’s capability to supply electricity for military and commercial clients, Boeing […] More
MBDA has begun deliveries of its Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missiles to the U.K. military for integration with the country’s fleet of Lockheed Martin-built F-35B Lightning II aircraft. The U.K. defense ministry will use ASRAAMs in air-launched fire tests and flight trials necessary to achieve initial operating capability for the fighter jets of the country’s air […] More
BAE Systems could land new U.S. government contracts for electromagnetic railguns after Defense Secretary Ashton Carter outlined the $582.7 billion defense budget plan for fiscal 2017, The Telegraph reported Saturday. Alan Tovey writes Carter told his audience at a recent Economic Club of Washington event that part of the FY 2017 defense budget would fund research […] More
The U.S. Navy has issued a solicitation for research and development programs that will work to support the mission of the combating terrorism technical support office. A broad agency announcement published Feb. 2 on FedBizOpps indicated that CTTSO is interested in R&D projects that deal with chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives, advanced analytic capabilities […] More
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will use a Northrop Grumman-built unmanned aerial system to carry out missions that aim to study El Nino-related weather conditions over the Pacific Ocean. NOAA will utilize NASA’s Global Hawk UAV for the Sensing Hazards with Operational Unmanned Technology missions that will take place starting this month through March, Northrop said Friday. […] More
A Lockheed Martin-built F-35A Lightning II aircraft landed Friday at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland after it completed its first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, Defense News reported Saturday. Lara Seligman writes an Italian air force pilot flew the AL-1 fighter jet from an air base in Portugal to Maryland for seven hours […] More
The Department of Health and Human Services‘ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has issued a request for information on the possible expansion of the horizon scanning system to determine new trends that might help reduce healthcare costs. AHRQ said in a FedBizOpps notice published Feb. 2 that horizon scanning works to identify innovative approaches and platforms that […] More
The U.S. Army has awarded $2 million in contract modifications to a Kratos Defense & Security Solutions subsidiary for additional hardware production and engineering support services. Micro Systems will work to support the Army Ground Aerial Target Control System, target vehicle control tools and related ancillary equipment, Kratos said Monday. AGATCS is a program under the Army’s […] More
Joshua Petty, deputy general counsel at Booz Allen Hamilton, has said companies should make technology adoption “simple†for chief legal officers and other personnel within the legal department, Corporate Counsel reported Wednesday. Stephanie Forshee writes Petty made the statement during a panel discussion at the ALM Media-hosted LegalTech Conference held Wednesday in New York City. […] More
Ken Asbury, president and CEO of CACI International, has said the company is open to the possibility of additional acquisitions that could be integrated with its portfolio at least a year from now, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Asbury told WSJ reporter Doug Cameron in an interview that CACI will turn its focus on […] More
LGS Innovations has introduced a technology platform designed to help commercial and government clients protect their computer networks from potential cyber attacks. The LGS-built CodeGuardian works to safeguard third-party network routers and switches from network vulnerabilities through source code verification and validation and software diversification, the company said Thursday. “For years the ‘elephant in the […] More
Booz Allen Hamilton and software firm Hortonworks have forged an alliance to help commercial and government clients manage big data workloads and their operations through the adoption of an Apache Hadoop platform. McLean, Va.-based Booz Allen said Thursday it will integrate its analytics, data science and cloud architecture offerings with Hortonworks Data Platform through the partnership. HDP is […] More
