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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 new International Data Corp. report predicts consumer and enterprise spending on mobile software, devices and services to hit $1.85 trillion by 2019, up from $1.66 trillion in 2015. IDC said Thursday the figure represents a compound annual growth rate of 2.7 percent over four years as commercial enterprises across industries seek to transform their operations. According to […] More
A Kratos Defense & Security Solutions subsidiary has received a potential six-year, $37 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to supply spares for the Kratos-built BQM-167A Air Force Subscale Aerial Target system. Composite Engineering will also provide repairs and logistics support services for the AFSAT platform during operations at a test and training range in Utah and Tyndall […] More
World Wide Technology has launched a regional office in Denver to house the operations of WWT Asynchrony Labs as well as accommodate its engineering and sales operations. WWT CEO Jim Kavanaugh said Friday the St. Louis-based systems integration firm plans to leverage Denver’s information technology workforce and resources to broaden the services it provides to […] More
Lockheed Martin has selected ASRC Federal’s mission solutions business to help test and develop the Long Range Discrimination Radar system for the Missile Defense Agency. ASRC Federal said Tuesday the LRDR system works to support the ballistic missile defense system in missile threat detection, interception and elimination. Lockheed currently develops the LRDR platform under a […] More
Airbus’ defense and space business has teamed up with satellite Internet provider OneWeb to launch a new joint venture that will work to develop a constellation of 900 satellites designed to provide Internet communications services worldwide. Brian Holz, vice president of space systems at OneWeb, will serve as CEO of OneWeb Satellites joint venture, Airbus said […] More
A new PwC survey says 91 percent of business organizations have implemented the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Cybersecurity Framework and other risk-based security guidelines in an effort to detect and mitigate cyber threats. PwC polled at least 10,000 C-suite executives of information technology and security firms from more than 127 countries from May 7 through June […] More
The U.S. Army Contracting Command has issued a request for information on a consortium with the capability to research and develop prototypes of cyber platforms designed to protect vehicles from cyber attacks. The service branch said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Dec. 29 that the consortium will build prototypes in support of the Tank Automotive […] More
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released the second draft of a document that aims to help computer security professionals assess whether an entropy source of randomness is capable to protect sensitive information. NIST will accept public comments on the latest draft of its publication “Recommendation for the Entropy Sources Used for Random […] More
The U.S. Air Force has awarded an L-3 Communications division a contract to develop 34 units of Predator Mission Aircrew Training System simulators, DefenseWorld.net reported Wednesday. Vishwanath Patil writes L-3 Link will supply PMATS simulators that will be used to train the Air Force and Air National Guard pilots and sensor operator crews of General Atomics-built […] More
Microsoft and the Agriculture Department have selected seven winners of a competition for the development of online applications that aim to help improve the U.S. food system’s resiliency to climate change. The USDA-Microsoft Innovation Challenge required participants to design new tools that work to analyze the agency’s open data on food production available on Microsoft’s […] More
SpaceX has tapped AECOM to design and develop a Hyperloop test track for a SpaceX-hosted competition that aims to promote innovation among university students and speed up the development of Hyperloop prototypes. Hyperloop is a type of transport system that would travel up to 760 miles per hour through a network of air-cushioned pods and […] More
The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded eGlobalTech a three-year contract to provide systems engineering and acquisition support services to the service branch’s command, control, communication, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance program. Contract work covers financial and project management, field engineering and software quality assurance services in support of USCG’s C4ISR initiative, eGlobalTech said Tuesday. The company […] More
