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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.
DRS Technologies has unveiled a 10-pound digital tuner that works to detect weak high-frequency radio signals. The Harrier Multichannel Wideband High-Frequency Digital Tuner is designed to capture signals of interest through its 28 digital down converters distributed across its four wideband channels, DRS said Wednesday. The DRS-built tuner has a dynamic range of up to 120 […] More
Amazon Web Services has introduced new tools designed to help users analyze and integrate Next Generation Weather Radar data with workflows on AWS’ Simple Storage Service cloud platform. NEXRAD is a system composed of 160 Doppler radar sites that work to collect data that commercial firms and researchers use to predict severe storms, AWS said in a blog […] More
Accenture used an Oracle-built cloud platform to consolidate data from disparate information technology systems into a single interface as part of Accenture’s three-month project for Hawaiian Telcom. Accenture said Wednesday it deployed Oracle Service Cloud to integrate information from five IT systems that the telecommunications firm uses to store and process orders, cases, billing and […] More
Eric Gillespie, founder and CEO of Govini, has cited recent consolidations and acquisitions that made an impact on the federal services contracting market in 2015. Gillespie wrote in an article published Tuesday on GovExec that the formation of CSRA through the merger of Computer Sciences Corp.’s U.S. public sector business with SRA International resulted in the creation of a […] More
BlackMesh’s platform-as-a-service cloud offering has received a Federal Risk Authorization Management Program certification. BlackMesh’s SecureCloud PaaS product is based on Red Hat-built OpenShift cloud platform, BlackMesh said Tuesday. Red Hat’s OpenShift works to help developers build, run, manage and deploy cloud services and other applications. “Achieving FedRAMP certification for SecureCloud is a significant step for […] More
CACI International has received a potential three-year, $25 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue to provide development and lifecycle support services for the service branch’s command and control training simulation suite. The contract covers support for the Air Space and Cyberspace Constructive Environment – Information Operations Suite of the service branch’s Cyber Command […] More
The Federal Aviation Administration has extended its contract with SRA International, a subsidiary of technology services contractor CSRA, to continue to provide support services for the FAA’s security operations center. The FAA said in a Jan. 14 notice posted on FedBizOpps that the contract extension is a “bridge contract action†that aims to prevent the discontinuation of […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will conduct Proposers Days on Feb. 2 and 3 to discuss its Neural Engineering System Design program with potential contractors. DARPA’s NESD initiative seeks to develop implantable neural interface systems that will work to facilitate information transfer and signal resolution between the human brain and digital networks, the agency said Tuesday. “Today’s best brain-computer […] More
Northrop Grumman has partnered with M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings to develop and produce radar arrays intended for use in defense platforms and related programs. MACOM will use its active antenna platform to manufacture radar systems under the teaming agreement with Northrop, MACOM said Tuesday. “This relationship supports our continuing pursuit of advanced radar systems,” said Thomas Jones, sector […] More
Omniplex World Services has purchased Social Intelligence’s government solutions business in an effort to gain access to public online data and social media information for use in background investigation process. Omniplex will run the business as its Social Intelligence Government Solutions division and named Steve Lewis, former operations manager at Social Intelligence and a 30-year defense intelligence […] More
Orbital ATK has completed a series of tests on a hypersonic engine combustor developed through a 3D printing process the company calls “powder bed fusion.” The company subjected the combustor to propulsion wind tunnel tests and extreme temperature flight tests for a period of 20 days at NASA’s Langley Research Center, Orbital ATK said Monday. “This […] More
DynCorp International has secured a potential five-year, $59.4 million contract to continue to provide operation and maintenance support for the aviation program of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The contract contains a base period of two years and three option years and covers support for 52 CAL Fire planes used to control wildfires […] More
