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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.
Systems Made Simple has been awarded a five-year task order to help the Department of Veterans Affairs process disability claims and streamline the delivery of benefits to retired service personnel. The Lockheed Martin-owned company won the task order through the Transformation Twenty One Total Technology contract worth approximately $262 million, Lockheed said Thursday. Systems Made […] More
Raytheon has put the updated Patriot Integrated Air and Missile Defense system through a test to evaluate its detection and engagement functions against ballistic missile threats. The Patriot system with the Post-Deployment Build 8 update worked to detect and neutralize a ballistic missile target by firing PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement and GEM-T interceptors in succession, Raytheon said Thursday. The company […] More
Microsoft will collaborate with Dominion Virginia Power and the government of Virginia to build a new solar energy facility in Fauquier County through a public-private partnership. The companies and the government of Virginia expect the facility to commence operations in 2017 and supply the state’s power grid with 20 megawatts of solar energy, Dominion Virginia […] More
The U.S. Army has concluded a series of qualification tests on a DRS Technologies-built target acquisition system. The service branch performed the tests on DRS’ Improved Bradley Acquisition Subsystem Block 2 platform at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama in January, DRS said Wednesday. DRS’ infrared sensors and systems business unit developed the IBAS Block 2 system. IBAS […] More
Verizon’s enterprise solutions business has won a spot on a potential 10-year, $150 million contract to provide network and communication platforms and related services to Virginia. The multiple-award contract awarded by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency has a five-year base period and five option years, Verizon said Wednesday. Maggie Hallbach, vice president of government and education […] More
A subsidiary of Raytheon has been awarded two contracts worth $36 million combined to produce up to 58 Naval Remote Weapon Stations for the Canadian navy’s warships. Raytheon Canada Ltd. secured the contracts through a two-step bid evaluation process, Canada’s public services and procurement department said Tuesday. The Naval Remote Weapon Stations will work to […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will conduct Information Days from March 29 to 30 and a Proposers Day on April 22 to discuss the Squad X Core Technologies program with potential contractors. DARPA said Tuesday the SXCT initiative seeks to develop portable, integrated platforms designed to provide situational awareness functions for dismounted troops. The systems will also work to […] More
The General Services Administration’s 18F organization has issued a draft request for quotations under the Agile blanket purchase agreement for a task order to develop a public dashboard for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. GSA’s draft RFQ posted Monday on GitHub says the task order is for the group of Pool 3 vendors […] More
Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson has said the company increased its investments in research and development efforts to $839 million in 2015 in an effort to meet its international clients’ current and future defense and national security requirements. She noted in her speech at Lockheed’s 2016 Media Day in Virginia Tuesday that such investments went to the development […] More
Lockheed Martin has formed a new business unit after it completed the combination of energy platforms and related offerings that were previously aligned in various business areas. Lockheed Martin Energy will offer platforms across the areas of energy management, nuclear systems, energy storage, bio-energy and ocean technologies, the company said Tuesday. Frank Armijo, who has […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a solicitation for research proposals for the Improv program that aims to build prototypes designed to pose security threats to potential adversaries through commercially available products. A broad agency announcement posted Friday on FedBizOpps stated that DARPA will select the proposals that will enter the feasibility study phase following the submission […] More
CloseWatch has secured $1.49 million in a seed funding round from ECAP Holdings and a group of angel investors to further develop an analytics-based mobile application designed to help citizens report crimes to law enforcement agencies. The CloseWatch-built iWatch mobile app works to classify tips of illegal activities and threats based on the FBI’s standard crime […] More
