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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.
AT&T has been awarded a five-year contract to provide the Federal Communications Commission with an Internet Protocol service to help FCC adopt cloud services. The IP service will work to establish a connection between data centers and offices to help FCC gain access to various cloud service providers as well as alter Internet and network needs, AT&T […] More
Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, a senior vice president at Inmarsat, has said her company and five other satellite contractors will collaborate with the Defense Department to test the Commercial Integration Cell program within DoD’s Joint Space Operations Center. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in an Inmarsat blog post published Monday that she expects the program to help improve the Pentagon’s space operations and […] More
Aerojet Rocketdyne and NASA have formed a partnership to further development work on a propulsion system designed for CubeSats and other types of nanosatellites. Aerojet Rocketdyne will work to integrate a green propellant called AF-M315E with the MPS-130 CubeSat propulsion platform under NASA’s Utilizing Public-Private Partnerships to Advance Tipping Point Technologies program, the company said Monday. The company will […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has partnered with semiconductor chip producer GlobalFoundries to develop a silicon-on-insulator chip that works to quickly process radio-frequency signals and prevent interference in congested electromagnetic spectrum. DARPA and GlobalFoundries developed the 32-nanometer semiconductor-based chip under the Arrays at Commercial Timescales program, the agency said Monday. The analog-to-digital converter is designed […] More
A Lockheed Martin-built baseline for the Aegis Combat System has received certification from the U.S. Navy and the Missile Defense Agency for integration with the Navy’s destroyers. Jim Sheridan, director of Aegis programs at Lockheed Martin, said Monday the Baseline 9.C1 works to help the Aegis combat platform carry out ballistic and air missile defense and […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will hold a Proposers Day on Feb. 1 to inform potential contractors on the Atomic Clock with Enhanced Stability program. DARPA said in a notice posted Dec. 23 ACES is a potential $50 million program that seeks to develop battery-powered atomic clocks that work to provide warfighters with synchronization and precision timing […] More
A Siemens subsidiary and the National Park Service have deployed two solar panels at Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia under a $29 million Energy Savings Performance contract that Siemens’ federal business secured in 2014. NPS said Jan. 5 that Siemens Government Technologies installed the solar array systems at the park’s ranger office building and headquarters and […] More
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson paid a visit to Huntington Ingalls Industries’ shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Thursday. HII said Friday the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division provided Richardson updates on the four classes of military vessels that it currently constructs for the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard. “This trip allowed me to […] More
Defense and aerospace contractor General Tool Co. will provide hardware equipment for the U.S. Navy’s second Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier under a $48 million subcontract from General Atomics, the Cincinnati Business Courier reported Friday. Andy Brownfield writes the contract covers trough covers, motor support parts and other safety components for the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) […] More
Xerox’s PARC subsidiary and consulting firm Nomura Research Institute have teamed up to develop new technological platforms for medium-size and large corporate organizations through research and development collaboration. The companies will work to explore project opportunities in the areas of data analytics, information technology systems, information security and consulting services under the memorandum of understanding, Xerox […] More
The U.S. Army has begun development work on an open architecture-based system that will work to counter man-portable air-defense systems-related threats and safeguard aircraft from infrared-guided missiles, C4ISR & Networks reported Thursday. Amber Corrin writes Army officials said the Common Infrared Countermeasure system is scheduled to enter the final testing and deployment phase by fiscal 2019 and […] More
Rockwell Collins has secured a contract to develop a set of interfaces intended to help the Naval Air Systems Command meet future Required Navigation Performance Area Navigation requirements and comply with the Future Airborne Capability Environment technical standard. The company will demonstrate its Flight Management System software offering on military computer hardware across various configurations […] More
