Jane Edwards

Leidos CEO Thomas Bell said the company is working on its “North Star” vision that would guide its strategic decisions as it approaches its first decade as an independent company. “The North Star isn’t going to be that suddenly we’re going to go 90 degrees left or 90 degrees right. The North Star is going […] More

Scott Aken, CEO of Axellio, said the Department of Defense should work closely with industry stakeholders to address challenges associated with DOD’s transition to 5G communication networks and align platforms with the U.S. military’s operational and security requirements while ensuring interoperability. Aken wrote in an article published Monday on Military Embedded Systems that DOD and […] More

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health has released a broad agency announcement for a program that seeks to transform innovations from other domains into health care platforms that can be scaled to larger application areas. The Scaling Health Applications Research for Everyone program calls for interested stakeholders to demonstrate technical feasibility and develop a […] More

The U.S. Army has cleared the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle program’s entry into the full-rate production phase but has yet to award the FRP contract to BAE Systems, Defense News reported Friday. A spokesperson for the Army’s program executive office ground combat systems said the AMPVs are compliant with the required specifications and that issues detected […] More

Hypori’s Halo software-as-a-service offering has received provisional authorization from the Defense Information Systems Agency to handle Department of Defense data at Impact Levels 4 and 5. The Hypori Halo SaaS platform on Amazon Web Services GovCloud (US) could enable DOD mission owners and their partners to gain access to unclassified national security systems and government […] More

Carahsoft Technology will begin offering Federated Wireless’ 5G-enabled private wireless systems to public sector customers through its contract vehicles and reseller partners. Government agency customers can access private wireless products from Federated Wireless through Carahsoft’s National Association of State Procurement Officials ValuePoint contract and The Quilt master service agreement, the companies said in a joint […] More

Intelsat has launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket its Galaxy 37/Horizons-4 geostationary satellite to provide space-based connectivity for government and commercial customers in North America. The Maxar Technologies-built G-37/H-4 communications satellite started sending signals minutes after it took off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, Intelsat said Thursday. “This launch completes our comprehensive […] More

Viasat has introduced a family of software defined radio modem platforms designed to enable military users to securely transmit data and meet beyond line-of-sight communications requirements in support of mission-critical operations. The Black ICE SDR product line supports OpenAMIP for antenna management and Xilinx and Intel Field Programmable Gate Array architectures in Ka- and L-bands, […] More