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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.
The Boeing-built KC-767A tanker from Italy has completed its first foreign aerial refueling test with the U.S. Air Force’s F-35A fighter plane, Breaking Defense reported Thursday. Colin Clark writes the Italian tanker completed the certification refueling test in California on July 29. The F-35A fighter aircraft received 16,000 pounds of fuel from the KC-767A tanker […] More
Serco‘s North American subsidiary has received a nine-month, $13 million task order to install new command, communication, control, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms for the U.S. Navy. The contract also covers certification and testing services related to C4ISR systems, Serco Inc. said Thursday. Dan Allen, chairman and CEO of Serco Inc., said the company’s work under the […] More
Two Commerce Department agencies have teamed up with the Minority Business Development Agency and the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer to launch a consortium to help minority-owned enterprises develop and commercialize their technology platforms and services. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Institute of Standards and Technology will collaborate with MBDA […] More
Information technology staff at health organizations should craft risk management policies and adopt security measures to secure medical data in a private cloud platform, two chief technologists at Lockheed Martin wrote in a GCN article published Wednesday. Mahesh Kalva and Andrew Underhill said health care IT personnel must carry out certain measures such as penetration auditing, firewall […] More
A consortium led by Hewlett-Packard and Fujitsu have been awarded contracts worth up to $2.3 billion combined for information technology and communications services to the U.K.’s defense ministry. HP will collaborate with Airbus, Fujitsu and CGI under the Atlas Consortium to provide IT systems, software platforms and cloud services for U.K. defense offices and military bases under the $1.5 billion […] More
The Innovation Institute has tapped Dell to become a founding partner of its California-based Innovation Lab to help develop health information technology platforms. Dell said Tuesday the Innovation Institute acts as an incubator for healthcare companies and evaluates, develops and commercialize medical tools and services through its Innovation Lab. The company will collaborate with the institute to […] More
Jacobs Engineering Group has been awarded a contract by Australia’s Melbourne Airport to provide engineering support services for an airside project. Jacobs said Tuesday the contract covers master grading, civil infrastructure, drainage design and earthworks services for the Taxiway Zulu and Terminal 2 Aprons Project. The project calls for the development of a new apron […] More
A consortium of CGI and Intrasoft International has secured a potential five-year, $215 million contract to develop, implement and maintain information systems for the European Parliament. CGI said Tuesday the framework agreement awarded by the parliament’s Directorate-General for Innovation and Technological Support has a base term of two years and three option years. ITEC works to provide […] More
Lockheed Martin has introduced a traffic management platform designed to help operators of unmanned aerial systems share flight information with other pilots. Lockheed is working with NASA and other institutions to develop additional functions for the UTM system under the Space Act data sharing agreement, the company said Monday. “Our objective is an open, standards-based system […] More
Systems Planning and Analysis has been awarded a potential three-year, $7.3 million contract to provide acquisition management support services for the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Agency. SPA said July 23 it will work to develop policies, procedures, systems and learning materials related to reporting, systemic analysis, program management and other aspects of acquisitions for JIDA’s Acquisition Policy […] More
Engineering Research and Consulting has won a five-year, $82 million contract to carry out research and development efforts for the U.S. Air Force’s Propulsion Sciences III program. The cost-plus-fixed-fee contract was awarded through a competitive procurement process and covers support for the Air Force Research Laboratory, the Defense Department said Monday. The Alabama-based contractor will […] More
TeleCommunication Systems has been awarded a six-year, $20 million contract extension to continue to provide integration and management services related to the implementation of its emergency communications platform across Tennessee. Tennessee residents will continue to use TCS’ Next Generation 9-1-1 system to place calls and send emergency texts, videos and photos to communication dispatchers via […] More
