Jane Edwards

NASA and Boeing have decided to delay the first crewed test flight of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station to take time to address the safety issues with the capsule’s wiring and parachutes. The space agency said Thursday Starliner was targeted to lift off in July on a United Launch Alliance Atlas […] More

Siemens‘ business Mendix has secured “In Process” designation under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its cloud-agnostic platform meant to help government agency customers develop low-code enterprise applications. Siemens Government Technologies manages the Mendix Cloud for Government platform, which runs on AWS GovCloud (US), Mendix said Thursday. The National Institute for Occupational Safety […] More

Albers Aerospace will open a new facility in Texas under an agreement with the Amarillo Economic Development Corporation, Amarillo Globe-News reported Wednesday. “This morning, we are excited to announce our formal acceptance of the incentive package to move the innovative technologies business unit to Amarillo,” said John Albers, CEO of Albers Aerospace. “My goal is […] More

A Get SAT-built airborne terminal has received type approval from Inmarsat for use on the latter’s Global Xpress Ka-band network. Get SAT’s Milli SAT H LW GX is a portable satellite communications user terminal that comes with software and electronics and is designed to provide communications capabilities for military aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles, Inmarsat […] More

Jacobs has secured a contract from the U.S. Space Force and North American Aerospace Defense Command to provide digital transformation support services. The company said Friday it has advanced the adoption of the DevSecOps approach and data platforms as it helps NORAD and the Space Force transform legacy systems into a virtual environment that includes […] More

Boeing provided the public a first look at its MQ-28 Ghost Bat unmanned aerial system housed at the company’s Phantom Works facility outside St. Louis, Breaking Defense reported Thursday. The defense contractor unveiled Ghost Bat months after the U.S. Air Force announced that it was planning to begin flight experiments with the UAS to learn […] More

Barry Duplantis, vice president and general manager of the North American public sector at Mattermost, said federal agencies should consider developing digital playbooks to facilitate and speed up response to cybersecurity incidents and natural disasters. “Digital playbooks combine strategic and tactical documentation, automated checklists, real-time collaboration, clear instructions, and more. They ensure that everyone on […] More

Tommy Gardner, chief technology officer of HP Federal, said information technology organizations should advance the development of a proactive defense to prevent an IT mistake from leading to an “error string” or a cascade of errors, InformationWeek reported Wednesday. “IT teams should think through multiple problems at once, understand the limits and constraints of their […] More

Lockheed Martin made another step in advancing the Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept by demonstrating the capability of a digital C2 system to enhance and synchronize planning and execution of joint fires as part of the Northern Edge exercise hosted by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command near Alaska. The company said Tuesday it integrated its digital […] More