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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 U.S. Air Force has accepted four Boeing-built MH-139A Grey Wolf test aircraft for use in testing the military capabilities of the platform as the service approaches Milestone C review for the aircraft program. The move came weeks after Boeing finalized the Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certification in order for the aircraft to reach […] More
A GitLab survey has found that decision-makers considered security a key factor when selecting a DevOps platform and that rapid DevOps adoption in 2021 led to faster delivery of software, improved developer productivity and better code quality. GitLab said Tuesday it polled 5,001 software professionals across the world in May and found that nearly 60 […] More
A survey by Riverbed Technology and Swish has found that 52 percent of federal information technology employees said they are worried their on-premises networks and legacy IT systems will face difficulty in delivering good user experiences as more workers transition from a remote set-up to on-site work. Research firm Market Connections conducted a survey of […] More
Azimuth and UES have won positions on a potential eight-year, $40 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide basic and applied research support and development services across several core technology areas. The contractors will support the Air Force Research Laboratory in the areas of structural materials and applications; systems support; new and emerging […] More
Lockheed Martin will hand over to the U.S. Navy another training system for the Sikorsky-built CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter. The CH-53K Containerized Flight Training Device will provide a virtual environment to enable U.S. Marine Corps aviators to train on external lift operations and other heavy lift missions, Lockheed said Wednesday. “Marine pilots have […] More
The Defense Innovation Unit and the office of the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment have announced the addition of several small unmanned aircraft systems to the Department of Defense’s cleared list of drones as part of the second iteration of the Blue sUAS project. The approved drones are Intense Eye V2 from Blue […] More
Dean Bellamy, executive vice president of national security space at Redwire, said the government should prepare for “maneuver warfare” in the space domain by advancing the development of more agile and resilient satellites. Bellamy, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, wrote in an opinion piece published Wednesday on SpaceNews that satellites are critical to U.S. […] More
NASA has awarded nearly $27 million in Phase II Sequential funding to six companies under the Small Business Innovation Research program to continue to develop technology platforms for lunar science and exploration and for unmanned aerial vehicles that could help address wildfires. The six small business awardees were selected for the Sequential awards after maturing […] More
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has launched its Frontier supercomputer designed to help researchers accelerate scientific discoveries. Frontier is the world’s first exascale computer composed of 74 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Cray EX cabinets that include 9,400 Advanced Micro Devices-powered nodes and 90 miles of interconnect cables, ORNL said Wednesday. “Exascale computing is […] More
KBR has received a potential $20 million contract to help the U.S. Geological Survey deploy, repair, operate and maintain its domestic and international seismographic systems. The company said Wednesday its team of engineers and scientists will install and operate the USGS component of a digital network of over 150 geophysical and seismological sensors worldwide, dubbed […] More
A Raytheon Technologies subsidiary has launched a wearable device and SIM technology designed to help the military, government agencies and other organizations meet the communications and situational awareness needs of their workforce. NexGenTrac Watch from Raytheon Blackbird Technologies uses the data service of NexGen Global SIM to deliver emergency signaling, mission-critical communications and personnel accountability […] More
Spire Global and Ursa Space Systems have teamed up to merge their capabilities and help U.S. federal agency clients track illegal activity in the maritime domain. Spire will provide automatic identification system data and combine it with synthetic aperture radar imagery sourced by Ursa Space to help detect and monitor “dark” ships that may be […] More
