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  • In-Q-Tel’s Dan Geer Outlines Policy Recommendations to Address Cyber Attacks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    In-Q-Tel’s Dan Geer Outlines Policy Recommendations to Address Cyber Attacks

    Dan Geer, In-Q-Tel’s chief information security officer, has proposed a set of policies that he believes industry and the government could adopt in order to respond to cyber attacks, Defense One reported Thursday. Patrick Tucker writes Geer shared his recommendations for governing the software industry during the Black Hat cybersecurity conference Wednesday. Geer recommended the government mandate […] More

  • Autonomic Resources Updates Cloud Service Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Autonomic Resources Updates Cloud Service Offering

    Autonomic Resources has added new features to its cloud service offering in an effort to give government agency customers direct access to the platform. The company designed the new ARC-P On Premise to replicate the cloud platform on agency premise in order to deliver services that are similar for both physical and virtual machines, Autonomic […] More

  • Andrew Aziz: IBM Partners with Shanghai Wind on Cloud-Based Financial Tool Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Andrew Aziz: IBM Partners with Shanghai Wind on Cloud-Based Financial Tool Offering

    IBM Corp. has teamed with Shanghai Wind Information to offer cloud-based analytics tools to Wind Info’s customers with the goal of helping them meet regulations and reduce financial risks. Wind Info will integrate IBM’s risk management software into the company’s trading terminals to develop a hybrid tool for processing risk data in the cloud, IBM […] More

  • Terry Lorier: Aerojet Rocketdyne Puts CST-100 Propulsion Tech Through Launch Abort, Hot Fire Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Terry Lorier: Aerojet Rocketdyne Puts CST-100 Propulsion Tech Through Launch Abort, Hot Fire Tests

      Aerojet Rocketdyne has finished work on a service module propulsion system for a human spaceflight program that Boeing holds a contract with NASA for. Aerojet Rocketdyne built the service module and launch abort propulsion system for Boeing’s CST-100 spacecraft, the company said Thursday. Terry Lorier, Aerojet Rocketdyne’s CST-100 service module propulsion system program manager, said […] More

  • Exelis' Craig Oswald: DigitalGlobe WorldView-3 Satellite to Have 16 Spectral Bands - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis’ Craig Oswald: DigitalGlobe WorldView-3 Satellite to Have 16 Spectral Bands

    Craig Oswald, commercial imaging manager of geospatial systems at Exelis, has detailed his company’s work to develop a telescope, sensor and shortwave infrared system for DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 satellite . Oswald wrote in a blog post published Thursday that WorldView-3 “will have double the number of spectral bands” and provide a 31-centimeter image resolution. Exelis also developed the […] More

  • IBM, CSC Further Cloud Partnership; Jim Smith, Steve Robinson Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM, CSC Further Cloud Partnership; Jim Smith, Steve Robinson Comment

    IBM and Computer Sciences Corp. have extended their partnership to develop services intended to help customers move into cloud environments. Jim Smith, executive vice president and general manager of CSC’s global business services, said Thursday that the company aims for the partnership “to modernize, mobilize, integrate, secure and manage the evolving global application ecosystem.” “As […] More

  • Laura Presciutti: Unisys Provides Enterprise Support with People Computing System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Laura Presciutti: Unisys Provides Enterprise Support with People Computing System

    Unisys has started work to identify the devices and business processes of clients in order to gain insights into their attitude toward information technology. Laura Presciutti, director of portfolio marketing for the global managed services division of Unisys, said Wednesday “people computing is the enablement of the Unisys strategy.” “There is a science to end-user support, people […] More

  • Craig Perciavalle: Austal USA Unveils USS Montgomery Littoral Combat Ship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Craig Perciavalle: Austal USA Unveils USS Montgomery Littoral Combat Ship

    Austal USA has launched the USS Montgomery littoral combat ship the company built for the U.S. Navy’s near-shore and open-ocean operations under a $3.5 billion block purchase inked in 2010. General Dynamics‘ Advanced Information Systems served as integrator for the ship’s navigation, C4I and aviation systems, General Dynamics said Wednesday. Austal USA collaborated with Berard […] More

  • ManTech Updates Endpoint Anti-Malware Platform; Raj Dodhiawala Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech Updates Endpoint Anti-Malware Platform; Raj Dodhiawala Comments

    ManTech’s cyber services business unit has updated its endpoint malware protection platform in an effort to help clients detect and remedy compromised systems. ManTech Cyber Solutions International unveiled the second version of Active Defense platform, powered by its digital DNA technology, for users to identify in-memory zero-days, rootkits and targeted attacks, ManTech said Wednesday. “Active […] More

  • Marillyn Hewson: Lockheed Eyes 20% Mark for Int'l Sales - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marillyn Hewson: Lockheed Eyes 20% Mark for Int’l Sales

    Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson has described her company’s investments in emerging products and technologies that aim to help clients address affordability requirements in an interview with Defense News published Sunday. She also outlined Lockheed’s push to expand its business worldwide in the Q&A with Defense News Editor Vago Muradian. “We are driving to grow our international business. It is now 18 percent of our […] More

  • Chris Green: BAE Helps Clients Counter Money Laundering with Updated Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chris Green: BAE Helps Clients Counter Money Laundering with Updated Offering

    BAE Systems’ applied intelligence division has updated its anti-money laundering suite in an effort to help customers comply with evolving regulations. The NetReveal anti-money laundering suite of products features modules to detect, prevent, probe and disclose money-laundering incidents, BAE Systems said Tuesday. Chris Green, managing director of financial crime at BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, said […] More