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is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.
Siemens has been awarded a $24 million energy savings performance contract to support the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers‘ power and water conservation initiatives at a military helicopter maintenance facility in Texas. The company’s building technologies division will lead installation of energy-efficiency systems at the Corpus Christi Army Depot in efforts to meet goals in the White House mandate on […] More
Forty-seven percent of public and private sector information technology professionals who responded to an IID-sponsored survey said their organizations have experienced a material security breach in the past year. The study, conducted by Ponemon Institute, also found that 65 percent of respondents believe their companies or agencies could have avoided the cybersecurity breaches through sharing […] More
Washington, D.C.’s public transportation agency has chosen a BlackBerry division to implement a unified network for agency personnel, first responders and local emergency organizations to communicate in the event of a crisis. BlackBerry said Tuesday the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will use AtHoc‘s Connect alerting and crisis communication platform to distribute information to and from Metro’s enterprise monitoring, helpdesk and customer service facilities. […] More
South Korea intends to procure a variant of the Boeing-built AH-64 Apache attack helicopter for its military to defend the country against threats from North Korea, United Press International reported Monday. Elizabeth Shim writes Boeing unveiled its AH-64E platform during a ceremony held Monday at the company’s facility in Mesa, Arizona, and attended by South Korean government officials. Stars and Stripes […] More
Andy Start, president for Inmarsat‘s global government business, has said the company expanded geographic coverage of its Ka-band broadband satellite network to address public sector clients’ communication demands, Satnews reported Monday. Inmarsat now offers the Global Xpress satcom service to government customers throughout the Americas and Atlantic Ocean regions, the publication reports. Start told the MilSatCom conference in London […] More
The U.S. Army has announced plans to hold a contest for industry participants to build software-based technology that the military service can use to visualize cyber risks. In a FedBizOpps notice posted Oct. 27, the Army said it aims to explore the technical feasibility of implementing a cyber situational awareness tool for echelon commands through its planned Cyber […] More
Lockheed Martin and technology companies Injaz National and Exechon have created a joint venture to build and offer machining tools for the aerospace, defense and automotive industries. Abu Dhabi-based Exechon Enterprises will be led by Karl-Erik Neumann and aims to produce automated technology for the production of advanced components, Lockheed said Monday. The JV also plans to establish a center of […] More
Doug Thomas, director of counterintelligence at Lockheed Martin, has said the company adopted a continuous evaluation platform to help detect attacks or threats posed by insiders, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Emily Kopp writes Lockheed implemented its insider threat program in an effort to avoid workplace violence incidents and theft of trade secrets. The program […] More
AT&T has been awarded a five-year contract to help the U.S. Census Bureau capture and disseminate statistics in mobile devices through the company’s 4G LTE technology. The company said Monday will also provide an Internet of Things management platform for the bureau to manage its wireless network usage. Mike Leff, vice president of AT&T’s civilian […] More
Cybersecurity firm SignalSense has obtained $4.5 million in a seed funding round from several investors, including Trilogy Equity Partners, Tola Capital and Ignition Partners. The company said Thursday it will use the money to further develop a network security intelligence technology and fund the company’s efforts to expand in the East Coast and recruit technical […] More
CACI CEO Ken Asbury said the company has developed sensor technology that he believes U.S. law enforcement personnel can use to track unauthorized use of unmanned aerial vehicles within the domestic airspace, the Washington Post reported Thursday. Christian Davenport writes the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration wants to evaluate the potential of CACI’s technology to monitor illegal drone flights near airports […] More
The U.S. Army seeks vendors that can offer situational awareness tools designed for cyberspace and electromagnetic spectrum environments as part of an effort to build a converged CEM SA platform. In a FedBizOpps notice posted Oct. 22, the Army said it will also hold a Cyber Quest exercise in July 2016 to assess the feasibility of integrating commercial technology […] More
