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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.
Northrop Grumman has unveiled a modular sensor technology for military customers to track and spot airborne targets. The OpenPod platform is designed to house multiple sensors and employ targeting and infrared search and track systems, Northrop said Tuesday. James Mocarski, vice president of Northrop’s airborne tactical sensors unit, said the company built the pod with […] More
Iridium Communications has integrated an Aireon-built air traffic surveillance payload system into a NEXT satellite that is scheduled to go into space between 2015 and 2017. Aireon will utilize the hosted Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast receiver payload to help the aviation industry access information about aircraft position and status, Iridium said Monday. The payload integration effort […] More
Concurrent Technologies Corp. has been awarded three contracts to provide assistance to certain programs of the U.S. Navy and the Defense Logistics Agency. CTC said Friday it received a $2.2 million task order to help the Navy’s Bureau of Medicine and Surgery conduct industrial hygiene surveys and evaluate workplace hazard control measures. “It is of […] More
An AtHoc–MDreieck alliance has helped the Mexican government build and implement an emergency communication system to alert residents before an earthquake occurs. The Mexican Seismic Alert System worked to detect the magnitude 5.5 earthquake that hit Oaxaca on April 28 and sent automated alerts through Seismic Alert Radio System receivers and school public address systems, […] More
Maximus and MicroPact have partnered to combine their technology and service offerings with the goal of helping customer agencies manage cases and business processes. MicroPact said Thursday that Maximus agreed to leverage the integrated case and business process management platform entellitrak to support health, financial and civilian programs in the government sector. Tom Romeo, president […] More
The U.S. Air Force wants a Lockheed Martin-built missile system to host a new microwave weapon technology designed to disrupt adversaries’ computer and electronic systems, Flightglobal reported May 14. James Drew writes Maj. Gen. Thomas Masiello, commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory, said the lab will miniaturize the Counter-electronics High-powered microwave Advanced Missile Project […] More
FedBid has updated its business-to-government online marketplace to include new tools designed to help agencies create and manage indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity or blanket purchase agreement contracts. “BPAs and IDIQs are often used by government buyers to help leverage savings and streamline the process for purchasing frequently-used goods and services that are needed across their organizations,” Joe Jordan, […] More
The U.S. Air Force has approved SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 rocket, clearing the way for the company to pursue military launch service contracts. The military branch said Tuesday it spent more than $60 million and took almost two years to complete the certification process. “This is an important step toward bringing competition to national security space […] More
NASA has picked nine out of 33 scientific instrument proposals for the agency’s planned space mission to investigate whether the structure of a Jupiter moon could support life. The agency said Monday it aims to build and put a solar-powered spacecraft into orbit around Jupiter for three years to study the planet’s Europa moon. Participants […] More
Cisco will set up a 900-square-feet showroom at the Global Center for Health Innovation in Cleveland, Ohio, to demonstrate a range of medical information technology platforms. The company said Tuesday its Healthcare Customer eXperience Center would showcase interactive displays, collaboration tools, data analytics and telemedicine systems. Barbara Casey, senior practice director for healthcare transformation at Cisco, […] More
Susie Adams, chief technology officer of Microsoft‘s federal government business, has recommended that agencies implement user-focused security policies to manage personal devices in the workplace, GCN reported Friday. “It’s about governance first,†Adams told GCN in an interview. “Maintaining control over employee access to data regardless of the device becomes probably the most important thing […] More
DigitalGlobe and Saab have created a joint venture to offer three-dimensional Earth imagery and elevation data products to commercial and government organizations. The companies said Tuesday that Vricon aims to integrate a Saab-made 3D imaging technology and DigitalGlobe’s database of satellite images to develop new geospatial products. The business will initially focus on producing topographic […] More
