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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.
A new Deltek report says that President Barack Obama’s proposed fiscal 2016 budget reflects the administration’s efforts to increase spending on priority programs across the government. The company has estimated that overall contractor-addressable spending will grow 2 percent to $660 billion in FY 2016 if Congress approves the budget plan, Deltek said Wednesday. Federal spending […] More
The U.S. Navy has declared initial operating capability for a Raytheon-built medium range air-to-air missile system after the military service completed flight testing of the technology. Raytheon said Thursday the Navy tested the AMRAAM AIM-120D missile on F/A-18 fighters and is scheduled to deploy the system later this year. According to the company, the U.S. […] More
An independent measurement organization has tested the beam quality and power of a General Atomics-built tactical laser system for the Defense Department. General Atomics’ aeronautical systems group designed the Gen 3 High-Energy Laser System to integrate with aerial, ground and naval platforms, the company said Wednesday. Testers used a government diagnostic system from DoD’s Joint […] More
Russ Rudish, global healthcare leader at Deloitte, has offered multiple strategies that he believes can help providers manage cyber-related risks to their information technology assets. Rudish said industry needs to have safeguards in place because technology designed to improve healthcare system interoperability, care delivery and electronic medical records access might also expose organizations to security […] More
Northrop Grumman has awarded Advanced Integration Technology a contract to produce turnkey systems and tools for the production of E-2D Advanced Hawkeye planes. AIT said Tuesday it will also help install computerized numerical control machines, tool cribs, ovens, metrology instruments and back shops at Northrop’s aircraft integration plant in St. Augustine, Florida. Northrop is expanding […] More
A global study from RSA, the security division of EMC, has shown that most organizations struggle to adopt tools and methods for preventing or mitigating sophisticated cyber threats. The Global Breach Readiness Survey covered 170 companies across 30 countries and used the RSA-backed Security for Business Innovation Council as a benchmark for cybersecurity best practices, […] More
General Dynamics has obtained certification from the U.S. National Security Agency for a technology that seeks to help government agencies manage and secure up to 10 gigabytes of network-level data. NSA approved the company’s Taclane-10G network encryptor to help protect government information classified as top secret or below that category, General Dynamics said Monday. Nadia […] More
U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Dwyer Dennis has said a budget-related postponement of the T-X trainer replacement initiative allowed the military service to rethink the program’s acquisition and requirements process, Aviation Week reported Monday. Amy Butler writes Dennis, director of global reach programs in the Air Force’s office of the assistant secretary for acquisition, told […] More
The General Services Administration is looking for a contractor to develop, install and maintain a solar photovoltaic technology at nine federal buildings in the northern parts of California and Nevada. GSA said Thursday it plans to award a potential 20-year power purchase agreement through the Federal Aggregated Solar Procurement Pilot initiative. The program is part of […] More
IBM‘s security researchers have identified an international cyber crime group using phishing emails, sophisticated malware and scam phone calls to steal money from large U.S.-based companies, Reuters reported Thursday. Bill Rigby writes the hackers send unsolicited emails attached with a Dyre malicious software to corporate employees in order to execute fraudulent wire transfers. Dyre is […] More
Lockheed Martin has moved into the assembly, test and launch operations phase of spacecraft the company is building for a NASA asteroid research mission. NASA aims to launch the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer to collect samples from the Bennu asteroid, Lockheed said Tuesday. “We’re installing the electronics in the next few […] More
Moody’s Investors Service has forecasts that high demand for large commercial airplanes will continue to offset the impact of U.S. military spending cuts on defense contractors. The credit rating agency has also offered a stable outlook for the aerospace and defense industry in the firm’s “Commercial Growth to Offset Tough, But Improving, Defense Environment” report, Moody’s […] More
