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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.
IBM wants its big data and analytics, security, mobile and cloud businesses to generate a combined annual revenue of as much as $40 billion by 2018, Reuters reported Thursday. Bill Rigby writes those businesses accounted for 27 percent of the company’s overall $93 billion in sales during its fiscal 2014 year. IBM executives disclosed the […] More
FireEye researchers have found many Android and iOS applications put mobile device users at risk of data and identity theft as well as premium rate phone and SMS fraud. Thirty-one percent of approximately 7 million popular apps analyzed by FireEye between January and October 2014 were exposed to a common vulnerability, the company said Friday. […] More
Engility Holdings CEO Tony Smeraglinolo has said his company and TASC will work to communicate employees and customers over the next two-to-three months in an effort to help the integration of both firms run smoothly in an interview with Washington Technology published Thursday. Engility wrapped up its $1.3 billion acquisition of TASC on Thursday and the combined firm […] More
DRS Technologies has received a contract to manufacture tactical voice switching systems and terminals for integration into New Zealand’s Anzac-class frigates. DRS serves as the primary subcontractor to Lockheed Martin under the Royal New Zealand Navy’s vessels communications modernization initiative, DRS said Wednesday. Steve Zuber, vice president and general manager of DRS Technologies’ Canadian subsidiary, […] More
Northrop Grumman has introduced a mobile command and control technology that aims to provide military users with a unified view of battlespace data during joint operations. The company is demonstrating its Citadel Enterprise Battle Command System at the ongoing International Defence Exhibition and Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Northrop said Monday. Dan Verwiel, […] More
A new study from TechNavio predicts the market for aviation cybersecurity platforms will experience a 5.94 percent compound annual growth rate from 2014 to 2019. The research highlighted cyber threats as a major security issue for aviation organizations due to a growing adoption of mobile technologies, Reportlinker said Wednesday. TechNavio analysts believe technology could help […] More
Contractors providing support to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security could face stop-work orders and late payments if Congress does not extend the agency’s budget, the Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday. “Service providers and suppliers of this department do not get paid during the period of the shutdown, again, because there’s no money or because […] More
DigitalGlobe has rolled out 30-centimeter satellite imagery products for government and industrial customers. The high-resolution aerial photos are captured through DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 satellite and intended to help civil government, defense, intelligence, energy, mining and global development organizations, DigitalGlobe said Wednesday. “Today marks a significant milestone for our customers, who will now benefit from a level […] More
Computer Sciences Corp. has expanded its partnership with IBM to help enterprise clients accelerate development of cloud business applications with IBM’s Bluemix platform-as-a-service offering. The agreement allows CSC to offer the IBM technology to developers and customers who aim to build computing tools for on-premises, private, public or hybrid cloud environments, IBM said Monday. Steve […] More
Lockheed Martin has partnered with Terma to implement a critical infrastructure protection system at an Owego, New York, facility run by Lockheed’s mission systems and training unit. Terma said Tuesday its T.react surveillance platform will work to help Lockheed security personnel to monitor any internal and external threats along the building’s perimeter. The CIP technology […] More
Industry executives said they expect drone sales orders from Middle East nations to increase after the State Department loosened export rules for unmanned aerial vehicles, Reuters reported Tuesday. “With this new policy, we see a lot more activity, we are talking to a lot more countries in the Middle East,†Frank Pace, president of General […] More
Harris Corp. has opened a 464,000-square-foot center in Florida to host research and development of the firm’s communications and information technology products. The Harris Technology Center houses more than 1,400 company employees and includes engineering laboratories and conference rooms, Harris said Monday. To mark National Engineers Week, the company is hosting an event to highlight […] More
