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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.
Boeing and BlackBerry will collaborate to offer government customers an Android smartphone designed to have a tamper-proof covering and a security architecture, Bloomberg reported Saturday. John Chen, chairman and CEO of BlackBerry, confirmed the partnership during an earnings call with investors on Saturday, according to the report by Julie Johnsson and Gerrit De Vynck. Johnsson […] More
SpaceX has presented its human space transportation plan to NASA as part of a certification baseline review phase of the agency’s Commercial Crew Transportation Capability program. NASA said Friday the company outlined how it will build spacecraft and rocket systems to eventually ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station. The firm’s Dragon capsule […] More
A General Dynamics subsidiary has received a $36.5 million contract modification to research and develop technologies for the U.S. Navy‘s existing and future submarines. Electric Boat will perform R&D work in technology areas such as hydrodynamics, acoustics, ship control and weapons handling, General Dynamics said Friday. Work also covers near-term technology support services for the […] More
The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency has collaborated with Exelis and Iridium Communications to test a satellite-based communications service designed to connect military and intelligence personnel anywhere across the globe. Exelis, Iridium and DISA demonstrated the push-to-talk voice and data exchange service for the agency’s Distributed Tactical Communication System, Exelis said Friday. “We remain committed […] More
Research and Markets has projected a 4.62 compound annual growth rate for the global mega data center market from 2014 to 2018. Cloud computing technology will be among the primary growth drivers in the large enterprise data hubs industry, the research firm said Thursday. Analysts also see a trend toward interconnection between big data centers […] More
DigitalGlobe has invested an undisclosed amount of money to increase the useful lives of the company’s two older Earth observation satellites. The goal is to extend the WorldView-1 service life by 2.5 years until the fourth quarter of 2020 and the WorldView-2 lifespan by 2 years through 2022, DigitalGlobe said Thursday. Jeffrey Tarr, DigitalGlobe CEO, […] More
NSR projects global revenues of the satellite-based unmanned aerial systems market to be $3.1 billion by 2023, up from $1.3 billion last year. Growth will be driven by demand for satellite communications technology intended to support drones used in homeland security, disaster management and peacekeeping operations, NSR said Thursday. Commercial satellite operators are projected to […] More
Lockheed Martin and Raytheon have jointly tested the command and control features of the U.S. Air Force‘s GPS III satellite during a fourth launch readiness exercise. The companies demonstrated automatic data transfer between the Lockheed-built satellite and a Raytheon-made operational control system, Raytheon said Wednesday. The evaluation also sought to demonstrate the infrastructure’s maneuver planning, […] More
Harris Corp. will provide its Falcon III multiband tactical radios to Australia’s military under a $38 million contract with the Australian defense department. Australia ordered an unspecified number of the company’s AN/PRC-117G and AN/PRC-152A manpack and handheld radios for voice, data and video connectivity, Harris said Monday. Brendan O’Connell, president of international business at Harris RF […] More
KEMP Technologies has updated its load balancer product to offer support for smart card technology used in the federal sector. The LoadMaster application delivery controller offering can now support hardware, cloud, virtual and bare-metal systems intended to process security IDs, KEMP said Monday. According to KEMP, federal smart cards are designed to provide select civilian, […] More
The District of Columbia has selected FireEye to provide technology designed to protect critical systems and sensitive data against sophisticated cyber threats. FireEye said Monday it will work to help the D.C. office of the chief technology officer update the local government’s cybersecurity platform. “Advanced threat groups are targeting local government institutions because of the […] More
Oracle has earned provisional authorization to offer software as a service to U.S. government agencies through the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board gave the company’s Service Cloud platform authority to operate following an audit by a third-party assessment organization, Oracle said Monday. According to Oracle, the technology will work […] More
