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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.
ATK has developed and tested a photovoltaic array for solar electric propulsion systems that NASA intends to use to power future robotic and manned spacecraft. The company’s MegaFlex solar array wing has a diameter of 32 feet and is designed to generate up to 400 kilowatts of electric power, ATK said Wednesday. “The completion of […] More
The Telecommunications Industry Association has submitted comments to the General Services Administration on a proposal to adopt cybersecurity standards for the federal acquisition and contracting process, FCW reported Tuesday. Mark Rockwell writes that the group urged the GSA to allow for more flexibility in its proposed contractor security rules so innovation won’t be stifled. TIA […] More
Exelis has been awarded a $91 million contract to perform full-rate production work on the company’s jamming systems for the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of Hornet and Super Hornet aircraft. That contract is for batch 11 of ALQ-214(V)4/5 electronic jammers that work to protect F/A-18 fighters and pilots against radio frequency threats, Exelis said Wednesday. The […] More
Lockheed Martin‘s space systems business has partnered with rapid prototyping firm RedEye to build two fuel tanks for a satellite simulation project with a three-dimensional printing technology tool. The companies used RedEye’s fused deposition modeling system to develop large satellite fuel tank simulators within a compressed time frame, RedEye said Wednesday. “With RedEye’s machine capacity […] More
SafeNet‘s Breach Level Index report indicates that hackers stole more than 200 million records in the first quarter of 2014, a 233 percent increase as compared to the same period last year. Only one percent of the 254 security incidents reported during Q1 were “secure breaches,” where encryption or authentication systems prevented hackers from using […] More
Microsoft has developed three new analytics platforms for organizations to capture and manage large amounts of machine- and human-generated data, Silicon Angle reported Monday. Saroj Kar writes that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella introduced the Azure Intelligent Systems Service, SQL Server 2014 and Analytics Platform System products last week at a customer event in San Francisco. […] More
IBM has debuted an online channel that will showcase a range of cloud computing software and service offerings from the company, its partners and third-party vendors. The IBM Cloud Marketplace allows enterprise clients to select from hundreds of software-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service and infrastructure-as-a-service platforms, IBM said Monday. “Increasingly cloud users from business, IT and development across […] More
Raytheon will help the U.S. Navy design network-linked sensors for the branch’s communication, electronic warfare and surveillance activities under an $8.5 million contract. The Office of Naval Research picked Raytheon to build a flexible distributed array radar technology to detect targets and produce firm-track ranges, Raytheon said Tuesday. ONR wants the FlexDAR system to have […] More
Hewlett Packard has unveiled new operating system, cloud computing and server products that seek to help organizations manage business workloads. The HP-UX 11iv3 operating system is designed to minimize downtime risk when operating in traditional or cloud computing environments and updating server applications, HP said Monday. According to the company, the OS features up to […] More
Science Applications International Corp. has implemented the BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 platform to manage and secure corporate mobile devices that run on BlackBerry, Apple iOS and Android operating systems. SAIC has also deployed BlackBerry 10 smartphones and a Secure Work Space containerization platform that works to separate business and personal data, BlackBerry said Monday. “Implementing BlackBerry’s […] More
U.S. contractors’ investments in overseas markets and other business segments this year should help offset the impact of weak domestic orders and defense spending limits, The Washington Post reported Monday. Amrita Jayakumar writes that General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grummanposted stronger profits in the companies’ earnings reports for the first quarter of 2014 but […] More
Hewlett Packard has unveiled a new consulting service with the goal of helping organizations identify and address data security risks that could affect business objectives or operations. HP’s Security Metrics Services portfolio includes a set of parameters designed to determine a company’s overall risk posture and alerts stakeholders of any security threat or incident, HP […] More
