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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.
Iris Bombelyn, a group vice president at Lockheed Martin, says the company is working to attract allied investors for a tactical communications satellite program, Space News reported Monday. Mike Gruss writes Lockheed wants to bring in international partners to fund the construction of a sixth satellite in the U.S. Navy‘s Mobile User Objective System constellation. […] More
Oracle and RedZone Robotics have partnered to develop technology for utilities to access, gather and manage data on wastewater and sewage infrastructures, the Pittsburgh Business Times reported Monday. Stephanie Novak writes the companies seek to integrate Oracle software with RedZone robotics technology to help operators monitor a wastewater system’s performance. “We’re talking about having all […] More
NCI President Brian Clark told analysts Wednesday the company could look to purchase companies with cybersecurity and health information technology offerings, the Washington Post reported Friday. “I’m hopeful that we’ll be able to complete a deal this year and accelerate our top line as we head into 2015,†Clark said at a conference call Wednesday, […] More
The U.S. Navy has completed its test flight of a second modernized Fire Scout unmanned helicopter that Northrop Grumman built for the service. Northrop and the Navy remotely flew a MQ-8C variant Wednesday at Naval Base Ventura County in Point Mogu, Calif., the company said Thursday. “The addition of the second MQ-8C means we can […] More
Praescient Analytics has been certified to join a Virginia Department of Veterans Services-run program that aims to help companies recruit and retain military veterans. The Virginia Values Veterans initiative offers tools, incentives and training for Virginia companies to keep a certain number of former service members for at least one year, according to a Wednesday […] More
Researchers from NASA and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory have created a geologic map of Ganymede, one of Jupiter’s ice-encrusted moons that were discovered by Galileo Galilei. The scientific team was led by Wes Patterson of APL and Geoffrey Collins of Wheaton College in Massachusetts and used images sent from NASA’s Galileo and Voyager spacecraft […] More
Rich Martin, chief information officer at LGS Innovations, believes that comprehensive testing and validation are necessary to prevent technical issues when deploying massive federal IT infrastructures. “For crucial systems, many potential issues can be mitigated through testing,” Martin said in a question-and-answer session published on LGS’ website. “You need a lot of eyeballs reviewing test results […] More
Northrop Grumman seeks to offer its drones to Singapore’s government as the company aims to further increase its international sales reach, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Jeffrey Ng writes Northrop believes its unmanned aircraft platforms could help Singapore monitor aerial and maritime activities along the Strait of Malacca, where more than 70,000 vessels sail […] More
General Dynamics has won a $22 million contract to design offshore patrol cutters for the U.S. Coast Guard, Bloomberg Businessweek reported Wednesday. Kathleen Miller and Jonathan Salant write that General Dynamics’ shipbuilding business is one of the three companies selected to compete for the branch’s potential $12 billion shipbuilding program. “It is also a significant […] More
Microsoft will collaborate with financial technology provider FIS, Europol and the Organization of American States to carry out cooperative efforts against potential cyber attacks. The allies seek to assist law enforcement and private industry in dismantling online hacker groups and investigating botnets and malware threats, Microsoft said Wednesday. Microsoft executives signed the three partnership agreements […] More
Cybersecurity firm IID has rolled out a collaborative intelligence platform for public and private sector organizations to exchange threat information and coordinate incident response strategies. ActiveTrust features a data governance architecture intended to help an ecosystem of prescreened users control what, when, where and to whom they want to share data, IID said Tuesday. “Much […] More
Dell and Kallo have forged an alliance to design and develop an information technology infrastructure at Kallo’s global support center for healthcare clients. Kallos delivers customized healthcare delivery platforms designed to support mobile care, clinical training, pharmacy informatics, diagnostics and disaster management programs in developing nations, Dell said Tuesday. Dell will help Kallo create a […] More
