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At Red Hat, Mike Miller leads teams that deliver cloud-based solutions, high-performing Linux applications, containers and Kubernetes technologies to help solve complicated problems for the government.In this Executive Spotlight interview, Miller spoke with ExecutiveBiz about the most pressing technological conundrums facing the U.S. today, the solutions of tomorrow in this market and what he has learned about cross-sector partnership over the years, among other topics. More

At Red Hat, Mike Miller leads teams that deliver cloud-based solutions, high-performing Linux applications, containers and Kubernetes technologies to help solve complicated problems for the government.In this Executive Spotlight interview, Miller spoke with ExecutiveBiz about the most pressing technological conundrums facing the U.S. today, the solutions of tomorrow in this market and what he has learned about cross-sector partnership over the years, among other topics. More

Haywood Talcove, CEO of LexisNexis Risk Solutions' Government Group, said international criminal groups from countries including Russia, Nigeria and China are using generative artificial intelligence to commit fraud and other illicit activities. Talcove cited a recently uncovered fraud-for-hire commercial posted on the dark web by a multibillion-dollar criminal organization that has been providing generative AI capabilities to other criminals. More

Haywood Talcove, CEO of LexisNexis Risk Solutions' Government Group, said international criminal groups from countries including Russia, Nigeria and China are using generative artificial intelligence to commit fraud and other illicit activities. Talcove cited a recently uncovered fraud-for-hire commercial posted on the dark web by a multibillion-dollar criminal organization that has been providing generative AI capabilities to other criminals. More

John Moberly, senior vice president for space at SpiderOak, highlighted the capability of the company's OrbitSecure software to provide end-to-end data protection for satellite systems and other space assets of defense customers. "Yes, we protect the data that enters the satellite, the data that leaves the satellite, and the data that belongs to the satellite. But we are also protecting the uplink, the downlink, the ground stations, the antennas, and the terminals," Moberly said in an interview with Satellite Evolution. More

An SES subsidiary has booked a multiyear contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to test an approach for military personnel to access commercial broadband services from multiple constellations with a variety of frequency bands. SES Defense & Space will pursue use case demonstrations of its satellite technology under AFRL's Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet program. More

An SES subsidiary has booked a multiyear contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to test an approach for military personnel to access commercial broadband services from multiple constellations with a variety of frequency bands. SES Defense & Space will pursue use case demonstrations of its satellite technology under AFRL's Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet program. More

Firefly Aerospace will perform low-earth-orbit satellite launch services for L3Harris Technologies missions to meet the U.S. government's responsive space requirements. The agreement involves three dedicated launches aboard Firefly's Alpha vehicle, scheduled for 2026 at the Vandenberg Space Force Base's SLC-2 launch site. More

Bechtel unveiled plans to establish an engineering services office in Knoxville, Tennessee, to boost support for its mission-based projects. The company is currently hiring from the local community for its Engineering Execution Center, which is scheduled to open on Oct. 2. More

Brandi Halleckson, business development executive for defense and intelligence at Presidio, has been promoted to vice president of strategy and growth within the company's federal subsidiary. Her professional experience has included stints as manager of IBM's U.S. Marine Corps account, enterprise architecture at USMC and information technology associate at Booz Allen Hamilton. More

Geoffrey Mattson, a cybersecurity executive and entrepreneur, has been appointed CEO of Palo Alto, California-based zero trust cybersecurity platforms provider Xage Security. The company also reported a revenue growth of 420 percent year over year and an increase of 560 percent in bookings during the first two quarters of 2023 driven by a robust demand for its zero trust cybersecurity mesh platform across the critical infrastructure sector. More

Mitre has worked with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to develop an extension of the nonprofit research organization's Caldera automated adversary emulation platform to help industrial control system operators defend operational technology against cyber threats. More