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Todd Probert, vice president of mission support and modernization at Raytheon‘s intelligence, information and services business, has said the company uses a crowd development approach to identify innovation partners and new technologies such as artificial intelligence. “We are leveraging the power of the crowd,” Probert wrote in an article published Friday on Breaking Defense. He noted […] More
Some defense companies such as Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and Boeing have made investments in startups that develop small satellites as the Pentagon and intelligence agencies work to counter space security threats through the use of Cubesats, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Raytheon announced a partnership with Herndon, Va.-based satellite firm HawkEye 360 on Monday, Sept. 10, […] More
Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing’s defense, space and security business, has said cost-cutting measures and an accelerated decision-making process helped drive the company’s government contract proposals to be more competitive, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. “This is the year where the first results from all the steps we have taken will be apparent […] More
A joint venture of Systems Planning and Analysis and Envisioneering will vie for task orders to provide research, development, evaluation and test support services to the Defense Department under a potential nine-year, $28B contract. The Defense Technical Information Center’s Information Analysis Center Multiple-Award Contract also covers R&D analytical services in support of defense components and other […] More
Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch has said satellite internet of things has become the “strongest growing area for the company,†Via Satellite reported Thursday. Desch noted that Iridium is not in competition with other satellite communications providers and works to differentiate itself. “We have always been different from other broadband networks,†he said at the World Satellite […] More
Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch has said the company intends to deboost the last batch of its legacy satellites in the first quarter of 2019 as it plans to transition all network functions to the Iridium NEXT constellation, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. Desch, a four-time Wash100 recipient, told reporters Monday at World Satellite Business Week in Paris the company has […] More
Altamira Technologies has expanded its footprint in the Dayton, Ohio region to at least 30,000 square feet with the opening of a new office space in Fairborn, the Dayton Business Journal reported Wednesday. The launch of the third-floor office space at the company’s Fairborn, Ohio-based facility aims to accommodate work with the Defense Department through […] More
Serco Group‘s North American subsidiary has received a potential three-year, $43M task order to support U.S. Army Sustainment Command’s global procurement and logistics activities. Serco Inc. said Monday it will provide support for related planning, contracting, training and management efforts under the order awarded through the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services procurement vehicle. The Reston, Va.-based […] More
The National Institute of Standards and Technology and a consortium of technology companies have teamed up to build a “trusted cloud†platform that seeks to demonstrate how credible compute pools that leverage commercial systems can offer security capabilities, MeriTalk reported Monday. “These capabilities will not only provide assurance that cloud workloads are running on trusted […] More
Cubic has received orders worth more than $55M to supply the U.S. Army with inflatable satellite communication and networking systems for the service branch’s expeditionary operations. The company said Thursday it will provide GATR antennas, spare parts, training and sustainment support services. Mike Twyman, president of Cubic’s mission solutions business, said the company’s satcom and networking platforms work to […] More
Shaun Bierweiler, vice president of Hortonworks‘ U.S. public sector business, has said he observed agencies tapping into internet-of-things platforms to store, process and compute data from multiple sources, MeriTalk reported Tuesday. He noted the Census Bureau has implemented handheld devices to support its digital information gathering process and the General Services Administration has adopted sensors to collect information about the […] More
Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch told NASASpaceflight.com in an interview published Tuesday how the company’s satellite network and devices worked to help first responders communicate and perform recovery operations in the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico last year. “We could see this tremendous spike [in Puerto Rico and some of the surrounding islands] as […] More
