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Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
Hear about the latest product and service offerings from the government contracting industry’s leading providers. The Government Technology News section highlights developments in aerospace, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, defense, C4ISR, cloud, hypersonics, and space.
Monica McEwen, vice president of Public Sector at ThoughtSpot, the leader in search and AI-driven analytics, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding how technology has shifted the ways organizations collect, analyze, and act on data, common challenges within the commercial and federal sectors, as well as how COVID-19 has advanced digital transformation.Â
Deloitte and Cisco have offered next-generation contact center technologies to help agencies address the surge in demand for government services due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Rethinking the customer experience and integrating automation and virtual assistants should be part of the long-term solution for every government," said Marc Mancher, principal at Deloitte Consulting.
Orolia's defense and security business has announced the availability of M-Code Military GPS receivers, including M-Code enabled mobile mission timing and synchronization platforms, in its Resilient PNT products and solutions. "As threats against GPS increase, military forces will need M-Code capabilities on mobile PNT systems to ensure continuous operations wherever they go," said Hironori Sasaki, president of Orolia Defense & Security.Â
The Defense Intelligence Agency is seeking information from the private sector about customer experience services that could be used to foster a more human-centric culture. DIA is considering a CX-driven framework to adopt a more customer-centric approach and observe better collaboration, transparency and communication with partners, the agency said in a notice posted Tuesday on the beta SAM website.
Steven Spano, regional vice president for the public sector business at Tableau, told ZDNet in an interview published Sunday that when it comes to data analysis, public sector customers want a variety of options and the freedom to explore and interact with data.Â
QinetiQ and subcontractor Pratt Miller Defense have shipped a new hybrid-electric unmanned ground combat vehicle to the U.S. Army for use in a 2022 manned-unmanned teaming experiment. The Robotic Combat Vehicle – Light UGCV uses technology from both companies to perform with flexibility and no payload restrictions, QinetiQ said Wednesday.
Martin UAV has demonstrated the integrated performance of its V-BAT unmanned aerial vehicle for counter-narcotics operations of the U.S. Southern Command. The company said Tuesday that its V-BAT UAV exhibited maritime capabilities in a mission that ran from Oct. 6, 2019 to July 31, 2020.
The U.S. Navy has tapped Fairbanks Morse to provide ship service diesel generator sets for an America-class vessel being built by Huntington Ingalls Industries.
NASA certified SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft to transport humans to space, following the completion of a flight readiness review. The space agency said Wednesday it signed the Human Rating Certification Plan to approve Crew Dragon and the Falcon 9 rocket for manned transportation.
Raytheon Technologies' intelligence and space business has partnered with the U.S. Air Force to accelerate response times to 911 calls at areas near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.
