Government Technology

Paperless Innovations cited the potential of cloud-based technology to help federal agencies prepare for a projected retirement wave of seasoned procurement professionals. The company said software-as-a-service platforms could act as guardrails for new procurement staff as organizations work to ensure compliance with government regulations and SaaS offerings are available to federal agencies through authorized platforms […] More

Two Six Technologies, a national security products and services provider, looks to further support its workforce and expand customer service with the establishment of an office at the Port San Antonio technology and innovation campus in Texas. The technology-focused company said Thursday it joins over 80 campus tenants whose businesses operate in aerospace and defense, cybersecurity, robotics […] More

The U.S. Navy has received a new Lockheed Martin-built multi-mission laser weapon system that will be equipped on existing ships to counter threats from adversarial missiles and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sensors. Lockheed said Thursday the High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance platform is the first tactical laser weapon system designed to provide […] More

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has launched its Frontier supercomputer designed to help researchers accelerate scientific discoveries. Frontier is the world’s first exascale computer composed of 74 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Cray EX cabinets that include 9,400 Advanced Micro Devices-powered nodes and 90 miles of interconnect cables, ORNL said Wednesday. “Exascale computing is […] More

Rheinmetall’s U.S. defense arm has teamed up with General Motors‘ defense business to compete in a new U.S. Army program to build a replacement platform for the Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles. The team will offer an Americanized version of Rheinmetall’s militarized HX3-series truck to pursue work on the first phase of the $5 billion […] More

A Raytheon Technologies subsidiary has launched a wearable device and SIM technology designed to help the military, government agencies and other organizations meet the communications and situational awareness needs of their workforce. NexGenTrac Watch from Raytheon Blackbird Technologies uses the data service of NexGen Global SIM to deliver emergency signaling, mission-critical communications and personnel accountability […] More

Spire Global and Ursa Space Systems have teamed up to merge their capabilities and help U.S. federal agency clients track illegal activity in the maritime domain. Spire will provide automatic identification system data and combine it with synthetic aperture radar imagery sourced by Ursa Space to help detect and monitor “dark” ships that may be […] More

Orbit Communications Systems obtained full type approval for its GX30 airborne Ka-band multipurpose terminal to operate on Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress network and be utilized for commercial and military Ka-band services.  The Orbit terminal can be stationed in various aerial vehicles and can yield a forward link of up to 126Mbps and a return link of […] More

Northrop Grumman has completed a series of live-fire tests that demonstrated the ability of its AN/TPS-80 ground/air task-oriented radar to conduct simultaneous detection and tracking of multiple cruise missile threats in real-time. The company said Monday the demo was performed at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico in support of the U.S. Marine Corps’ Ground […] More