Government Technology
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.
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Orbital Insight Raises Funds to Further Geospatial Analytics Tech Dev’t
Orbital Insight has raised $50M in a series D financing round jointly led by Clearvision Ventures and Sequoia Capital. The company said Tuesday it will use the proceeds to innovate and expand a software offering designed to help customers analyze geospatial data.
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Bob Smith on Blue Origin’s Lunar Lander Program, Rocket Engine Factory in Alabama
Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith told CNBC in an interview published Tuesday about the company’s partnership with three other companies to build a landing system that will bring astronauts to the moon.
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Lockheed-Northrop JV Completes Follow-On Test, Evaluation of Army Apache Radar Tech
A joint venture between Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin has concluded a second test and evaluation of a fire control radar designed for AH-64E Apache attack helicopters. LONGBOW LLC demonstrated the AN/APG-78 FCR technology with single target tracking, maritime mode and 360-degree surveillance features, Northrop said Tuesday.
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Intel’s Steve Orrin: Compute Power, Sensor Tech Could Help Warfighters Achieve Battlefield Dominance
Steve Orrin, federal chief technology officer for Intel, wrote in a commentary published Tuesday on Defense Systems that combining sensor technology with compute power could help warfighters process and analyze data, make informed decisions in real time and leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning models.
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Public, Private Sector Teams Talk AI-Driven Disaster Response Tech at 2019 GTC DC
Teams comprised of Lockheed Martin and NVIDIA as well as Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center have launched efforts to use AI to help improve disaster response.
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Retired Brig. Gen., Former U.S. CISO Greg Touhill Advises on Information Security
Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Greg Touhill, former U.S. Chief Information Security Officer, said organizations must employ zero-trust principles, examine product life cycles and assess the work of third party information technology consultants to achieve needed changes in information security.
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Industry Execs on Cybersecurity Risks Associated With New Low-Earth Orbit Satellites
Some industry leaders said new low-Earth orbit satellites may create a larger attack surface for cyber threat actors, Via Satellite reported Friday.
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Raytheon’s Teresa Shea: Organizations Should Extend Zero-Trust Model to the Cloud
Teresa Shea, vice president of cyber offensive and defensive experts at Raytheon’s intelligence, information and services business, told CyberScoop in an interview posted Monday that a zero-trust model should be extended to the cloud environment amid data growth and increasing adoption of internet of things.
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Space-Focused Information Sharing Center Supports Industry Cybersecurity
A space-dedicated information sharing and analysis center will be helping the U.S. facilitate cyber content exchanges across the country’s space industry, C4ISRNet reported Friday.