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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Monkton Helps USAF Implement Aircraft Maintainer Support App
Amazon Web Services and Monkton collaborated to develop a mobile application for U.S. Air Force maintainers to view data they need to perform flight line work using mobile devices. Harold Smith, CEO of Monkton, said in a statement posted Tuesday the BRICE app underwent three months of user acceptance testing with support of Monkton's Rebar security tool and AWS' GovCloud.
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DHS Issues RFI on Device Tracking Services
The Department of Homeland Security is seeking potential vendors of cloud-based subscription services that could locate connected devices, including mobile phones and laptops, at any given time.Â
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Verve, DoD Center Partner to Secure Manufacturing Supply Chain
Verve Industrial Protection and the Department of Defense's Center for Manufacturing Cyber Security, MxD, have partnered to mature cybersecurity processes within the manufacturing supply chain.
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DARPA to Host DSO Industry Event
The Defense and Advanced Research Projects Agency’s defense science office will hold an industry event June 18 to discuss technical details in line with a broad agency announcement scheduled in the same month. The Discover DSO Day aims to provide information on the office’s objectives and methodologies used in streamlining and accelerating the proposal process, DARPA said Monday.
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Carahsoft to Resell Keeper Security Platform Through Government Contracts
Carahsoft has agreed to distribute Keeper Security' password management and encryption platform to public sector agencies via three government contracting vehicles and reseller partners. Agencies can procure the cybersecurity offering from Carahsoft through NASA's Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V contract and procurement vehicles managed by the National Association of State Procurement Officials and National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance, the company said Tuesday.
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Northrop Preps OmegA Rocket for First Ground Test Stage
Northrop Grumman has begun preparations for the OmegA launch vehicle’s static fire test on May 30 in preparation for the rocket’s first launch slated for 2021. OmegA is designed to support the U.S. Air Force’s national security missions and carry payload for other non-military customers, Northrop said Monday.
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DARPA Seeks Vendors for New Military Logistics Software
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has unveiled a new program to develop a new software for real-time logistics and supply chain monitoring in support of military operations across the world.
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Lockheed Updates F-22 Software With Agile Development Process
Lockheed Martin has started implementing Agile development process since August 2018 and is now set to deploy in the summer the software upgrade for the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 fighter aircraft, FCW reported Tuesday.
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Raytheon’s Thomas Kennedy on New Tech ‘Moonshot’ Projects
Raytheon CEO Thomas Kennedy wrote in a LinkedIn article published Monday that the pace of technological advancements has accelerated since the launch of the manned lunar mission 50 years ago. Kennedy, a 2019 Wash100 winner, said that after the launch of the Apollo 11 mission in 1969, new technology “moonshot†projects have emerged and are now ready for launch, including hypersonic flight and artificial intelligence avatar.
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Forcepoint’s Eric Trexler: CDM DEFEND Phase Could Help Agencies Address Modernization, Interoperability Issues
Eric Trexler, vice president for global governments and critical infrastructure sales at Forcepoint, wrote in a commentary published Tuesday on Federal News Network that the Continuous Diagnostic and Mitigation program’s transition to the third phase – Dynamic and Evolving Federal Enterprise Network Defense – could provide agencies an opportunity to address interoperability and modernization challenges. Such challenges were revealed in a survey of more than 200 federal civilian IT leaders conducted in August with research firm Market Connections.