Government Technology

Shamlan Siddiqi, chief technology officer of NTT DATA’s public sector business, has said the federal government should advance information technology modernization in order to meet the needs and expectations of citizens. He wrote in a white paper that IT modernization is now a necessity and government agencies should plan for that modernization effort by focusing on six areas: data and intelligence; customer experience; internet of things; intelligent automation; cybersecurity; and IT optimization.

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SpaceX conducted a static fire test of the Falcon Heavy rocket’s center core booster at the company’s McGregor, Texas-based facility to prepare for a launch mission that will bring 23 satellites to orbit in June, Space.com reported Monday.

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General Electric’s health care business and the Department of Veterans Affairs have signed a research agreement to accelerate the use of 3D printing technology to help meet the medical needs of military personnel and retirees, 3DPrint reported Thursday.

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Boeing finished in January six wind tunnel tests on a small-scale model of an AH-64E Block II Apache compound helicopter, Rotor & Wing International reported Friday.

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Airbus Group' defense and space business and Orbital Insight have introduced a service offering to help customers analyze changes in infrastructure or land use through a satellite imagery basemap.

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The U.S. Navy is set to sign a contract with Raytheon by May to begin the production of the company’s Joint Precision Approach and Landing System for use on the service’s nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships, FlightGlobal reported Friday. Raytheon is expected to deliver the first JPALS units in 2020 for installation on the service's 11 carriers and eight assault ships.

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Lockheed Martin has selected iBASEt to provide a technology platform for the Bestheda, Md.-based company's aeronautics division to digitally manage production of military aircraft systems.

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Centrify has been certified under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to offer cloud-based Zero Trust Privilege services to government agency clients.

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Noblis has received a patent for a technology that works to analyze single nucleotide polymorphisms and genomic sequence data.

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Arena Solutions has collaborated introduced a technology platform for electronic defense suppliers to manage the life cycle and quality of products through Amazon Web Services' government-focused cloud environment.

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Carahsoft has agreed to serve as the master government aggregator of GitLab to market the latter's offerings to the public sector.

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Profusa, a California-based provider of biosensor systems, has partnered with the Air Force Research Laboratory to create a technology that will allow warfighters to monitor their health and physical condition without the need for a doctor.

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