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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Lockheed’s Joe Ottaviano on Advantages of Block 2 Electronic Warfare System Upgrade for Navy
Joe Ottaviano, a director at Lockheed Martin’s rotary and mission systems business, said the Block 2 update to the U.S. Navy’s shipboard electronic warfare system under the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program could help the service detect various threats such as missiles and hostile electronic signals, C4ISRNET reported Tuesday.
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Raytheon Develops Open Architecture-Based Unmanned Ground Control System; Bob Busey Quoted
Raytheon has built a common ground control system designed to help the U.S. Navy operate multiple unmanned platforms using a single cyber-hardened workstation. The company said Tuesday its CGCS is built to enable the Navy to integrate new features and reuse software services through the use of an open architecture that leverages the Unmanned Aircraft System Control Segment standard.
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DISA Seeks Info on Quantum-Resistance Cryptography
The Defense Information Systems Agency is in need of industry-based information regarding the use of quantum-safe algorithms for cybersecurity. DISA said Monday in a FedBizOpps notice that it intends to evaluate the use of these algorithms and cryptographic approaches to protect the Department of Defense's information technology infrastructure.
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Northrop Intros Maritime Inertial Navigation Tech
Northrop Grumman has unveiled a maritime inertial navigation system that works to integrate with guidance technology designed for unmanned surface and underwater vehicles as well as maritime patrol and surface vessels.
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FBI to Hold Industry Day for New Enterprise IT Contract
FBI will host vendor days on June 4 and 5 in Jacksonville, Fla., to discuss with industry the updated requirements of the recompete for its Information Technology Supplies and Support Services contract, Nextgov reported Monday.
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Spatial Integrated Systems to Extend Navy-Backed Swarm Development Program
Spatial Integrated Systems will continue efforts to develop a heterogeneous swarm of unmanned surface vehices in partnership with the Office of Naval Research. The company said Monday it aims to demonstrate small and very small USVs in the eight-unit swarm through the program.
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Lockheed’s Lisa Callahan: Industry Must Secure Comms to Reprogrammable Satellites
Industry executives have warned that the growing interest of satellite operators on software-defined satellites that can be reprogrammed on orbit also increases their vulnerability to cyber threats, SpaceNews reported Monday.
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Microsoft Aims to Secure Voting Systems With Open-Source Software Development Kit
Microsoft has introduced an open-source platform designed to make elections more secure and allow voters to privately track their votes. ElectionGuard is a free software development kit under the company’s Defending Democracy Program meant to enable third-party organizations and voters to validate election results, Tom Burt, corporate vice president for customer security and trust at Microsoft, wrote in a blog post published Monday.
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ManTech Unveils Tactical ‘Cloud-in-a-Box’ Platform; Srini Iyer, Cindy DeCarlo Quoted
ManTech International has launched a portable technology platform designed to allow tactical warfighters to process and analyze intelligence data in real time, C4ISRNET reported Monday. The company’s Secure Tactical Edge Platform is a “cloud-in-a-box†system that works to accelerate the decision-making process for service personnel through real-time data collection and analysis.
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Maxar-Thales Alenia Space Consortium Reaches Significant Milestone for Telesat’s LEO Satellite Constellation
The Maxar and Thales Alenia Space Consortium has advanced its detailed and low-risk designs for Telesat’s LEO system, including system optimization, engineering trade-offs, requirements development and technology prototyping to establish compelling and mature designs for Telesat LEO’s space, ground and user terminal segments, Maxar announced on Monday.