Government Technology

Barry Duplantis, vice president and general manager of the North American public sector at Mattermost, said government agencies should develop digital incident response playbooks to facilitate collaboration and speed up response to natural disasters and other crises. “Digital playbooks allow incident response coordinators and other first responders to plan, execute and monitor their operations through […] More

Michael Shrader, vice president of innovative and intelligence solutions at Carahsoft Technology, said there are several approaches that the public and private sectors can take to address challenges related to government procurement and the first is understanding procurement resources and facilitating discussions on technology platforms, market needs and contract availability prior to entering the acquisition […] More

Department of Defense-supporting software developer Monkton has debuted a new mobile application that measures aircraft payload for the U.S. Air Force. Balanced was created alongside the USAF Special Operations Command and funded via Monkton’s MATTER indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Tysons Corner, Virginia-based company said Thursday. It also utilizes a cloud-based system founded in the DOD DevSecOps Playbook Reference […] More

BAE Systems’ research and development arm will help the Air Force Research Laboratory enable autonomous technologies to automatically recognize targets using machine learning. Work between BAE’s FAST Labs and ARFL is focused on ML software development in support of the Multi-Sensor Exploitation for Tactical Autonomy program, the company said Thursday. To support automatic target recognition, […] More

Casepoint has received authorization for its cloud-based legal hold and eDiscovery software to host Department of Defense data at Impact Level 5. The Defense Security Information Systems Agency’s IL5 authority to operate allows Casepoint’s Legal Hold and eDiscovery platform to handle controlled unclassified information for DOD while enabling the department to meet deadlines for investigations, […] More

Ensco and the Federal Railroad Administration have started planning for the development of a new platform to assess emerging level-crossing safety technologies. FRA is looking to build the testing environment at the agency’s Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo, Colorado, the company said Wednesday. “TTC will be integral to advancing global safety initiatives, such as the […] More

A Northrop Grumman-built digital multi-mode ground radar is now available for use by the U.S. military and its international allies following the system’s designation as the AN/TPY-5(V)1 by the U.S. government. The company said Tuesday the advanced technical capability of the AN/TPY-5(V)1 long-range radar was demonstrated during several testing activities and the system’s size and […] More

Carahsoft Technology announced that it partnered with LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Okta to provide government agency customers with a risk-based authentication platform to help them counter cyber fraud. The alliance will combine LexisNexis Risk Solutions’ LexID and other offerings with Okta’s ThreatInsight, Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication and Identity Cloud platforms to help state and local government […] More

Robert Geckle, chairman and CEO of Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, said the company is planning to produce satellite laser communications terminals in the U.S. in the next couple of years, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. “I’m seeing a real strong demand signal for laser comms, for investment in laser communication terminals. Also star trackers, also […] More