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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Kyocera Unveils LTE Smartphone Designed to Offer FirstNet Public Safety Network Access
Kyocera International has introduced a rugged Android smartphone the company designed to support public safety communications via a nationwide first responder network AT&T is building for the U.S. government.
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GalacticSky Completes Microsatellite Integration for Space Tech Payload Testing Effort
GalacticSky, a division of space technology company Vector, has integrated a software-based microsatellite designed to serve as an on-orbit testing platform for space-based applications.
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NVIDIA’s Anthony Robbins: Acquisition Professionals Need to Be ‘Creative’ to Meet AI Demand
Anthony Robbins, vice president of North American public sector at NVIDIA, said contracting officials should find innovative ways to speed up the acquisition process in order to meet the demand for artificial intelligence, the Washington Business Journal reported Friday. “Everyone of us in this room would be retired way before [reform] is done,†Robbins, a 2019 Wash100 winner, said Thursday at a Northern Virginia Technology Council event.
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Carahsoft-Measure Team to Market UAV Software, Services to Public Sector
Measure UAS has partnered with Carahsoft Technology to market drone software and services to the public sector through a NASA contract vehicle and multiple cooperative purchasing contracts.
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NVIDIA’s Anthony Robbins: Executive Order Calls for Government to Take Leadership Role in AI Efforts
Anthony Robbins, vice president for the North American public sector at NVIDIA, said the new White House executive order on artificial intelligence seeks to recognize the capability of AI and the government’s role in advancing AI adoption to ensure the security and prosperity of citizens. Robbins wrote in a Nextgov article published Thursday how AI could help improve health care, cybersecurity, transportation, disaster relief, defense system sustainment efforts and other initiatives in the public sector.
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Accenture Federal Services’ John Goodman on Federal IT Modernization, AI Adoption
John Goodman, CEO of Accenture Federal Services, told Federal News Network in an interview published Thursday that the federal government is focusing on information technology modernization and efforts to improve government services. Goodman said the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act has helped federal chief information officers become innovation partners and cited the factors the company considers as it works on government projects.
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AWS Explores Industry Ties for New AWS Ground Station
A senior official at Amazon Web Services has said the company is working with industry partners to promote and expand the services of the new AWS Ground Station that gives customers the ability to download and process data from multiple satellites and during weather disturbances, Via Satellite reported.
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Kryptowire-University of Illinois Team Wins DHS Award for Automated Cybersecurity System
Kryptowire and a research institute led by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign won the 2019 Bang for the Buck Award from the Department of Homeland Security's science and technology directorate for jointly developing an automated system to detect prepositioned cyber threats.
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Northrop Earns Recognition for Aircraft Manufacturing Systems
The National Association of Manufacturers has recognized Northrop Grumman for using technologies to manufacture aircraft systems.
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Booz Allen’s Henry “Trey†Obering: DoD Should Accelerate Directed Energy Weapons Development
Henry “Trey†Obering, an executive vice president and directed energy lead at Booz Allen Hamilton, has outlined several measures the Department of Defense should do to expedite the development of lasers and directed energy weapons to achieve military advantage against emerging threats. Obering wrote in a Defense One article published Wednesday that DoD should increase spending on directed energy weapons to up to $3B per year to improve laser power and beam quality as well as reduce the size, weight, power and cost requirements of such weapons.
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Lockheed Unveils Software-Defined Satellite Tech for Changing Missions; Rick Ambrose Quoted
Lockheed Martin has introduced a software-defined space technology designed to allow small satellites to alter their missions in orbit. The company said Wednesday it will integrate the SmartSat satellite architecture into its Pony Express and Linus nanosats, which are scheduled to launch in 2019 on the first LM 50 nanosatellite bus.