Government Technology

Mark Lewis, executive director at the National Defense Industrial Association’s Emerging Technologies Institute, said he believes air systems designed to fly at hypersonic speed are crucial for U.S. military applications as the country’s peer competitors are investing heavily in such technology, CNBC reported Wednesday. “We don’t want to just match them missile for missile, but […] More

Deloitte’s new technology trends report discusses how data sharing, cloud, blockchain, information technology automation, cyber artificial intelligence and smart devices could shape 2022. The report highlights technology trends that Deloitte believes could be relevant to governments within the next 18 to 24 months, the company said. According to the report, organizations could become more able […] More

Military stocks are taking a hit as the Department of Defense prioritizes research and development over purchases of aircraft, tanks and other equipment and creates opportunities to work with Silicon Valley startups and other nontraditional defense contractors, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Competition with countries like Russia and China has resulted in a change […] More

A Raytheon Technologies business plans to upgrade its SPY-6 radars to help advance the U.S. Navy’s distributed maritime operations concept to provide the service and joint force operators with a complete view of the battlespace, Defense News reported Monday. Raytheon Missiles and Defense demonstrated the Network Cooperative Radar concept in partnership with the Office of […] More

Seven member companies of the Digital Interface Standards Working Group will consolidate to become part of the Digital Intermediate Frequency Interoperability Consortium. DIS companies that will join DIFI are Communications & Power Industries, DataPath, Datum Systems, Gilat Satellite Networks, SES, ST Engineering iDirect and Wavestream, the consortium said in a Dec. 22 news release. “We […] More

A new Research and Markets report says the increased adoption of high energy laser-based systems to counter airborne threats and investments in research and development of such technologies by militaries worldwide will help increase the demand for high energy lasers. The market research company said Friday it predicts that the global market for high energy […] More

Volansi has partnered with Sierra Nevada Corp. to provide the U.S. Army with an unmanned aircraft system offering designed for vertical take-off and landing. The Army selected the Volansi/SNC VTOL platform as a potential product under the Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System Increment 2 program, as a result of the technology’s durability and redundancy, Volansi […] More

Eighty-nine percent of 150 surveyed information technology and program managers from state and local governments said data analytics is essential to modern government. MeriTalk said it conducted the study with the help of Amazon Web Services, Intel and Pure Storage to learn how SLG organizations apply data analytics and identify the requirements of data-driven governments. […] More

Stephen Kovac, chief compliance officer and head of global government affairs at Zscaler, said the role of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program in ensuring the security of federal information technology systems has become increasingly important and the government should provide FedRAMP with personnel, funding and other resources to enable the program to meet […] More