Government Technology

A new survey from Verizon‘s frontline support unit revealed that first responders across the U.S. believe that there is a need for coordination and interoperability among public safety agencies to improve emergency response. About 83 percent of the 3,000 active first responders surveyed nationwide shared it is critical that agencies have the ability to communicate […] More

Leidos‘ Dynetics subsidiary and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have demonstrated the airborne recovery capability of an unmanned aerial vehicle under development. A pair of X-61 Gremlin Air Vehicles exhibited autonomous formations and safety features before a C-130 aircraft recovered one GAV unit, DARPA said Friday. “This recovery was the culmination of years of […] More

Los Angeles-based technology company Mira will deliver a new augmented reality headset to Travis Air Force Base to help augment its maintenance activities with the new technology. Travis AFB said Sunday its maintainers will use Mira’s Prism Pro headset technology to communicate with subject matter experts across the globe and gain insight on how to […] More

Carahsoft Technology has agreed to distribute Coras’ enterprise decision management platform across the federal government using its Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-Software 2 contract with the U.S. Army and NASPO ValuePoint Master Agreement. Coras said Thursday its platform is designed to provide decision makers with an overview of several option scenarios and help them combine separate […] More

Collins Aerospace, part of Raytheon Technologies, worked with General Atomics, Palantir Technologies, Parry Labs and Tektonux to jointly demonstrate multiple technologies in an integrated, multi-domain operation scenario. Collins said Thursday it led the integration of various MDO-applicable technologies for the Open Group FACE and SOSA Consortia Technical Interchange Meeting, which showcased open-systems architecture. The integration […] More

The U.S. Navy will conduct an industry day on Nov. 18 to discuss acquisition, development and sustainment programs for autonomous and unmanned systems and platforms. The service plans to award a contract to support the development, procurement, experiments, testing, exercises and demonstration of unmanned systems, according to a notice published Tuesday. Naval Sea Systems Command […] More

The target detection capability of an advanced radar system software was demonstrated by Raytheon Technologies’ missiles defense business as part of a U.S. Navy initiative that seeks to increase threat defense through distributed sensing networks. Under the Network Cooperative Radar program, Raytheon Missiles & Defense and Office of Naval Research tested two radar emulators with […] More

Mike Daniels, vice president of global public sector at Google Cloud, has highlighted how the Air Force Research Laboratory employs the company’s Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-certified cloud-based productivity and collaboration platform to ensure scientists and engineers have access to a hybrid environment where they can continue working together. Lab personnel are now using […] More

The Federal Communications Commission has authorized Boeing to build and deploy a satellite constellation in non-geostationary orbit to offer communications and broadband services. The company’s future constellation will globally provide connectivity for government, commercial, professional, institutional and residential applications, FCC said Wednesday. The fixed-satellite service system will operate with frequencies and inter-satellite links in parts […] More

Google has secured high authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its cloud-based collaboration platform. Mike Daniels, vice president of Google Cloud’s global public sector business, wrote in a blog post published Wednesday the FedRAMP High authorization given to Google Workspace will provide federal customers a secure environment to collaborate with other […] More