ExecutiveBiz News on Video 4/24/2023

If you’re a regular reader of Executive Mosaic’s industry-leading publications, you’re likely well aware of the 2023 Wash100 popular vote competition that’s coming to a close this Friday. But have you taken the time to cast your ten votes? Voting is easy, and you can even do it from your smartphone. Visit Wash100.com, enter your email address […]

Jonathan Moneymaker, CEO of BlueHalo and a previous Wash100 awardee, said the Space Rapid Capabilities Office under the U.S. Space Force will be the first customer of the company’s mobile electronic phased array antenna in support of the Satellite Communications Augmentation Resource program, SpaceNews reported Saturday. According to Moneymaker, the BlueHalo antenna, dubbed Badger, is […]

General Dynamics’ information technology business has secured a two-year, $95.5 million non-competitive contract to continue operating and maintaining the U.S. Navy’s online personnel management platform. The Defense Department said Friday General Dynamics Information Technology will also keep integrating the Navy Standard Integrated Personnel System with the Navy Personnel and Pay platform via the cost and cost-plus-fixed-fee […]

Elastic has joined the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s partnership with IT security companies that have committed to sharing information on cyber risks. Chris Townsend, vice president of public sector sales at Elastic, wrote in a blog post published Friday the company’s Security Labs team could help the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative initiative establish a […]

The U.S. Army has ordered a family of modernized thermal weapon sight devices from Leonardo DRS‘ network and imaging systems business under a five-year, $94.8 million contract. Army Contracting Command received only one bid during the online solicitation for the Weapons Sights-Sniper Improved Night/Day Observation Device Block 3 system, the Department of Defense said Friday. […]

Three companies were awarded contracts by the Defense Innovation Unit for a prototyping project focused on devices that can track the real-time location of military aerospace ground equipment. Initial contracts were granted to Australian firm LX Group, Swiss company Kudelski, and Florida-based VOS Systems, DIU announced Friday. AGE assets are currently tracked through a paper-based, […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a broad agency announcement for a new program to develop microbial sensing devices for use in environmental monitoring activities. Tellus is aimed at creating an interactive methodology to design microbial sense-and-respond devices to detect a range of chemical and physical signals, collect and process the information and […]

The Department of Homeland Security has launched the Clean Power for Hours Challenge, a national competition seeking reliable and effective clean energy sources capable of offering consistent backup power to ensure hospitals and other essential facilities continue operations amid emergencies.  The Science and Technology Directorate-led initiative is divided into two phases, with the initial stage […]

Software company QuSecure has teamed up with Red Hat to deliver a classical and post-quantum cybersecurity offering to government and commercial customers. QuSecure said Friday it has developed a crypto-agile cybersecurity technology using open-source hybrid cloud and automation platforms from Red Hat to help government and private enterprises adopt a zero trust quantum resilient architecture […]

Trellix has received authorization to operate for its endpoint detection and response platform under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation issued the FedRAMP High Impact Level certification for Trellix EDR after conducting an audit of the vendor’s security controls, the company said Monday. Trellix EDR is a cloud-hosted […]