Technology

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has submitted its proposal for the Missile Defense Agency’s Next-Generation Interceptor program and offered a design that builds on the company's six decades of experience in weapons systems and strategic missile development.

Maj. Gen. Peter Gallagher, director of the Network Cross-Functional Team (CFT) with Army Futures Command, and Brig. Gen. Rob Collins, program executive officer for Command, Control, Communications-Tactical (PEO C3T) at the Army, conducted a joint keynote address during Potomac Officers Club’s (POC) Weaponizing Data Across the Digital Battlefield Virtual Event on August 11th. If you missed the event, check out Potomac Officers Club’s Event Archive to watch Tuesday’s event as well as all recent POC events of 2020.

Tahera Zamanzada, director of digital strategy for the global public sector at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), said the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted government agencies to advance digital transformation and deliver better customer service through the adoption of cloud platforms.

Ashley Still, senior vice president of digital media at Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE), wrote in a blog post published Thursday the company will seek moderate impact level approval under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for a cloud-based electronic signature technology.

Vice Adm. Jon Hill, director of the Missile Defense Agency, said MDA has decided to delay the defensive hypersonic missile design effort to focus on near-term options, Defense News reported Tuesday.

Andy Green, president of the technical solutions group at Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and a 2020 Wash100 winner, said HII's equity investment in autonomous technology developer Sea Machines Robotics offers an opportunity for the miltary shipbuilder to help the U.S. Navy explore the potential of unmanned platforms.

The U.S. Marine Corps is working with the U.S. Army to procure and deploy by fiscal year 2022 a lightweight rocket system that will increase the Marines’ lethality and allow them to fire shots from an enclosed position.

Russell Brodsky, director of government sales at Nuance (Nasdaq: NUAN), said adopting biometric-based authentication systems and engagement technologies could help agencies offer a seamless and secure experience for citizens.

The General Services Administration has issued a new guide to help federal agencies comply with a new rule that would prohibit them from buying goods and services from contractors that use telecommunications equipment and other products from five China-based companies, Judicial Watch reported Wednesday.

Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) has received approval from the Federal Communications Commission for a project to field and operate a constellation of more than 3K satellites in low-Earth orbit to provide broadband service.