Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) will collaborate with Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) on a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program that seeks to protect the confidentiality of encrypted information during data processing by developing an accelerator for fully homomorphic encryption. Intel said Monday it will build an application-specific integrated circuit ...
AirBoss of America‘s defense subsidiary has agreed to buy Rochester, New York-based wearable blast overpressure sensor provider BlackBox Biometrics for approximately $27 million in a move to expand survivability technology offerings for warfighters and first responders. Landover, Maryland-based AirBoss Defense Group said Monday its Critical So...
Deloitte’s Center for Government Insights has released a report stating that trends such as digitization and adaptive workplaces became prevalent over the past year. The Government Trends 2021 report, published Thursday, found that governments have accelerated the use of cloud, artificial intelligence and digital identity concepts while also ...
Stu Shea, president, CEO and chairman of Peraton and a 2021 Wash100 winner, said he believes adding Northrop Grumman’s (NYSE: NOC) information technology services business and Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) would better position Peraton in the federal IT services market, the Washington Business Journal reported Friday. “Where Peraton will land is, we wi...
The White House is considering forming a task force to address a cyber attack on on-premise Microsoft Exchange Servers launched by a group of threat actors operating from China, CNN reported Sunday. Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) issued security updates after it found that a state-sponsored threat actor from China, called Hafnium, was targeting defense co...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 8, 2021 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has extended a partnership with information technology company NEC to continue using the latter’s System Invariant Analysis Technology to identify potential anomalies during spacecraft development and satellite ground support operations, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Lockheed sa...
Executive Mosaic is honored to announce that John Goodman, chief executive of Accenture Federal Services, has received a 2021 Wash100 Award for advancing technology solutions, securing valuable contracts and partnering with industry and federal leaders to respond to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. This marks Goodman’s fourth consecutive W...
Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) has acquired Canada-based satellite ground equipment provider UHP Networks in a deal that includes $24 million worth of shares as an upfront payment. As part of the agreement, Comtech will pay an additional $5 million in cash and/or stock contingent on fulfillment of certain conditions over the next 12 month...
Lelah Manz, senior vice president for web performance at Akamai Technologies (Nasdaq: AKAM), said edge computing complements cloud-based centralization that could help government agencies manage security risks and mitigate inefficiencies. “Processing data locally at edge nodes can eliminate latency bottlenecks and open up opportunities to capitali...
The U.S. Navy has launched a solicitation for an Office of Naval Research program aimed at developing and demonstrating a new air-breathing test model for hypersonic anti-ship missiles. The Screaming Arrow initiative is seeking a controlled test vehicle to showcase air-breathing characteristics of hypersonic missile technology that could operate wit...
