TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 20, 2017 ” Yogesh Khanna, chief technology officer of CSRA (NYSE: CSRA), has said a balance between cloud-based and legacy information technology systems is needed at federal agencies as they work to address challenges in cloud migration, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Fedscoop reported Monday that Kh...
From the drone that crashed into a San Diego Padres baseball game earlier this year and nearly hit several fans, to the drone that invaded the lawn of the White House, it is clear that there is commercial viability for options that can prevent unwanted drone trespassing, as well as a need for legislation governing their use. A re...
Christopher Kubasik, president and chief operating officer of L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL), has been elected to serve as president, CEO and a board member of the company in a move that takes effect Jan. 1. He will succeed the retiring Michael Strianese, who will continue to serve as executive chairman of the board, L3 said...
Ronnie Chronister, formerly director of Army, cyber and missile defense programs at Dynetics, has been named vice president of contracts at the Huntsville, Alabama-based engineering, applied science and information technology contractor. He will succeed Sallie Patterson, who will retire from Dynetics after a 19-year career t...
General Electric (NYSE: GE) has won a position on a potential $409 million U.S. Air Force contract to research and develop thermal, power and controls systems for aircraft engines and airframes. The Defense Department said Wednesday the Next Generation Thermal, Power, and Controls program is a multi-agency and industry effort that seeks to...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 19, 2017 ” Melvin Greer, chief data scientist for Intel‘s (Nasdaq: INTC) public sector business in the Americas, has said disruptive technologies such as data analytics, machine learning, cognitive computing and artificial intelligence build on government services through operational effici...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 19, 2017 ” Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, has said the Defense Department and other federal agencies are pursuing policies to drive partnerships with the commercial satellite communications sector to boost U.S. space capabilities, ExecutiveBiz reporte...
Army lasers, which previously had between 5 to 10 kilowatt strength, will be amplified to 50 to 100 kW weapons that could char helicopters and even small, fixed-wing aircraft, reports Breaking Defense. A truck-fired 50 kW weapon, an upgrade of the 10 kW HEL-MTT, will be tested next-year, while an 100 kW weapon on mobile...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 19, 2017 ” CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has added BroadSoft‘s cloud-based unified communications-as-a-service platform to its public sector offerings under the General Services Administration‘s Information Technology Schedule 70 contract vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. BroadSoft Government Cloud power...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 19, 2017 ” CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has promoted Matthew McFadden from chief technologist for the Defense Innovation Cell to cybersecurity service area director within the company’s digital consulting group, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. The company said Monday McFadden will work to expand its cyber consult...
