Over two years after the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) suffered a massive data beach compromising the data of over 20 million current and former federal employees and their families, there are still notable deficiencies in the way the agency handles its information systems, according to a recent audit. Though there have been improvements to...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 11, 2017 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) CEO Matt Desch has said the Iridium Next constellation will work to support the “renovation” of air traffic control toward the Federal Aviation Administration‘s Next Generation Air Transportation System, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. NASASp...
Greg Touhill, the first-ever federal chief information security officer, has joined information technology infrastructure company Cyxtera Technologies as president of its newly established federal business. The company said Tuesday Touhill will lead Cyxtera Federal Group‘s efforts to deliver data center and cybersecurity service...
Kurt DelBene, executive vice president of corporate strategy, core services engineering and operations at Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), has taken the additional role of chief digital officer at the company, the Seattle Times reported Friday. In this capacity, DelBene will oversee Microsoft’s internal information technology groups, opera...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 7, 2017 ” The governments of Poland and the U.S. have inked a memorandum that would enable the former to procure Raytheon-built (NYSE: RTN) Patriot missile defense systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Reuters reported Thursday Poland’s Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz unveiled the agreement ah...
Two U.S B-1 Lancer bombers from Guam flew over the contested South China Sea Thursday, the U.S. Air Force confirmed Friday. The U.S. flyover asserts its “freedom of navigation” rights and challenges China’s claims to almost the whole waterway, Reuters reported. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said the country does no...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 6, 2017 ” CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has added EagleForce Associates‘ predictive analytics platform for pharmaceutical applications as part of its offering under the General Services Administration‘s Information Technology Schedule 70 contract vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. EagleForce&#...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has been selected to support a $442.9 million effort to upgrade the Australian air force’s fleet of E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft. The service branch said Wednesday Boeing will equip E-7As with new combat identification sensors, tactical data links and communication and en...
BAE Systems has received a potential $4.8 billion contract from the U.K. defense ministry to build the first three ships under the country™s Type 26 Global Combat Ship program. The company said Sunday the contract is expected to create at least 3,400 jobs across the U.K. and that it will begin the steel-cutting operation on...
Rose Gottemoeller, NATO™s deputy secretary general, discusses increasing defense spending by alliance members, increasing capabilities, deterring Russia while engaging Moscow, what™s next in Afghanistan and Libya, and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at NATO headquarters in Brussels...
