BAE Systems announced that it has received a $1.9 million contract from the Navy for the maintenance and modernization of USS Mitscher, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer. Under the docking selected restricted availability contract, the warship will be drydocked and underwater hull preservation work will be performed, BAE Systems said Thursday. Additionally, the company will […]
Lockheed Martin announced that it has teamed up with Amazon and Cisco to add human-machine interface technologies to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Orion spacecraft, which was built to take humans farther out in space than they have ever gone before. The collaboration has resulted in a new technology, christened, “Callisto,” which will be […]
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is set to roll out in 2022 a new common operating environment providing a service-centric platform for GEOINT access. The NGA’s chief information officer said that this will be among this year’s “big events” as the agency takes several technology shifts in cloud, cybersecurity and machine learning, Federal News Network said […]
Tim Small is the health care strategy and analytics managing director in Deloitte’s Federal Health practice, working out of Chantilly, Virginia. He has over 20 years of experience driving change and solving complex problems in the multi-billion-dollar military health space, according to his LinkedIn profile. Small specializes in leading high-profile, innovative strategy projects designed to […]
Claudine Beron is the chief executive officer of Initiate Government Solutions, working out of North Palm Beach, Florida. She is a health care information technology expert with substantial experience in commercial and federal electronic health record development, training, implementation and support, according to her LinkedIn profile. Beron’s list of professional specialties includes strategic planning, business […]
The Department of Defense seeks to forge stronger working relationships in the data realm with the United States’ allies to better synchronize joint military operations. The Pentagon’s chief data officer said that data partnerships pioneered by businesses in the private sector can serve as a model for international partnerships among allied nations, FCW reported Wednesday. […]
Pure Storage, a developer of all-flash data storage hardware and software products, announced that its public sector business achieved all-time highs in the third quarter of 2021, as its customer base and use case portfolio grew. The business growth came as trends and developments in cloud transformation, ransomware, cybersecurity, DevOps and artificial intelligence drive modernization […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs has set in motion a multi-year effort to modernize its home loan guarantee process and streamline services through the creation of application programming interfaces and accessible dashboards. Having released its LGY roadmap in the third quarter of 2021, the VA is now creating the technical foundations necessary for large-scale reform of its home loan services, GovernmentCIO Magazine reported Monday. John […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that the James Webb Space Telescope’s 70-foot sunshield has been successfully deployed, calling the event a key milestone in preparing the spacecraft for science operations. The JWST team began the process of remotely unfolding the sunshield on Dec. 28, three days after the space telescope was launched aboard […]
Robert Sellers is the vice president of Public Sector Channels at enterprise software company Infor, working out of the Knoxville Metropolitan Area. Infor is a global leader in business cloud software products for companies in industry-specific markets. Sellers has been with Infor for a total of almost eight years. After working at the company for […]
