Virginia-headquartered Valiant Integrated Services announced that it had been awarded by the Army’s Intelligence and Security Command a $215 million task order to provide language translation and interpretation services for soldiers operating in Africa. The deal calls for the delivery of language and cultural services to support U.S. military operations aimed at helping strengthen the […]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has awarded Verizon Networks a $400 million contract to expand its data bandwidth to better carry out work in foreign countries, according to a top company official. As part of the deal, the New Jersey-headquartered technology provider will deliver faster information technology capabilities that can be securely used by FBI […]
Information security company SecurityScorecard announced a partnership with the National Association of Counties that would allow county governments in the United States to access its cybersecurity rating platform for monitoring and risk reduction purposes. The platform for assessing cybersecurity postures is already being piloted in 38 counties, SecurityScorecard said Monday. The New York-based company said […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced its intention to support the early-stage study of a concept for a hybrid observatory that would combine a ground-based telescope with a space-based starshade. Starshades block out light coming from distant stars to allow for better observation of planets outside the solar system by telescopes on the ground, […]
Florida-headquartered Terran Orbital announced that the first signal has been acquired with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator 3 satellite. The acquisition of the Terabyte Infrared Delivery Lasercom Optical Link signal means that the spacecraft and the optical ground terminal are now successfully exchanging laser communication signals and are therefore connected, Terran […]
Don Fenhagen is a vice president and senior client partner for Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice customers of IBM’s federal services business. He has over 15 years of progressive consulting leadership experience in business development, program management, profit and loss management, client relationship management and governmental affairs for IBM, according to his […]
Richard Smith is a vice president and the division manager overseeing the Department of Homeland Security portfolio of services at information technology consulting firm ManTech, working out of the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Area. Apart from his corporate job, he also instructs graduate-level cybersecurity engineering courses at an accredited university, according to his LinkedIn profile. Smith joined […]
Boeing announced that in partnership with the Navy, it has completed a series of manned-unmanned teaming flight tests using the latest iteration of the F/A-18 Super Hornet multirole fighter and three unmanned aerial vehicles. Engineers connected the combat aircraft’s adjunct processor with a third-party tablet to facilitate coordinated maneuvers with the escorting drones, Boeing said […]
Cyber defenders from the United States and Moroccan armies recently took part in a joint cybersecurity exercise called African Lion 22, according to the U.S. Africa Command. Soldiers from the 3rd Special Forces Group’s Tactical Information Support Center teamed up with the Royal Moroccan Special Operations Forces to conduct the “prototype cyber effects training,” AFRICOM […]
The Pentagon revealed that its officials are scheduled to meet with their industry counterparts to discuss ways of providing technologies requested by combatant commanders. The industry day, which is set for July 26, will focus on the Department of Defense’s Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve project, FedScoop reported Thursday. The RDER effort targets to initially fund […]
