OGSystems will team with Planet to build a location-based intelligence platform that combines commercial remote sensing, big data and cognitive analytics. The companies said Monday the BlueGlass platform will work to offer real-time insights delivered through situational awareness, anomaly alerting and reporting on activities that could lead to potential risks to user operations. “OGSystems’ vision for BlueGlass was born out of our […] More

NASA has awarded Charles River Analytics a two-year, $750,000 follow-on contract to develop a system for the space agency to measure and evaluate astronaut workload. The company said Monday it will collaborate with Massachusetts General Hospital and Brown University to build the Cognitive Assessment and Prediction to Promote Individualized Capability Augmentation and Reduce Decrement system for NASA. Bethany Bracken, a Charles River […] More

General Dynamics announced in February the formation of a new team within the defense contractor’s information technology business unit that would focus on work in emerging technologies related to areas such as cybersecurity and cloud computing. In conjunction, former InfoZen executive and nearly three-decade industry veteran Pat Blevins joined the General Dynamics Information Technology unit to lead […] More

IBM and Deloitte have partnered to build a portfolio of integrated technology products to help the financial services industry manage business risks and comply with regulations. The alliance wants to introduce a platform designed to combine IBM’s analytics and cloud computing platforms with Deloitte’s regulatory intelligence tool, IBM said Monday. The offering will be developed […] More

Obstacles remain in the way of wider acceptance of unmanned systems within the Defense Department, a report from a Defense Science Board task force says. According to Greg Slabodkin‘s story for Fierce Government IT, the task force cites weak designing and lack of synchronization between the military’s research and development programs as among those obstacles. […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will eventually use continuous identity verification instead of passwords, GCN reports. DARPA announced the move in a broad agency announcement solicitation in January last year. Proposals for the agency’s Active Authentication program were due March 6. Desktops with constant high activity do not have the technology to determine if […] More

The U.S. military depends upon its networks to carry out day-to-day operations throughout the world. The Air Force has perhaps the greatest need, as its forces need to remain connected over vast distances. Lt. Gen. Bob Elder headed the U.S. Air Force“™s development of its cyberspace mission from 2006 till his retirement in July 2009. […] More

As the weather gets cooler, executives and their families are turning on the heat and building crackling fires.  Rainy or snowy days can encourage starting the car in the garage.  But there are hidden dangers lurking.  Any fuel that is burned – gas, oil, kerosene, wood, or charcoal – produces carbon monoxide (CO).  CO is […] More