The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected Umbra, Terran Orbital, Northrop Grumman and Jacobs for an experiment that seeks to leverage synthetic aperture radar satellites to advance warfare capabilities, Breaking Defense reported Friday. DARPA launched the Digital Radar Image Formation Technology program in 2022 to expand the use of commercial SAR satellites in military missions and to support the […] More

General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary has secured a $48.6 million contract modification to research, develop and transition enabling technologies for the U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered attack submarines. The award covers five additional option periods to the Next Generation Submarine Science and Technology Research contract awarded in October 2018 to provide technology options for the service’s Virginia […] More

Maritime autonomous system developers Acua Ocean and HydroSurv have unveiled their plan to combine businesses and form a new company called Blue Ocean Autonomy, Unmanned Systems Technology reported Tuesday. The merger is intended to capitalize on both parties’ capabilities to develop and operate uncrewed surface vessels and marine surveying and surveillance technologies. HydroSurv’s electric and battery-hybrid rapid […] More

Gartner forecasts that government spending on information technology products and services across the globe will climb by 7.6 percent year-over-year to $589.79 billion in 2023 as more agencies are prioritizing digital transformation projects. The software segment is projected to maintain its position as the IT market’s highest-spending area for agencies worldwide with an estimated 13.5 […] More

BAE Systems‘ FAST Labs division received a $7 million contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency develop an autonomous space-based system for military personnel to track key objects of interest across satellite constellations. FAST Labs teamed up with artificial intelligence technology developers AIMdyn and OmniTeq to carry out software development work under the […] More

John Zangardi, CEO of Redhorse and a 2023 Wash100 Award winner, said it is imperative for federal agencies looking to transition to zero trust architecture to develop complete visibility into their information technology systems. Zangardi wrote in a May 17 commentary published on Federal News Network that there are five steps agencies should consider when […] More

General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business is showcasing the U.S. Army’s two Gray Eagle Extended Range unmanned aircraft systems that were modified to incorporate multi-domain operation capabilities. The demonstration, which began in March, is part of the service branch’s current efforts to enhance the GE-ER platform with MDO features, General Atomics said Tuesday. MDO capabilities such as […] More

Barry Duplantis, vice president and general manager of the North American public sector at Mattermost, said federal agencies should consider developing digital playbooks to facilitate and speed up response to cybersecurity incidents and natural disasters. “Digital playbooks combine strategic and tactical documentation, automated checklists, real-time collaboration, clear instructions, and more. They ensure that everyone on […] More

Tommy Gardner, chief technology officer of HP Federal, said information technology organizations should advance the development of a proactive defense to prevent an IT mistake from leading to an “error string” or a cascade of errors, InformationWeek reported Wednesday. “IT teams should think through multiple problems at once, understand the limits and constraints of their […] More

Executive Mosaic honors the life and legacy of ManTech Co-Founder George Pederson and mourns his recent passing at the age of 87. Pedersen established ManTech — the name a combination of “management” and “technology” — with his Vitro Laboratory colleague Franc Wertheimer in New Jersey in 1968, and the company moved its headquarters to Washington, D.C. in […] More

Garrett Yee, vice president and general manager for the Army sector at General Dynamics‘ information technology business, has assumed additional responsibilities to support other defense customers. He shared his expanded role in a LinkedIn post published Monday. Yee is a retired Army major general who joined General Dynamics in August 2022 after concluding his 35th […] More

Juvare has received the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s High authority-to-operate designation for a technology offering designed to help organizations prepare for and respond to critical situations. The Veterans Health Administration acted as an agency sponsor during the accreditation process for Juvare Federal Cloud, an incident response and emergency management platform, the company said […] More