SpinLaunch, a manufacturer of spaceflight technology, has secured $35M in additional funding to support expansion efforts as well as the development of a kinetic launch system for small sate... Read more
Mark Forman, vice president for digital government at Unisys’ federal arm, said he expects this year’s federal spending to prioritize modernization efforts, cybersecurity and information tec... Read more
Accenture has partnered with representatives from the financial sector to launch the Digital Dollar Foundation focused on analyzing the feasibility of a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency. Read more
LMI has secured $1.2B in contract awards and earned a revenue of $329M in fiscal year 2019, representing respective increases of 39 percent and 24 percent from FY17. Read more
Lockheed Martin has awarded Collins Aerospace a $320M contract to supply subsystems for the Orion spacecraft that NASA will use for future Artemis missions aimed at establishing sustained hu... Read more
Steampunk has joined Salesforce’s Technology Partner Program in a move to leverage the latter’s resources for various business processes and improve the delivery of infrastructure design sup... Read more
The International Maritime Organization has authorized Iridium Communications to provide Global Maritime Distress and Safety System satellite services for the UN agency’s maritime emergency... Read more
Chitra Raghu, director for federal health and safety at ECS, has said that agencies must analyze data collection and storage methods before implementing data management capabilities such as... Read more
Stephen Kovac, vice president for global government and head of corporate compliance at Zscaler, has said that agencies must consider cloud security in efforts to fortify digital infrastruct... Read more
Amazon Web Services’ recently launched Public Safety and Disaster Response Competency initiative has helped entities like the Australian government look for technology vendors that can suppo... Read more
Michele Bond, founder and former president of Washington, D.C.-based information technology consulting firm Vetruvius, has been appointed chief operating officer of Concept Plus. Read more
AT&T has partnered with the U.S. Air Force to update the communications infrastructure of Tyndall AF Base in Florida ahead of the planned 5G rollout, Defense Systems reported Thursday. Read more
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence has partnered with eight firms to conduct research and development activities and establish cybersecurity best practices for distributed energ... Read more
A tiltrotor aircraft built by Textron’s Bell subsidiary has completed its first autonomous flight test at the company’s facility in Arlington, Va., Defense News reported Thursday. Read more
SAP NS2’s Mark Testoni: US Should Focus on Creating Value From Cyber Tech
Mark Testoni, CEO of SAP National Security Services and a 2019 Wash100 winner, said that companies’ executive leadership must incorporate a culture of security as international tensions brin... Read more