Sean Berg, senior vice president and general manager for global governments and critical infrastructure at Forcepoint, has said that organizations should prioritize the monitoring of user perimeters through a zero-trust approach. “With people as the new perimeter, zero trust is a non-negotiable first step for securing newly distributed agency workforces and ensuring users are who they say they are,” Berg wrote in a guest piece for FedScoop.
Read More »NASA Updates Assembly Status of Lockheed’s X-59 ‘Quiet’ Supersonic Jet
NASA has unveiled recent updates to its Lockheed Martin-designed X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology jet and said that construction of the Mach 1.4-speed aircraft is halfway complete, Aviation International News reported Monday.
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KBR has teamed up with interplanetary architecture design company XArc to support the latter’s partnership with SpaceX and the U.S. Transportation Command to assess the potential of space-based cargo delivery.
Read More »Perspecta’s Shurrone Young Davis: DISA Needs Automation-Focused Framework for IT Infrastructure Consolidation Effort
Shurronne Young Davis, senior director of enterprise security at Perspecta, said the Defense Information Systems Agency must implement a framework that integrates automation, innovation, engineering and cyber elements for its new information technology modernization program.
Read More »DOD Delays Milestone C Decision for F-35 Program
The Department of Defense has indefinitely postponed a final determination to let the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter aircraft move into the full production phase due to technical and pandemic challenges that have affected combat simulation test preparations, Bloomberg reported Thursday.
Read More »Splunk’s Ashok Sankar: Agencies Must Leverage Data, FedRAMP-Certified Tools to Accelerate Cloud-Driven Modernization
Ashok Sankar, director of marketing and strategy for public sector and education at Splunk, has said that Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-authorized cloud tools are vital to helping agencies accelerate modernization, FedScoop reported Thursday.
Read More »Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Booz Allen as 2020 Cybersecurity Market Leader; Brad Medairy Quoted
San Antonio, Texas-based market research firm Frost & Sullivan has identified Booz Allen Hamilton as the largest single market shareholder in the American managed and professional security services sector for the third year in a row.
Read More »ECS’ Aaron Burciaga: CX, Data Science Could Help Organizations Identify Business Opportunities
Aaron Burciaga, vice president of analytics and artificial intelligence at ECS, has said that combining the technical aspects of data science with the humanistic elements of customer experience will help organizations gain financial opportunities.
Read More »Eric Frahm: DIU, USAF Aim to Overcome Pilot Training Limitations With Commercial Tech
Eric Frahm, a program manager at the Defense Innovation Unit, has said modern technology could help the U.S. Air Force to address learning, data and scalability limitations in the service branch's Joint Immersive Training System, GCN reported Wednesday.
Read More »Cobham’s Electronics Arm Tapped to Supply Medical Imaging Circuit Parts; Mike Kahn Quoted
Cobham's advanced electronic solutions business has received a $48M contract to provide Application Specific Integrated Circuit components and product support to an unnamed customer for medical imaging applications.
Read More »Microsoft’s John Kahan: FCC Should Apply Broadband Access Mapping Law for Resource Allocation
John Kahan, vice president and chief data analytics officer at Microsoft, has said the Federal Communications Commission must build on a recently passed internet access visualization law to fund areas in need of broadband services.
Read More »L3Harris’ Nino DiCosmo: FirstNet Integration, Open Radio Standards Key to Streamlining Emergency Comms
Nino DiCosmo, president of L3Harris Technologies’ public safety and professional communications division, has said the U.S. must build on efforts to integrate the First Responder Network Authority to innovate emergency communications.
Read More »Navy Eyes January Release of Rapid-Attack Weapon RFP; Northrop to Offer Lightweight Torpedo
The U.S. Navy plans to issue a request for proposals in January to help field a next-generation lightweight torpedo concept as part of the service’s compact rapid attack weapon program, National Defense Magazine reported Wednesday.
Read More »ST Engineering Subsidiary to Support Navy Surface Vessel Design Analysis
ST Engineering North America's VT Halter Marine subsidiary has partnered with Gibbs & Cox to develop a concept for the U.S. Navy’s Large Unmanned Surface Vessel as part of a design analysis contract that will run through August 2021.
Read More »Kevin Martin to Assume CEO Role at Cadence Aerospace’s Engines Systems Arm
Kevin Martin, chief information officer at Cadence Aerospace, has been appointed to serve in an additional role as CEO of the engines systems business starting Jan. 1, 2021.
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