Government Technology

Culmen International and Switzerland’s Center for Adaptive Security Research and Applications will help secure airports across Ukraine under a partnership with Boryspil International Airport. Dan Berkon, CEO of Culmen, said in a statement published Tuesday that the company will build on its aviation security expertise and experience to help the airport upskill its staff “who […] More

Carahsoft Technology has agreed to be the master government aggregator for Canadian company ProcedureFlow and market the latter’s knowledge management product to U.S. public sector organizations. Under the partnership, ProcedureFlow’s cloud-based software will join Carahsoft’s product portfolio for non-federal agencies and educational institutions, the companies said Wednesday in a joint statement. Organizations can procure the offering via […] More

Kaus Phaltankar, co-founder and CEO of Caveonix, said the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Revision 5 baseline adds new controls, including a family of controls related to supply chain risk management. Phaltankar said in a Help Net Security video published Thursday that when it comes to changes to control parameters under the new baseline, […] More

Gary Hix, chief technology officer of Hitachi Vantara Federal, said federal agencies should consider the business case for advancing sustainability to help address the climate crisis as they pursue information technology modernization efforts. “In a fortuitous twist, sustainability and digital transformation go together as transformation drives sustainability. Moving to newer technologies will reduce emissions, because […] More

System High has been included in The Washington Post’s list of top workplaces in Washington, D.C. for 2023. The recognition is the fourth year the Chantilly, Virginia-based company was named to the annual list of the best places to work in the area based on an employee survey, System High said Friday. The Washington Post […] More

Space Systems Command has debuted a center in Chantilly, Virginia, to encourage collaboration among companies and government agencies to accelerate the delivery of commercial space systems to the military. SSC said Tuesday the Commercial Space Marketplace for Innovation and Collaboration center, or COSMIC, is a partnership between the command and Virginia Tech Applied Research Corp. […] More

Northrop Grumman was one month ahead of its deadline for completing the preliminary design review of a relay ground station to support the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution system. PDR completion for Relay Ground Station-Asia marks a milestone in Northrop’s timeline for modernizing legacy and next-generation missile warning systems for the U.S. Space Force, the […] More

The Department of Defense has unveiled the second group of projects selected to receive funding from the Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies pilot program. DOD said Monday Congress approved a total of $150 million in funding for 11 projects for APFIT’s fiscal year 2023. Established through fiscal year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act, […] More

A new Deltek analysis shows that the U.S. Air Force’s spending on other transaction agreements for cloud-based prototypes has dropped since fiscal year 2020. Data indicates that the service branch’s spending on cloud-related OTAs fell from $131 million in FY 2020 to $35 million in FY 2021 and bounced back a bit in FY 2022 […] More

Vantage Robotics has secured an investment from Veteran Ventures Capital amid efforts to meet growing demands for drone-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance for government and commercial use. Through the Veteran Fund I investment, Veteran Ventures will support Vantage Robotics in advancing the latter’s unmanned aerial system technology and expanding its portfolio, the military entrepreneurs-focused investment […] More