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Microsoft’s Brad Smith: Governments, Companies Should Cooperate to Combat Cyber Attacks

Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, has highlighted the importance of governments and technology companies working together to address increasing cases of cyber attacks in the U.S. and across the globe. Speaking at The Wall Street Journal’s Tech Live conference Wednesday, the executive talked about ransomware, nation-state sponsored attacks and disinformation campaigns and how the three […] More

by Christine Thropp October 21, 2021, 11:50 am
in Executive Spotlight, Industry News, News, Technology

Executive Spotlight: Rick Herrmann, Director of U.S. Public Sector Region at Intel

Rick Herrmann, director of Intel’s U.S. Public Sector region, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the top priorities for data security in the federal sector as well as the semiconductor industry’s impact on our national security and supply chains, the benefits of Intel’s key partnerships and the crucial areas of tech development such as AI/ML, 5G and […] More

by William McCormick October 20, 2021, 12:00 pm
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SpyCloud Publishes Report on Ransomware, Organizations’ Cybersecurity Defense Maturity
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Hensoldt, QinetiQ Partner to Pursue US Defense, Security Opportunities; Ken Loy Quoted

The U.S. business arms of Hensoldt and QinetiQ are looking to work on collaborative engagements in the country’s defense and national security markets and, in connection, have entered into an agreement to create a strategic partnership framework. The companies will strategically cooperate to develop, integrate, test and field Hensoldt’s sensing technologies for national security projects, […] More

by Nichols Martin October 19, 2021, 11:53 am
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Spirit AeroSystems Unveils Research Center in Kansas for High Temperature Material R&D

Spirit AeroSystems has opened a new research center at Wichita State University in Kansas to advance work on high temperature materials, such as hypersonic weapons, for aviation, defense and space programs. The National Defense Prototype Center covers over 125,000-square-foot of space for manufacturing and laboratory activities such as material processing and characterization work, the Wichita, […] More

by Angeline Leishman October 18, 2021, 12:00 pm
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ULA Rocket Lifts Off NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft for Asteroid Exploration

United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V rocket has launched a NASA spacecraft designed for a 12-year mission to help researchers study the Trojan asteroids that share the orbit of Jupiter around the sun. The Lucy spacecraft embarked on an interplanetary trajectory from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Oct. 16, ULA said Saturday. Lucy will fly […] More

by Nichols Martin October 18, 2021, 11:57 am
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Farooq Mitha on DOD Efforts to Address Small Business Challenges in Defense Marketplace

Farooq Mitha, who leads the Department of Defense’s Office of Small Business Programs, has detailed DOD efforts to mitigate the declining number of small businesses in the defense marketplace as the said suppliers are considered as an essential part of the industrial base. In a commentary piece Business Insider published Tuesday, Mitha wrote that small […] More

by Nichols Martin October 15, 2021, 9:39 am
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Navy Receives 500th Northrop-Made WSN‑7 Navigation System

Northrop Grumman has delivered the 500th unit of a ring laser gyroscope inertial navigation system to the U.S. Navy for installation on its select missile cruisers, destroyers, aircraft carriers and other vessels. The Navy uses the AN/WSN‑7 INS to guide the travels of all Nimitz-class aircraft carriers and surface combatants that carry the Aegis combat […] More

by Nichols Martin October 15, 2021, 8:26 am
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Northrop Opens Air Force ICBM Support Facility in Alabama
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Raytheon Demonstrates Drone, Radar in Army Counter-UAS Test

Raytheon Technologies demonstrated the use of its drone and radar technology in counter-unmanned aircraft system operations during a U.S. Army test series at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. Multiple variants of the Coyote interceptor and the KuRFS targeting radar worked together with the military branch’s air defense command and control system to defeat swarms of […] More

by Angeline Leishman October 13, 2021, 12:55 am
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Accenture-NASCIO Study Looks at State Cloud Migration Progress, Challenges; Ryan Oakes Quoted

Accenture and the National Association of State Chief Information Officers have released key findings of a joint study on state governments’ efforts to transition information technology systems into a cloud environment. The 2021 Accenture and NASCIO Cloud Study was based on perspectives state chief information officers offered during interviews, panel discussions, workshops and an online poll in May, the company […] More

by Angeline Leishman October 12, 2021, 12:39 pm
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BAE Demos Wheeled Howitzer Offering at Army Shoot-Off

The U.S. Army tested a 155-millimeter wheeled howitzer offering from BAE Systems as part of an artillery assessment activity that took place during the summer at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. BAE said Monday its Archer mobile weapon system demonstrated a firing rate of up to eight rounds per minute during the military branch’s shoot-off […] More

by Angeline Leishman October 12, 2021, 8:27 am