Lockheed Martin has created a laser weapon system with the intent to defend against adversarial close-range rockets and unmanned aerial systems, Defense Update reports. Tamir Eshel writes th... Read more
Avaya is helping the North American Aerospace Defense Command operate a hotline for children inquiring when Santa Claus and his sleigh will arrive at their house on Christmas Eve. Avaya said... Read more
Oracle released a new big data appliance software that includes Intel‘s newest processors and the recent version of Cloudera software, E-Week reports. Chris Preimesberger writes the Or... Read more
A Rockville, Md.-based startup wants to bring big data into the education sector, the Washington Post reports. Steven Overly writes angel investors gave $650,000 to Always Prepped to start a... Read more
Harris Corp. has developed a new mobile tactical cellular network system to connect warfighters with high-bandwidth networks and provide them applications for use in the battlefield, the com... Read more
Unisys has completed its transition of 5,000 personnel at the Energy Department‘s Idaho National Laboratory to a Google cloud-based email and collaboration platform, Unisys announced W... Read more
The Food and Drug Administration is asking contractors to develop new databases for national and international medical devices, Nextgov reports. According to John Pulley’s report, the... Read more
Computer Sciences Corp. has introduced an on-premise private cloud for federal agencies that can start handling application workloads within 10 weeks, the company announced Thursday. BizClou... Read more
Compusearch Software Systems has released its contract lifecycle management software to help contractors meet defense and federal acquisition regulations, the firm recently announced. Presi... Read more
The Federal Communications Commission wants to be able to restore communications after a natural disaster or emergency with aircraft, Politico reports. Thursday, Oceus Networks announced its... Read more
In each issue of GovConExec‘s magazine, government contracting executives sound off about issues facing both public and private sector organizations including big data, mobility and br... Read more
Lockheed Martin will have to meet five testing requirements marking assembly and software progress before receiving a new set of F-35 contracts, Bloomberg reports. The Bethesda, Md.-based se... Read more
GCS Founder and CEO Nicole Geller said many agencies already embrace cloud services, but there is not a consistent understanding of the best way to do so or what is out there to embrace. Th... Read more
