ExecutiveBiz News on Video 9/9/2021

KBR’s Kord Technologies subsidiary demonstrated a 50 kilowatt-class laser weapon prototype on a Stryker vehicle as part of the U.S. Army’s Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense program during a combat shoot-off held in July at Fort Sill in Oklahoma. Byron Bright, president of KBR’s government solutions business and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, said […]

Dcode, a technology company from Washington, D.C., has received a five-year basic ordering agreement to provide the Defense Health Agency and its organizations with various innovation-related educational and advisory services. The BOA covers Dcode services such as horizon scanning, technology scouting and vetting, agile acquisition strategy and support as well as training courses designed to […]

Greg Wenzel, an executive vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, said countering technologically advanced adversaries requires the Department of Defense to come up with a unified, open network that could enable warfighters to quickly access, share and analyze disparate data sets and facilitate the decision-making process on the battlefield. […]

Michael Rogers, former head of the U.S. Cyber Command and the National Agency and a three-time Wash100 Award recipient, has joined security company NetAbstraction as the advisory board chairman. The retired U.S. Navy admiral will lead the advisory board members as they provide NetAbstraction with insights about products, technologies and corporate strategy, the Chantilly, Virginia-based […]

The Department of Veterans Affairs has adopted Nuance Communications‘ speech recognition platform and microphone application to document patient care activities. The company said Wednesday VA now uses the Nuance Dragon Medical One platform, following the product’s approval under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and receipt of authority to operate from the department. Physicians […]

Peraton has included OneWeb‘s low Earth orbit satellite services in its global communications portfolio in an effort to provide customers with open architecture and high throughput network in support if their mission sets. The company said Thursday it will deliver capabilities from OneWeb’s secure and low latency satellite network under a distribution partnership agreement, which […]

A Deloitte study shares “digital pivots,” or the array of assets and capabilities that government agencies can develop to further strengthen digital transformation considering how the COVID-19 pandemic underscored the need for organizations to become truly digital. In a Deloitte piece The Wall Street Journal published Wednesday, the company said the assessment was made after […]

Northrop Grumman has tested an in-flight connectivity designed to enable long range command and control for aircraft in highly contested environments. The demonstration exhibited how an advanced line-of-sight data link can support multi-domain battle management by connecting aircraft through an open-architecture network, Northrop said Wednesday. The company integrated a new mission-specific military transceiver, open architecture […]

Fortinet aims to help bridge cyber skills gaps through a five-year commitment to support the cybersecurity training of a million individuals across the globe. The company said Wednesday it will deliver cyber education through a wide range of efforts under its Training Advancement Agenda and Network Security Experts training institute. Fortinet will offer an eight-level […]

Global security advisory firm The Chertoff Group has appointed experienced security and acquisition official Julie Dunne and cybersecurity expert Christopher Hetner as senior advisers. Dunn and Hetner will use their experience in working for the government and holding legal and corporate positions to help The Chertoff Group address various client needs related to security and […]