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Twenty additional Amazon Web Services offerings have received provisional authority to operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The services are now available on the FedRAMP Marketplace and on the company’s Services in Scope by Compliance Program page, according to a blog post published Monday. The services that secured certification from FedRAMP’s Joint […] More
Amazon Web Services helped the Department of Justice’s tax division develop an application in less than two months to streamline the process for employees seeking approval for their telework requests and enable DOJ to implement a hybrid work arrangement as part of their return-to-office policy. The development team at DOJ’s tax division tapped AWS Professional […] More
Sierra Nevada Corp. is investing $200 million to develop two prototypes of its RAPCON-X plane by January 2024 as the U.S. Army considers replacing its fleet of fixed-wing aircraft used in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, Breaking Defense reported Friday. Tim Harper, senior director of business development for mission solutions and technologies division at SNC, […] More
Atlas Space Operations has raised $26 million in a round of Series B financing led by Mitsui & Co. and will use the investment to further advance its Ground Software as a Service business model and international growth initiatives. “This investment well capitalizes the company to accelerate growth in key areas of commercial and US […] More
HawkEye 360 will build and demonstrate overhead radio frequency-sensing capabilities for U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command under a two-year cooperative research and development agreement. “This partnership will support the Army’s modernization initiative to develop more efficient, effective, and resilient systems that strengthen how the U.S. Army mobilizes, protects, and sustains expeditionary forces leveraging […] More
Sabre Systems has formed a joint venture with technology platforms provider GBS Solutions under the Mentor-Protege Program of the Small Business Administration. GBS-Sabre Innovative Solutions JV will merge the capabilities of the two companies to deliver enterprise data management, cyber platforms, systems and software engineering and digital transformation support to government agency customers, Sabre said […] More
Science Applications International Corp. has secured a potential $163 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide design, development, modernization, sustainment, lifecycle and integration support to naval enterprise networks. SAIC said Thursday it will support shore networks, related components and network service platforms of the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific Shore Networks Branch in San […] More
The U.S. Air Force has accepted four Boeing-built MH-139A Grey Wolf test aircraft for use in testing the military capabilities of the platform as the service approaches Milestone C review for the aircraft program. The move came weeks after Boeing finalized the Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certification in order for the aircraft to reach […] More
A GitLab survey has found that decision-makers considered security a key factor when selecting a DevOps platform and that rapid DevOps adoption in 2021 led to faster delivery of software, improved developer productivity and better code quality. GitLab said Tuesday it polled 5,001 software professionals across the world in May and found that nearly 60 […] More
A survey by Riverbed Technology and Swish has found that 52 percent of federal information technology employees said they are worried their on-premises networks and legacy IT systems will face difficulty in delivering good user experiences as more workers transition from a remote set-up to on-site work. Research firm Market Connections conducted a survey of […] More
Azimuth and UES have won positions on a potential eight-year, $40 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide basic and applied research support and development services across several core technology areas. The contractors will support the Air Force Research Laboratory in the areas of structural materials and applications; systems support; new and emerging […] More
Lockheed Martin will hand over to the U.S. Navy another training system for the Sikorsky-built CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter. The CH-53K Containerized Flight Training Device will provide a virtual environment to enable U.S. Marine Corps aviators to train on external lift operations and other heavy lift missions, Lockheed said Wednesday. “Marine pilots have […] More
