Dell Cloud Aims for Federal Clients to Meet FedRAMP, NIST Standards; George Newstrom Comments
Dell has launched a new cloud computing portfolio that aims to help federal government customers meet criteria set by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program approval process and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Dell Cloud for U.S. Government also contains options for customers to have single- and multi-tenant environments, as well as [...]
A Raytheon subsidiary has developed a trusted mail system designed to help clients secure email communications across multiple domains. Raytheon Trusted Computer Solutions built the commercial cross-network software for the Defense Department and other federal agencies to use as a single client, Raytheon said Monday. The mail system intends to filter out malicious data in [...]
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A Boeing communications satellite for the U.S. Air Force launched into space Friday and transmitted its first on-orbit signals to controllers in Australia within the first hour of liftoff. The fifth Wideband Global SATCOM satellite is intended to help the Air Force link troops to secure communications worldwide, Boeing said Friday. WGS-5 launched from Cape [...]
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DRS Technologies has received a certificate from the Defense Department that allows users of the company’s mobile on-the-move terminal to operate and access the agency’s communication satellites in the Global Information Grid. The company received its X-Band On-the-Move certification from the Army Strategic Command and Department of Defense’ Joint SATCOM Engineering Center, DRS said Wednesday. [...]
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Smartronix Adds Partner to Enhance Enterprise Tech and Software Offerings; Gaurav Pal Comments
April 17, 2013 No Comment
Smartronix Inc. and Concept Searching Ltd have forged an agreement to combine their mission-critical technology and software offerings to help enterprises support their information technology infrastructure for data, content and migration. The partnership will integrate Concept Searching’s smart content framework and intelligent metadata solutions into Smartronix’s enterprise solutions design and implementation for the federal customers including the [...]
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More than a third of federal managers believe they are moving in the right direction in implementing big data within their organizations, a survey from Booz Allen Hamilton and the Government Business Council says. Booz Allen released the survey results Tuesday, saying 37 percent of respondents are confident in their current big data trajectory and [...]
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A U.S. Air Force base in Nevada has received its first three Lockheed Martin-built F-35 conventional takeoff and landing jets for testing, with a total of 12 jets to be assigned to the squadron by 2019. Nellis’ 422 Test and Evaluation Squadron of the 53rd Test and Evaluation Group will test and evaluate the jets, [...]
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Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon worked with the Missile Defense Agency to carry out a test of a ground-based interceptor used in defending against ballistic missiles. The Defense Department said the test involved a Boeing-made interceptor and a Raytheon-made component that separates from the interceptor to attack the missile. Northrop said MDA used the company’s [...]
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Pentagon to Increase Cybersecurity Force Five-fold; William J. Lynn III Comments
January 28, 2013 No Comment
The Pentagon has approved the expansion of the U.S. Army Cyber Command, according to Ellen Nakashima of the Washington Post. The command will increase from 900 to 4,900 civilian and military forces over the next few years as it plans to upgrade its organization into an Internet-era fighting force focused on foreign adversaries attacking critical systems. [...]
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