Raytheon Wins $39M to Provide the DoD with Munitions and Support
Raytheon has won $38.9 million in contracts to provide support and munitions to the Department of Defense, according to an article published on Saturday. The contracts include a $7.5 million firm-fixed-price modification to Raytheon’s previous deal on integrated defense systems unit and a $31.4 million order for guided bomb units, Rich Smith writes. The company [...]
CTC to Equip DoD with $20M Electric Vehicle Fleet; Camron Gorguinpour Comments
January 11, 2013 No Comment
The Defense Department has launched a $20 million program to build a fleet of noncombat electric vehicles for use on military bases, according to a DoD article. Concurrent Technologies Corp. is under contract to select the first electric DoD vehicles and will construct charging stations to accommodate the fleet that could be deployed at up to [...]
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Dan Risacher: DoD Has Been Using Open Source Software for More Than a Decade
October 30, 2012 No CommentAccording to a Department of Defense official, the agency has been using open source software for more than a decade, AOL Government reports. Dan Risacher, associate director for information enterprise strategy and policy in the DOD Chief Information Officer‘s office, said that the reach and scope of the open source software used in the agency [...]
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DoD Launches IT Scholarship, Grants Program for Civilian, Military Personnel
August 28, 2012 No CommentThe Department of Defense will start offering scholarship programs for personnel interested in information assurance and information technology fields. The Information Assurance Scholarship Program will give chosen institutions of higher learning funding for research, faculty, curriculum development, and laboratory improvements for IA/IT. The Naval Postgraduate School and Air Force Institute of Technology will handle the [...]
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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is expanding its presence in the cybersecurity market, announcing today that it has purchased SecureInfo Corp., a defense and intelligence cybersecurity firm. SecureInfo provides solutions for cloud security and specializes in operational cybersecurity and cybersecurity risk management services. Some of its major federal customers include the U.S. Defense Department and the U.S. Department of Homeland [...]
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New Hughes Cloud Services & Hosting Solution Helps Build Cloud and Manage Data
September 12, 2011 No CommentEchoStar Corporation and its subsidiary Hughes announced their new Hughes Cloud Services & Hosting solution for businesses of all sizes and industry. Hughes Cloud Services & Hosting provides companies with one site or with hundreds of sites a solution platform that includes rack space, software as a service, cloud computing infrastructure design and complete corporate [...]
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Defense Department officials are looking to balance security, efficiency and effectiveness in moving away from a decentralized network of computer servers and data centers and into cloud computing, Department of Defense deputy chief information officer said yesterday. “We must balance all three,” said Robert J. Carey, who is also the deputy assistant secretary of defense [...]
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Sony Appoints Former US DHS Official Philip Reitinger to Head Cybersecurity
September 6, 2011 No CommentSony named Philip Reitinger, a former top U.S. Department of Homeland Security official, to lead its cybersecurity efforts months after a massive hacking attack. Reitinger has previously held security roles with U.S. National Cyber Security Center, Departments of Defense and Justice, and Microsoft. He has been appointed Sony’s chief information officer and senior vice president acting [...]
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The Department of Veteran Affairs announced the Open Source Electronic Health Record Agent has begun operations and will serve as the central governing body of a new open source electronic health record community. According to the VA, the launch marks an important milestone for the joint efforts of VA and the Department of Defense in [...]
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An annual Department of Defense report on Chinese military activies, released Aug. 24, warns that China’s cyberwarfare capabilities are growing. The release of this report coincided with reports that the Chinese military may have acknowledged enabling cyber attacks in a documentary broadcast on state television. An official broadcast on China Central Television included six seconds of [...]
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