The Defense Department will soon implement new processes intended to speed up mobile device approval, Federal News Radio reports. Jason Miller reports Alex Froede, a DISA support contractor, made the announcement during the Federal Mobility Computing Summit in Washington. Froede said DISA will no longer adhere to the agency’s current security technical implementation guide, claiming [...]
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Rockwell Collins will supply the U.S. Navy with TacNet Tactical Radio to help the branch expand its Link 16 networked communications, the company announced Tuesday. The U.S. Naval Research Lab awarded the contract and the company expects to begin delivering the radio in February 2013. Robert Haag, communication and navigation products vice president and general manager, [...]
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The Defense Information Systems Agency plans to issue a request for proposals for a secure enterprise wireless system by Sept. 30, Nextgov reports. According to Bob Brewin’s story, DISA wants a contractor to develop, test and help operate the system, which would include smartphones, tablet computers and an application store. DISA hopes to have 25,000 [...]
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Tactical Technologies Office has selected ATK to support its Phoenix Technologies Program, the firm announced Wednesday. PTP is an initiative which aims to reuse components from retired or damaged satellites in the geosynchronous orbit. Through the award ATK will modify an existing geostationary bus for the Phoenix mission. ATK [...]
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A Defense Information Systems Agency program executive officer said Pentagon personnel may be able to place unclassified information on their personal mobile devices by late 2013 or early 2014, Fierce Government IT reports. Bruce Bennett, PEO for communications systems, said at an AFCEA conference mobile device adoption depends on moving technology, policy, security and culture [...]
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Deborah Plunkett: NSA Seeking Fully-Commercial Mobile Devices, Classified BYOD Not Likely
July 23, 2012 No CommentThe National Security Agency is pushing for a complete end-to-end reliance on commercial communications technology, a top agency official recently said, according to AOL Government. At an AFCEA mobile security forum, Deborah Plunkett, the agency’s director of information assurance, said the NSA has started a “deep dive,” exploring how to use hardware and software encryption [...]
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Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. will carry five payloads and a de-orbit module onboard a spacecraft the company will launch in 2013, the company announced Tuesday. President and CEO David Taylor said in a release the company built the STPSat-3 spacecraft for the U.S. Air Force in 47 days. He added the vehicle will carry [...]
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SAIC Wins $37M to Support Army’s Vigilant Pursuit Intelligence Gathering Program
July 11, 2012 No CommentScience Applications International Corp. was awarded a $37 million contract to provide systems engineering services for the U.S. Army’s Vigilant Pursuit program, SC Biz News reports. The Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate of the Army Research Development and Engineering Command selected SAIC to help improve intelligence information transfers on the battlefield. According to the report [...]
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Harris Corp.‘s CapRock Communications subsidiary has signed a multi-year, multi-channel contract with Astrium Services to offer end-to-end Ultra-High Frequency Tactical Satellite solutions, Harris announced Tuesday. The new communications system is expected to be fully operational by Spring 2013 and available for domestic and international users. The joint Harris and Astrium end-to-end commercial UHF service will [...]
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A recent audit found that Department of Homeland Security employees are not encrypting data regularly when using unauthorized devices on the agency’s network, Nextgov reports. Frank Deffer, DHS’ assistant inspector general for information technology audits, said in the report that growing dependence on commercial devices could lead to data becoming compromised. Devices such as GPS [...]
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