Boeing Awarded Space-Based Surveillance Funds
The Boeing Co., El Segundo, California, has been awarded a $23,477,634 modification P00015 to previously awarded contract FA8819-15-C-0007 for Space Based Space Surv
U.S. Air Force Modifies Taiwan Early Warning Radar Contract
Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Woburn, Massachusetts, has been awarded a $26,223,357 modification for Taiwan Early Warning Radar Surveillance Radar
Fulcrum IT to Support JIDO Situational Awareness
Fulcrum IT Services LLC, Centreville, Virginia, has been awarded a $168,155,289 ceiling cost-plus-award-fee task order under the General Services Administrati
Four Companies to Support Shore Networks
King Technologies Inc., San Diego, California, is being awarded a $52,503,043 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee, multiple award cont
Why Migrating to the Cloud is Great for Government IT Security
While it’s clear the cloud is the future of government IT, concerns surrounding cloud security continue to abound. Some agency IT personnel remain skittish about handing over data to cloud service providers and skeptical that the data will remain out of the hands of bad actors. As a result, they’re more comfortable housing information in legacy IT systems, even if those systems are, in some cases, decades old and prone to security vulnerabilities, writes SolarWinds blogger Joe Kim.

New Measurement System Can Help Navy Conserve Energy
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology, with support from the Office of Naval Research, have developed a portable measurement system to precisely and inexpensively monitor the amount the electricity used by individual household appliances, lighting fixtures and electronic devices.

DARPA Creates Space Robotics Consortium
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has kicked off the Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations (CONFERS) to tackle the lack of clear, widely accepted technical and safety standards for responsible performance of on-orbit activities involving commercial satellites.
Hanscom AFB Kicks Off Data-to-Decisions Experiment
The Kill Chain Integration Branch at Hanscom Air Force Base has begun an experimentation campaign, known as Data-to-Decisions, to look at ways to provide warfighters data in the fastest and most efficient way possible.
Leveraging Private and Public Networking to Support Critical Infrastructure
When we think about critical infrastructure, specifically the sectors the Department of Homeland Security has deemed essential to the well being of the country, rarely does the idea center on public networking assets to support critical infrastructure. But a rapid transformation of network technology and security improved processes so that agencies now can take advantage of combined public and private networking to accomplish information technology goals.

Retrofit or Start From Scratch? It's Not a Simple Choice
