Lt. Gen. Michael Williamson: Army Acquisition Reform Focuses on Modernization Lt. Gen. Michael Williamson, principal military deputy to the U.S. Army acquisitions chief, has said that a “whole government” approach and an increased decision-making authority for the services will help efforts to reform defense acquisition…

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Unisys’ Mark Forman: Hybrid Approach Key for Public Sector’s Digital Transformation Mark Forman, global head of Unisys‘ public sector business, wrote in a blog entry posted Tuesday he believes hybrid technology is an essential tool for agencies who aim to offer digital citizen services…

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Air Force Cyberspace Weapon System Reaches Full Operational Capability; Pamela Woolley Comments The U.S. Air Force’s first cyberspace weapon system has achieved full operational capability status to function as the first line of defense for all network traffic into the service’s information network…

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Govini’s Eric Gillespie Cites Impact of Consolidations on GovCon Services Market in 2015 Eric Gillespie, founder and CEO of Govini, has cited recent consolidations and acquisitions that made an impact on the federal services contracting market in 2015. Gillespie wrote in an article published Tuesday on GovExec that the formation of CSRA through the merger of Computer Sciences Corp…

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James Geurts: SOCOM Acquisition Officials Should Promote Innovation, ‘Own Change’ James Geurts, U.S. Special Operations Command acquisition chief, has said acquisition officials at SOCOM should be more adaptable to change and promote innovation in order to respond to the needs of a “globally deployed” Special Operations Force, Defense News reported Wednesday…

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NOAA to Deploy Raytheon-Built UAS to Track Atlantic Hurricanes Raytheon has built an unmanned air system for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in an effort to help agency and company researchers study hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. NOAA and Raytheon launched an upgraded version of the company’s Coyote UAS from a P-3 Orion aircraft over Avon Park, Florida, during a recent calibration flight test, the company said Wednesday…

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David Keasey: NETCOM Approves Catbird’s Security Software for Army Networks Catbird has received authorization from the U.S. Army‘s Network Enterprise Technology Command to deploy a company-built security platform on Army networks. NETCOM granted Catbird a certificate of networthiness for its Secure software after the technology passed Defense Department‘s network security standards, the company said Wednesday…

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