European Economic and Social Committee

SpaceX | March 12, 2020

SpaceX wants to sell you satellite broadband internet -- and have the U.S. government pay for it. At least ... pay for a part of it -- the start-up part. According to Elon Musk, it's going to cost in the neighborhood of $10 billion to build a planned satellite constellation of 12,000 "Starlink" broadband internet satellites. Once built, those will be able to provide fast internet service to every location on the globe. Of course, a subset of "everywhere" includes rural ar...

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY

Carahsoft | February 17, 2021

Vyopta, a main supplier of Collaboration Intelligence, and Carahsoft Technology Corp., The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider®, today announced a partnership. Under the arrangement, Carahsoft will fill in as Vyopta's Master Government Aggregator® and make Vyopta's exhaustive checking and examination for Collaboration Performance Management (CPM) and Workspace Insights arrangements accessible to the public area through Carahsoft's affiliate partners and NASA Solutions fo...

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY,GOVERNMENT BUSINESS

Webb Fontaine | July 28, 2022

Webb Fontaine, a leading provider of advanced and innovative trade and Customs services, has announced it's Customs Webb solution has been chosen by Benin as their new Customs system, in replacement of ASYCUDA World. The project strengthens Webb Fontaine's long-standing partnership with Benin Government, who has ambitions to expand and develop into one of the region's most technologically advanced trade environments. The project continues towards a fully...

BD | July 31, 2020

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, today announced a $24 million investment from the U.S. Department of Defense in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support the scale up of U.S. manufacturing capabilities for BD Veritor™ Solution for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2. The additional capital equipment will bolster domestic production and increase total production capacity by 50 percent. These investments will ena...