A new Frost & Sullivan analysis says that worldwide connectivity, urbanization and digital convergence of information technology systems are likely to spur the demand for Internet of Things and cloud-based platforms in smart buildings. Anirudh Bhaskaran, energy and environmental research analyst at Frost & Sullivan, said Tuesday data generated by …
Read More »Harris Lands $55M Australian Support Services Contract for Tactical Radios; Alan Callaghan Comments
Australia’s military has placed a $55 million order to a Harris Corp. division for logistics and technical support services on the country’s tactical radio systems. Harris RF Communications will carry out training, maintenance, distribution and engineering work for ADF under the Joint Project 2072 Battlespace Communications platform, Harris said Tuesday. Harris said the Australian military …
Read More »Mercury Systems Gets Navy Follow-on Order for Digital Memory Jammers; Brian Perry Comments
A Mercury Systems division has secured a $7.6 million order to provide digital radio frequency memory jammers for the U.S. Navy. The order received by Mercury Defense Systems is a follow-on to a five-year basic ordering agreement awarded by the service branch, Mercury Systems said Monday. Brian Perry, president of …
Read More »Airbus Inks Military Satcom Deal With Norway; Evert Dudok Comments
An Airbus subsidiary will provide satellite communications services for Norway’s defense ministry under a four-year agreement. The contract signed with the Norwegian Defense Logistic Organization calls for Airbus Defence and Space to provide X-band capacity of up to 30 megahertz per year to Norway’s military for use on the Skynet satellite …
Read More »Cisco to Help Deploy ‘Smart City’ Platform in Kansas City; Wim Elfrink Comments
Cisco and Kansas City, Missouri have agreed to launch a framework that aims to further help carry out the delivery of public services through what the company calls “smart city” applications. Cisco said Monday it has tapped Sprint to build and oversee a Wi-Fi network that will work to connect applications …
Read More »ICF Lands $35M Army Support Services Contract; Bill Bain Comments
ICF International will continue to provide technical support services for the U.S. Army’s Product Manager Force Sustainment Systems unit under a five-year, $35 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The single-award contract calls for ICF to help PMFSS technical teams and its Massachusetts-based integration laboratory to build new base camps and evaluate and maintain new equipment for …
Read More »Cyveillance-Cyren Partnership Aims to Mitigate Phishing Attacks; Greg Ogorek, Lior Samuelson Comment
QinetiQ business unit Cyveillance will integrate Cyren’s platform with a service that seeks to protect commercial networks from malware, pharming and other phishing attacks under a multi-year agreement. Cyren’s Phishing Intelligence Feed platform collects real-time data on phishing activities worldwide through its Cyber Intelligence system that works to screen at least …
Read More »TCS-Symantec Team to Build Anti-Financial Fraud Tool; Keith Bhatia Comments
TeleCommunication Systems and Symantec have partnered to develop a technology for commercial enterprises to identify and prevent financial fraud, unauthorized account access and other illicit activities online. TCS said Monday it will integrate its Trusted Location platform with Symantec’s Mobility Risk Detection system to create a combined tool designed to determine if a mobile …
Read More »Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: DoD Should Eye ‘SATCOM as a Service’ Model
Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, a senior vice president at Inmarsat, has called on the U.S. government to reform how it acquires satellite communications technologies and move toward what she called a “SATCOM as a Service” setup. Cowen-Hirsch, SVP of government strategy and policy for Inmarsat’s U.S. government segment, wrote in a SpaceNews op-ed published June 3 that …
Read More »Aitech to Build Boeing CST-100 Space Capsule’s Computing Boards, Subsystem
Aitech Defense Systems will develop computing boards and subsystem for the Crew Space Transportation-100 spacecraft that Boeing is building for NASA under the space agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The CST-100 capsule is being designed to transport up to seven crew members to the International Space Station and other low-Earth orbit locations by 2017, Aitech …
Read More »HII Hands Over NSC ‘James’ to US Coast Guard; Jim French Comments
Huntington Ingalls Industries business Ingalls Shipbuilding has turned over the Legend-class cutter James to the U.S. Coast Guard. The service received the national security cutter Friday and is scheduled to commission the vessel in Boston on Aug. 8, HII said Friday. Jim French, NSC program manager at Ingalls Shipbuilding, said the NSC program “continues …
Read More »General Dynamics Wraps Up Phase 2 Tests on Public Safety Program-Based LTE System; Bill Weiss Comments
A General Dynamics subsidiary has completed phase two tests on a long-term evolution technology under the Public Safety Communications Research Program that seeks to improve communications for first responders. The integration of Band Class 14 eNodeB system from General Dynamics Mission Systems with vehicle modems enabled the LTE site to …
Read More »William Mannel: New HP Unit to Focus on Big Data, High-Performance Computing
Hewlett-Packard has introduced a global business segment that focuses on big data and high-performance computing with manufacturing and oil and gas as some of its key target growth areas, HPCwire reported Thursday. William Mannel, vice president and general manager of the HPC and big data business unit at HP, said …
Read More »State Dept OKs $100M Border Security Sensor System Sale to Egypt
The State Department has given Egypt the go-ahead to buy from the U.S. a sensor security platform, related components and services for use in border security monitoring operations under a potential $100 million foreign military sales agreement. Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and DRS Technologies will act as primary contractors for the …
Read More »General Dynamics Gets $6.5M Contract Modification for US Navy Virginia-Class Submarine Payload Tubes
A General Dynamics subsidiary will provide support services for the U.S. Navy to help develop payload tubes for integation with Virginia-class submarines under a $6.5 million modification to a contract awarded in 2010. General Dynamics Electric Boat will help assemble four tubes that will comprise the Virginia Payload Module to be installed in the …
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