CAE has selected Rockwell Collins to provide a display system for a full-flight simulator the Canadian air force will implement to help aircrews operate a search and rescue aircraft platform. Rockwell Collins said Thursday it will help install the Panorama collimated display into CAE’s CC-295 FFS. The simulator for Canada’s Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue …
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Sierra Nevada-Turkish Aerospace Industries Team to Offer Trainer Aircraft for Air Force T-X Program
Sierra Nevada Corp. and Turkish Aerospace Industries have developed a trainer aircraft in order to compete for the U.S. Air Force's T-X program that seeks to replace the T-38 jet, Quwa reported Monday. Bilal Khan writes SNC and TAI established a Colorado-based subsidiary, Freedom Aircraft Ventures, to offer the Freedom Trainer aircraft. The Freedom Trainer …
Read More »Research and Markets: US Training, Simulation Market to Decline in 2014-2019
A new Research and Markets report predicts the training and simulation market in the U.S. will decline by 0.14 percent year over year from 2014 through 2019. The report cites a growing trend in curved cobra display implemented in flight simulators for joint terminal attack controllers training, tank simulation, flight …
Read More »Northrop Taps Saab US Subsidiary for Radar Components
Northrop Grumman has selected a U.S.-based Saab subsidiary to provide components for the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar system of the U.S. Marine Corps for a $32 million subcontract. Saab Defense and Security USA will develop subsystems, software and assemblies for the first four G/ATOR units under the low-rate initial production contract, the company said …
Read More »IARPA Schedules 2-Day Research Briefings, Demos for October
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity will hold an industry event at the College Park in Maryland on Oct. 29 and Oct. 30 to discuss and demonstrate various programs. Attendees will be able to speak with IARPA program managers and discuss career opportunities at the agency, IARPA said Friday. The agency will also …
Read More »Neil Albert, Vice Chairman, on MCR’s Evolution and the Uncertainty in GovCon
Neil Albert serves as vice chairman of MCR‘s board of directors where he oversees strategic growth, business development, community outreach and a number of other company functions. The 26-year company veteran is the former president and CEO and has served in many leadership roles at the McLean,Va.- based firm including …
Read More »Guest Post: Mel Greer, Senior Fellow & Chief Strategist, on Driving Innovation Via Federal Gamification
Dr. Melvin Greer serves as senior fellow and chief strategist for service-oriented architecture and cloud computing at Lockheed Martin, where he brings more than 25 years of experience leading systems and software engineering efforts to the contractor’s advanced technology office. Greer is a principal investigator in advanced research studies, and …
Read More »Autodesk Expands BIM Portfolio with Product Updates, Acquisitions; Amar Hanspal Comments
Autodesk has announced a new update to its product portfolio for construction, engineering and architecture as the company seeks to meet the demands of the information modeling industry. The updates revealed at the Autodesk University 2013 user conference in Las Vegas this week seek to complement the full lifecycle of …
Read More »ManTech Subsidiary to Unveil Cyber Incident Response System; Ken Silva Comments
A ManTech International subsidiary plans to introduce an incident response command center system that is designed to help enterprises address cybersecurity threats. HBGary intends for V-App to collect incident data, comparing threat intelligence and automating processes in order to provide stakeholders real-time views of security trends and metrics, the company …
Read More »Shamun Mahmud: DLT Seeing Similar Trends In Private, Public Sector Cloud Adoption
Shamun Mahmud, cloud security architect at DLT Solutions, highlighted recent survey findings from SailPoint in that firm’s annual market pulse survey on information technology mobility and cloud computing. In a blog post, Mahmud compared Sailpoint’s findings for the commercial sector to what DLT sees in the public sector. Mahmud wrote …
Read More »Expert: FBI Taps Hackers to Be Informants
The FBI and U.S. Secret Service have used the threat of prison to create an army of informers, resulting in nearly one in four hackers becoming a cyberspace snitch, according to experts who spoke to the Guardian. Eric Corley, who publishes hacker magazine 2600, told the U.K. newspaper he believes …
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