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  • Raytheon Releases New Cyber Defense Offerings; Ed Hammersla Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Releases New Cyber Defense Offerings; Ed Hammersla Comments

    Raytheon has introduced a new portfolio of cybersecurity tools designed to help enterprise customers track, prevent and respond to advanced threats. The SureView offering is designed to integrate the company’s acquired technologies and in-house platforms for network and data security, Ed Hammersla, president of Raytheon’s cyber products, said Tuesday. The suite includes Insider Threat to […] More

  • Raytheon Receives Exelis Ground Encryptors for US Air Force GPS; Joe Rambala Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Receives Exelis Ground Encryptors for US Air Force GPS; Joe Rambala Comments

    Exelis has handed Raytheon six updated ground encryptors built for installation in the operational control system of the U.S. Air Force’s global positioning system. The encryptors are designed to help secure data transmitted between OCX and navigation payloads aboard the Air Force’s GPS satellites, Exelis said Wednesday. Joe Rambala, Exelis vice president and general manager […] More

  • Bluestone Capital Partners: Defense Sector to Start Recovery in 2015 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bluestone Capital Partners: Defense Sector to Start Recovery in 2015

    A new report by Bluestone Capital Partners indicates an improving market performance for the defense industry in 2015 after almost five years of being outperformed by the aerospace industry. The company said that businesses in the aerospace and defense sector with significant defense exposure have achieved a median trading multiple of at least 10-times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization this year […] More

  • Navy Set to Deploy Raytheon's AIM-120D Missile System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Set to Deploy Raytheon’s AIM-120D Missile System

    The U.S. Navy has declared initial operating capability for a Raytheon-built medium range air-to-air missile system after the military service completed flight testing of the technology. Raytheon said Thursday the Navy tested the AMRAAM AIM-120D missile on F/A-18 fighters and is scheduled to deploy the system later this year. According to the company, the U.S. […] More

  • Visiongain: Cybersecurity Market to Hit $75B by 2015 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Visiongain: Cybersecurity Market to Hit $75B by 2015

    Visiongain forecasts that the global cybersecurity market will reach a value of $75.4 billion by the end of 2015 due to continued cyber issues and legislation and investment activity focused on cyber capabilities. The company said Tuesday its latest report on the market covers an analysis of cybersecurity growth through 2025 across the network, data, endpoint, application, cloud security, identity management and […] More

  • Tom Vecchiolla: Raytheon, Estonia's Military Forge Cyber Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tom Vecchiolla: Raytheon, Estonia’s Military Forge Cyber Partnership

    Raytheon and Estonia’s military have entered into a long-term arrangement to partner on cybersecurity initiatives following talks on bilateral defense cooperation in a recent Washington visit by Estonian Defense Secretary Mikk Marran. “Combining Estonia’s world class information technology infrastructure with Raytheon’s cyber security expertise will result in new opportunities to address the most challenging cyber threats on a global scale,” Tom […] More

  • Research and Markets: Cloud-Based Cybersecurity Service Adoption in Asia Pacific on the Rise - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Cloud-Based Cybersecurity Service Adoption in Asia Pacific on the Rise

    New analysis from Research and Markets expects the cybersecurity market in Asia Pacific to achieve a 15.15 percent compound annual growth rate from 2014 through 2019 due to increased demand for cloud-based security services in the region. The report noted the surge in tablet and laptop use as a major market driver. “With the rising need to integrate networks with mobile […] More

  • Raytheon to Supply Ground Segments for Northrop-Built Global Hawk in South Korea - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Supply Ground Segments for Northrop-Built Global Hawk in South Korea

    Raytheon will provide ground stations for Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems based in South Korea under a $45.7 million contract with Northrop Grumman. The work to supply one building-based and one mobile ground segment to support four of the Korean surveillance planes will occur in Dulles, Virginia through mid-2019, Raytheon said Monday. Todd Probert, vice president of mission support […] More

  • Raytheon to Upgrade NASA, NOAA Environmental Satellite; Mark Sargent Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Upgrade NASA, NOAA Environmental Satellite; Mark Sargent Comments

    Raytheon has relocated its environmental satellite ground sustainment team to Maryland as part of a move to upgrade the existing satellite system of NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The team that maintains the NASA/NOAA joint polar satellite system common ground system moved from Aurora, Colorado, to Riverdale near NOAA’s satellite operations facility in Suitland […] More

  • Raytheon, Polish Ammo Maker Ink New Defense Tech Collaboration Pact - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Polish Ammo Maker Ink New Defense Tech Collaboration Pact

    Raytheon‘s missile systems unit and Poland-based missile and ammunition manufacturer Mesko have signed a new agreement to cooperate on defense technology sharing and development in an effort to build on a previous pact between the companies. The collaboration will focus on production work on the Excalibur precision projectile, Talon laser-guided rocket, Krab howitzer and new Polish attack helicopters, Raytheon said Thursday. “The LOI […] More

  • Raytheon Picks Connectrac Wireways to Protect Office Cables - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Picks Connectrac Wireways to Protect Office Cables

    Raytheon has selected a Connectrac platform to cover and secure electrical audio-visual wiring at the defense and aerospace firm’s conference rooms. JE Snyder Electric recommended Connectrac’s In-Carpet Wireway system to Raytheon and installed the cable enclosure in multiple Raytheon facilities, Connectrac said Wednesday. According to Connectrac, Raytheon has used JE Snyder’s electrical installation services since the […] More

  • Raytheon to Help DARPA Develop Phased Array Tech for $5M; Paul Ferraro Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Help DARPA Develop Phased Array Tech for $5M; Paul Ferraro Comments

    Raytheon will support technology development for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Arrays at Commercial Timescales program under two contract modifications worth a total of $5 million. The company said Tuesday it will contribute its Rapid Array Performance Improvement and Deployment technology concepts to the program. RAPID works to address cost and time concerns with performance upgrades and phased […] More