Tag Archives: situational awareness

Nick Urick oversees FireEye‘s work with federal agencies in his role as vice president of the federal division for the Silicon Valley-based network security company. FireEye calls its idea for cyber defense an “Adaptive Defense” approach that integrates the company’s technology with threat intelligence and experience in an effort to help government agencies stay …

The U.S. Army is seeking information on multimodal signal and fusion processor technology to support intelligence operations and boost the processing, exploitation and dissemination of intelligence data collected across different platforms. The Army Contracting Command said in a FedBizOpps notice published Feb. 18 that the technology will help the service’s Communications-Electronic Research, Development and Engineering Center …

Lockheed Martin has tasked Northrop Grumman to provide sensor payloads for the fifth and sixth geosynchronous Earth orbit satellites in the U.S. Air Force‘s Space Based Infrared System under a $422 million subcontract. “Northrop Grumman looks forward to joining our partner and prime contractor, Lockheed Martin, to produce the GEO-5/6 IR payloads,” Anne Ostroff, vice …

Michael Maiorana, senior vice president for public sector markets at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, told MILCOM 2014 conference attendees this week that agencies face a challenge to make sense of information in today’s technology-driven world. Maiorana told the audience that actionable intelligence is what helps enterprises achieve gains from informed decision-making and situational …

Boeing delivered the first B-1 bomber to the U.S. Air Force equipped with Boeing’s Integrated Battle Station on Jan. 21. The additions to the bomber include full color displays, moving maps and a new diagnostics system, according to a company statement. Boeing’s upgrades are meant to provide the aircraft’s crew with improved …

The U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded contracts to three companies for technology that would work to help helicopter pilots navigate through dust, Avionics Intelligence reported Sunday. Boeing, Rockwell Collins and Sierra Nevada won contracts worth $68 million combined to build a system that consolidates data from sensors on board …

Raytheon and Denmark-based Falck Schmidt Defense Systems have unveiled am infrared sensor designed to provide situational awareness capabilities to soldiers inside armored fighting vehicles. The long-range reconnaissance and surveillance FLIR system is built for automobiles and towers that are used to survey battlefields and target areas, Raytheon said Thursday. Jeff Miller, Raytheon …

ITT Exelis has been selected to provide airports in Colorado and Missouri with devices that work to provide controllers and pilots situational awareness during operations. The vehicle movement area transmitters to be supplied to Denver International Airport and Lambert-St. Louis International Airport have features that aim to track airfield activity …

Raytheon has performed simulation tests to demonstrate the sensor and response features of a new firing device to the U.S. Army. The Forward Looking Infrared Improved Target Acquisition System was used to launch different types of TOW missiles during laboratory and field trials, Raytheon said Monday. Updates ITAS FLIR are intended …

Lockheed Martin has provided the 100th unit of a mechanism designed to improve the aiming and weapons-handling capabilities of the F-35 aircraft fleet. Low-rate production of the electro-optical targeting system in California and Florida is intended to support 3,000 warplanes by 2030, Lockheed Martin said Friday. EOTS was developed to …

Raytheon has won a contract from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command to develop a mechanism intended to help marine forces perform surveillance missions against potential threats. The Persistent Surveillance System Cross-Domain Solution is software that works to produce visual images and detect sensor signals to strengthen the situational awareness of …

Kratos Networks has added anomaly analysis and event pattern recognition features to its management and situational awareness product in a move aimed at helping network operators isolate and address suspicious activity. NeuralStar is intended for operators to identify health and status issues, make adjustments to maintain network throughput and reduce …

Ashburn Consulting has won a contract to develop a situational awareness portal for law enforcement and first responders meant to provide decision makers with as much information as possible in emergency  situations. A prototype of the new technology has been approved for development and the Leesburg, Va.- based engineering, server …

Boeing Co.‘s subsidiary, Argon ST, has been awarded a $46 million contract option by the U.S. Navy to facilitate increased data collection and to better identify potential threats with the delivery of situational awareness systems. According to a Washington Technology article, Argon is expected to build seven more systems in an 18-month …

ITT Exelis‘ subsidiary Exelis Visual Information Solutions will release a cloud computing-based implementation of its ENVI image analysis software, the company announced Wednesday. The ENVI Services Engine will provide deployed military and intelligence personnel information from satellite imagery and airborne services via mobile devices. Information on the device is for …