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    QTS, Virtustream Enter Cloud Hosting & Compliance Services Partnership

    QTS will host two Virtustream Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-compliant cloud platforms in QTS data centers in Texas and Virginia as part of a newly formed agreement between the two companies. QTS said Thursday it will also deploy Virtustream’s Viewtrust system, which works to provide risk identification, mitigation and compliance automation as part of the former’s portfolio. Virtustream has […] More

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    SRI International Launches Wearable Robotics Venture

    SRI International has unveiled a new spin-off venture named Superflex that will develop wearable robotics in an effort to help humans apply their musculoskeletal systems for multiple uses. SRI said Thursday the technology was originally created under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-funded Warrior Web project that aimed to maximize soldier performance, minimize injury risk and help soldiers carry heavier load. Rich Mahoney will oversee Superflex operations as […] More

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    Optex Systems to Supply Laser-Protected Periscopes for Army Battle Tanks

    Optex Systems has received a potential $1.7 million award from the U.S. Army to deliver laser-protected periscopes that will be installed on the service branch’s Abrams battle tanks. The optical sighting systems manufacturer said Thursday the periscopes feature an optional glass and plastic laser protection that works to shield soldiers’ eyes during combat. The initial orders from the Army Contracting Command […] More

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    Harris to Support Australian Army Communications Network Modernization Program

    Harris has been chosen by Australia’s government to provide an integrated tactical communications network in support of modernization efforts for the country’s army. The company said Friday the Land 2072 program is on its third phase and will work to build up the Australian army’s operational tempo, command and control once it is complete. Harris added its voice and data services network will be designed to support line-of-sight […] More

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    NASA Issues Solicitation for Mars Orbiter Design Ideas

    NASA is asking industry for ideas on how to build satellite technology for advanced communications, imaging and robotic science exploration as part of the agency’s Journey to Mars project. The agency said Friday it aims to launch a Mars orbiter sometime in the 2020s that will work to facilitate bandwidth communications, high-resolution imaging and radio-frequency data transmission. “Currently, we depend on our orbiting science missions […] More

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    Netclearance Launches ‘Smart’ ID Card for Workforce Internet of Things Applications

    Netclearance has unveiled its mBeaconCard wearable identity badge that works to support indoor tracking, access control and payments, among other workplace applications for the Internet of Things. The company said Tuesday the credit card-size badge is designed to integrate with Netclearance’s mBeacon2 and mBeacon3 IoT gateways, cloud-based and on-premise platforms and third-party apps and analytics tools. Netclearance CEO David Fernandez said mBeaconCard works […] More

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    Riverbed WAN Optimization System Achieves DISA STIG Certification; Davis Johnson Comments

    Riverbed Technology‘s wide-area network optimization system SteelHead has received certification for compliance with the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s Secure Technical Implementation Guide standards. The company said Wednesday SteelHead works to support government agencies’ network operations in line with security protocols. The DISA approval allows the company to offer SteelHead across Defense Department and civilian agencies, Riverbed noted. “DoD and civilian personnel rely […] More

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    Cessna to Supply Pakistan Aeromedical Evacuation Aircraft Via Foreign Military Sales Program

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Cessna Aircraft a $14.1 million foreign military sales contract to modify six company-built aircraft for Pakistan’s aeromedical evacuation missions. Cessna will deliver modified versions of two 208B Grand Caravan EX and four T-206H Stationair planes to Pakistan under the firm-fixed-price contract, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The company will also provide sustainment support for each aeromedical […] More

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    Unisys to Provide Private Cloud Platform to Support Washington State Agency Operations

    Unisys has received a five-year, $20 million contract from Washington state’s Department of Social and Health Services to host the operations of the department’s divisions through a private cloud system. The company said Wednesday the required services primarily involve its ClearPath Forward cloud-based operations management platform, which will support DSHS operations from Unisys data centers in Eagan, Minnesota, and Salt Lake City, […] More

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    MDA to Supply Grapple Fixtures for Japan Space Robotic Arm, Experiment Module

    MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has received a contract from Japan’s national space agency to provide grapple fixtures that will work to support connections between the Japanese Experiment Module support equipment and the JEM Robotic Manipulator System. MDA said Tuesday the grapple fixtures are designed to operate with JEMRMS and some of its payloads as the robotic arm supports the JEM […] More

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    Lockheed Begins Wing Production of LM-100J Freighter Aircraft; George Shultz Comments

    Lockheed Martin has begun wing production for the LM-100J commercial freighter aircraft — the civil-certified variant of the C-130J Super Hercules — at the company’s facility in Marietta, Georgia. Lockheed said Monday it is manufacturing other structural components at its Meridian, Mississippi and Clarksburg, West Virginia facilities. George Shultz, Lockheed vice president and general manager of air mobility and maritime missions, said the LM-100J […] More

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    PubNub Delivers Encrypted Data Streaming Technology to In-Q-Tel

    PubNub has delivered an encrypted data streaming technology product to intelligence community investment arm In-Q-Tel for the latter’s customers to have a product they can host and manage on their premises and private disconnected networks. San Francisco-based PubNub said Monday the on-premise deployment aims to serve as a proof of concept for future implementations of the technology for companies and organizations that require […] More