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  • in C4ISR News, News

    Report: NOAA to Use Raytheon-Built UAV for Hurricane Tracking Efforts

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plans to deploy a Raytheon-developed unmanned aerial vehicle to monitor and analyze hurricane activity, WBKO reported Tuesday. Peter Zampa writes NOAA is testing Raytheon’s Coyote UAS and aims to use up to seven units of the drone to aid in the agency’s storm forecasting efforts this year. Raytheon originally developed the Coyote to support the Defense Department‘s […] More

  • in Cybersecurity News, News

    Vencore, George Mason University to Develop Cyber Risk Assessment Tool; Mac Curtis Comments

    Vencore has partnered with George Mason University’s school of business to create a deployable cyber risk assessment tool and methodology for federal agencies. Vencore said Wednesday the team will work on a data valuation architecture design and develop models based on the design to calculate the potential financial impact in case of a data breach. “It is currently difficult to measure […] More

  • in C4ISR News, News

    Cobham Launches Portable Radio Under SAILOR Product Line to Support Shipboard Firefighters

    Cobham has unveiled a new portable radio under its SAILOR product line designed to support shipboard firefighting communications and help shipowners comply with new regulations by the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea. Cobham said Wednesday the SAILOR 3965 UHF Fire Fighter portable radio is based on Cobham SATCOM‘s line of Global Maritime Distress and Safety […] More

  • in C4ISR News, News

    Beechcraft Selects Northrop Tech for King Air Platform’s Inertial Navigation Upgrade

    Textron subsidiary Beechcraft has selected a Northrop Grumman-built navigation technology as an “inertial product option” for the King Air turboprop aircraft series. The LCR-100N, developed by Northrop unit LITEF, works to send navigation data to an autopilot system and helps aircraft to navigate in extreme latitudes and coast through satellite outages when used in conjunction with a flight management system, Northrop said Wednesday. Beechcraft […] More

  • in C4ISR News, News

    Sikorsky Completes Phase 1, Begins Phase 2 of DARPA Aircraft Automation Program

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has completed Phase 1 of a previously awarded $8 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract under the agency’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System program. Lockheed said Tuesday Sikorsky has demonstrated its ALIAS system through a 30-mile autonomous flight with the use of a tablet device to operate a Sikorsky S-76 commercial helicopter. The designated Sikorsky […] More

  • in News, Products & Service

    Cubic Subsidiary Unveils 2 Mobile Virtualization Servers; Mike Barthlow Comments

    A Cubic Corp. subsidiary has rolled out two virtualization servers designed to operate in space-constrained, rugged or tactical environments. DTECH Labs‘ new Mobile Modular Micro-Secure Enclave servers M3-SE-VSVR-P and M3-SE-VSAN-P are built to support hyper-converged infrastructure and multiple small-form-factor virtual machines, Cubic said Wednesday. Mike Barthlow, vice president of secure networking at Cubic’s global defense segment, said DTECH developed the mobile servers to help organizations address mission requirements. M3-SE-VSVR-P […] More

  • in Big Data & Analytics News, News

    Ephesoft Gets In-Q-Tel Investment to Offer Doc Analytics Platform to Intelligence Community

    Ephesoft and In-Q-Tel have formed a strategic alliance to offer a document analysis platform to the U.S. intelligence community. IQT invested in Ephesoft for the deployment of Ephesoft Universe, which is designed to help organizations utilize unstructured data using the open source Apache Spark data loading technology and Hadoop to cluster multiple PCs, Ephesoft said Tuesday. George Hoyem, an investments partner at […] More

  • in C4ISR News, Featured, General, News

    CACI Receives Navy Contract Extension for Warfare Systems Program Office Support; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International has received a five-year, $50 million task order from the U.S. Navy‘s Naval Surface Warfare Center to provide program and financial management support services to the center’s warfare systems program office. The company said Tuesday it will continue to support the business functions of WSPO as well as help the office implement new war room information technology systems and document management tools. […] More

  • in Cybersecurity News, News

    George Washington University & IBM Start Cyber, Homeland Security Task Forces

    George Washington University and IBM have established four task forces to support GWU’s Center for Cyber and Homeland Security unit’s efforts to deliver research and analysis on cyber, homeland security and counterterrorism policies. John Lainhart and Christopher Ballister from the IBM Center for the Business of Government wrote in a blog post published Friday that CCHS works to address cyber and homeland security […] More

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    Parsons Secures Contract for Life Cycle Mgmt Support at MDA Facilities

    Parsons has landed a $9.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the Missile Defense Agency to provide life cycle management support services for Technical Engineering, Advisory and Management Support facilities. Parsons Government Services will offer advisory and assistance services including facility and infrastructure planning, programming, design, acquisition, construction and configuration management, the Defense Department said Thursday. The company […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    DHS Seeks Ideas for ‘Agile’ IT Development Program

    The Department of Homeland Security has asked industry to suggest “agile” methods and best practices to design and build information technology systems. DHS said in a notice posted Wednesday on FedBizOpps that it looks to establish a department-wide contract vehicle for agile design and development support services. The DHS Office of the Chief Procurement Officer and the Office of the Chief […] More

  • in C4ISR News, News

    Thales Lands Civilian UAV Detection Tech Export Contract; Jose Sarnito Comments

    Thales has secured an export contract to deliver an integrated platform for identifying and detecting small civilian unmanned aircraft systems to a Southeast Asian country. The company said Thursday it will integrate a Gecko optronic system, Squire radar technology and thermal cameras in an effort to help the customer detect UAS at various deployable posts. “Thales is excited to embark on this project with […] More