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    Thomas Bussing: Raytheon, UVision Aim to Offer US Army Small Loitering Airborne Tech

    Raytheon and Israel-based unmanned air system manufacturer UVision to develop and offer small loitering airborne technology to U.S. military organizations. Raytheon said Friday it seeks to adapt UVision’s man-packed, canister-launched Hero-30 system to make it perform lethal target engagement, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance functions. The company intends for the modified technology to help address the U.S. Army‘s Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile System requirements. Thomas Bussing, Raytheon vice […] More

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    EnerTech Taps IBM, Waterfund to Support Kuwait Water Utility Mgmt

    EnerTech, a unit of Kuwait’s investment authority, has selected IBM and Waterfund to deploy their jointly developed cloud-based business service to model the country’s water technology investments. IBM said Thursday the Waterfund Insights Service was designed to provide data visualization services through the IBM cloud to support the decision-making of water utility managers, corporate water managers and government agencies […] More

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    Esterline to Support General Dynamics-Led Team on Canadian Search-and-Rescue Aircraft Program Pursuit

    An Esterline subsdiairy has been chosen to supply a suite of avionics systems for the C-27J Spartan platform a General Dynamics-led team aims to offer to Canada’s Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue program. Team Spartan comprises General Dynamics’ mission systems business, DRS Technologies and Leonardo-Finmeccanica‘s aircraft division, Esterline said Wednesday. The consortium seeks to integrate Esterline CMC Electronics‘ CMA-9000 Flight Management System, TacView Portable […] More

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    Report: Babcock to Include Raytheon Tech in Laser Directed-Energy Weapon Offering for U.K.

      Babcock‘s proposed system for the British defense science and technology laboratory’s Laser Directed Energy Weapon Capability Demonstrator program will incorporate the Raytheon-built Phalanx air defense technology, Flightglobal reported Thursday. Beth Stevenson writes the LDEW-CD competition seeks a 20-millimeter laser-equipped Gatling machine gun designed to counter potential airborne threats, including unmanned aircraft systems, to naval ships. The report said the Babcock offering […] More

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    Linden Blue: General Atomics Subsidiary Forms UAV Training Partnerships With CAE, UND Aerospace Foundation

    A General Atomics subsidiary has signed partnership agreements with CAE and the University of North Dakota’s aerospace foundation in an effort to augment training services for operators of Predator and Reaper remotely piloted aircraft. The UND Aerospace Foundation will provide a flight simulator system to help train students at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.‘s RPA Training Academy in North Dakota on how to operate a drone, General […] More

  • in Cybersecurity News, News

    BAE Systems Inks Agreement With Malaysia’s Cybersecurity Authority to Support Industry Growth

    BAE Systems and CyberSecurity Malaysia have signed a memorandum of agreement to support the growth of the cybersecurity industry in the Southeast Asian country, Enterprise IT News reported Wednesday. Cat Yong writes BAE will provide a specialist staff and laboratories to CyberSecurity Malaysia to facilitate Common Criteria product certification to support the development of cyber products in […] More

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    Navy Picks Global Technical Systems to Supply RF Countermeasure Hardware Components

    Global Technical Systems has secured a $7.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the procurement of as many as 12,275 hardware components to be used for the Technique Control Modulator Hydra. The Defense Department said Wednesday the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division will obligate $55,498 from the U.S. Air Force‘s fiscal 2015 missile procurement and fiscal 2016 […] More

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    Galois Receives Contract Under DARPA Program to Develop System Security Strategy

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded a $10 million contract under its Cyber Fault-tolerant Attack Recovery program to Galois for services to address security vulnerabilities in military and commercial system code bases. A Galois-led team — which includes Trail of Bits, Immunant and the University of California in Irvine — will deploy the Robust, Assured Diversity for Software […] More

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    CompTIA Study: Companies Work to Align Security Strategies with IT Operations

    More than half of 500 U.S. information technology security professionals who responded to a Computing Technology Industry Association survey said their companies have changed their security approaches based on IT operation changes. CompTIA said Tuesday its Practices of Security Professionals study also found that 43 percent of respondents prioritize other technology needs in their companies over security. “Far more than half […] More

  • in Big Data & Analytics News, News

    Brian Clark: NCI Gets Extension on IRS Data Tech Services Contract

    Reston, Virginia-based information technology services provider NCI has received a one-year, $4.9 million task order to continue its support for the Internal Revenue Service‘s efforts to implement big data analytics tools and practices. NCI said Wednesday it will help the tax collection agency develop an architecture prototype, interface with delivery partners and engineer documentation for the the agency’s Return Review Program. “NCI will assist […] More

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    BAE Systems’ Queen Elizabeth Carrier Specialization Center in UK Nears Completion

    BAE Systems plc‘s 753,000-square-foot specialization center for Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers at Portsmouth Naval Base in the U.K. nears completion. The Queen Elizabeth Class Center of Specialization will house employees of Team Portsmouth — a partnership between the company and the U.K.’s ministry of defense, BAE said Tuesday. The team includes engineers, logisticians and waterfront staff who […] More

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    DRS-Roboteam Alliance Eyes Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robotics Program

    DRS Technologies and Roboteam have inked a strategic agreement to develop a new system that the team plans to offer for the U.S. Army‘s Common Robotic System – Individual program. The alliance will utilize Roboteam’s military robotics technology and DRS’ market presence, platform systems engineering services and production capacity to support their CRS-I program efforts, DRS said […] More