Battelle‘s Matthew Shaw has outlined what he says is a growing focus of U.S. and international government, intelligence and law enforcement organizations on technologies to detect and classify biological threats that are both natural man-made. Shaw, head of the CBRNE defense business within Battelle’s national security segment, writes in a piece published Monday on Homeland Security Today that the […] More

Serco Inc. will continue to provide command consultations, behavioral health screenings and psychological-education briefings to the U.S. Navy Reserve‘s Psychological Health Outreach Program under a five-year, $14.3 million contract. The company said Tuesday that it will perform contract work in Everett, Washington; Fort Worth, Texas; Great Lakes, Illinois; Jacksonville, Florida; Norfolk, Virginia; and San Diego. “As part of our […] More

Research and Markets projects a 9.7 percent compound annual growth rate for the global smart grid cybersecurity market through 2018 due to what the firm sees as a growing complexity of cyber attacks on smart grid networks. “The security of the smart grid network is a major issue faced by power utilities because there is a frequent exchange of sensitive information […] More

Greg Barsby, formerly head of KBR‘s defense and government services business in the Asia-Pacific region, has joined QinetiQ as managing director of its Australian segment and successor to Alan Woolford, who will return to the U.K. QinetiQ said Monday Barsby will begin work for his new role in October and will be based at the company’s office in Canberra. “He brings a background in defence, […] More

A new Research and Markets report forecasts a 4.2 percent compound annual growth rate for the global ammunition market by 2020 due to modernization programs and ongoing conflicts in some parts of the world. The market research firm said Tuesday that ATK, BAE Systems, General Dynamics, Nammo and Raytheon could lead the market as it shifts focus from the west to Asia-Pacific and the Middle […] More

Northrop Grumman has completed its work to manufacture the fuselage for NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance unmanned aerial vehicle and is sending the fuselage to a plant in Palmdale, California for the final stages of production. In a notice posted July 28, NATO said the overall AGS Core system will have both ground and air segments. For the air segment, Northrop will provide […] More

George Obertubbesing serves as vice president of business development for Harris IT Services where he focuses on Defense Department business. He most recently served as corporate director of business intelligence at TASC and has also worked in BD director roles for SRA International and CSC. Obertubbesing started his career at Harris in 1982 working on video teleconferencing […] More

A MicroMarket Monitor report forecasts the North American security and surveillance radar market to be worth up to $2.03 billion in 2019, a compound annual growth rate of 4.64 percent over the next five years. The market research firm said Sunday that the region would keep its status as the top spender on security and surveillance radar systems, […] More

Lockheed Martin has completed a set of developmental and operational flight tests on the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System as part of the engineering, manufacturing and development phase of the Defense Department‘s Alternative Warhead Program. The company said Monday that the tests held at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico included rockets fired from mid- and long-range at simulated […] More

Boeing will collaborate with Africa’s Paramount Group in developing defense and security products for the international market as part of an agreement signed by both companies at the Farnborough Airshow. The companies said Tuesday they will leverage Boeing’s rotorcraft and unmanned aerial systems technology and Paramount’s land and aerospace systems to deliver offerings for areas such as border security, heavy airlift, anti-piracy and […] More

The U.S. Army‘s Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center has selected Subsystem Technologies to provide support services for the towed artillery digitization program under a $4.4 million task order. The company said Monday that it will support engineering, technical, design and development of hardware and software and testing for the towed artillery weapons systems’ Digital Fire Control Systems. Indra Nayee, […] More

Cubic Corp.’s defense systems segment has won contract worth at least $12 million contract to provide training and maintenance services for the Italian army. Cubic Defense Systems will work to develop home station counter-improvised explosive device training resources and establish an instrumented collective combat training center, Cubic said Friday. Dave Schmitz, president of Cubic Defense Systems, said […] More