Industry analysts believe the U.S. Defense Department needs to broaden its outlook on technology research and development efforts in order to accelerate military innovation, Defense News reported Saturday. Paul McCleary writes Byron Callan, director at research firm Capital Alpha Partners, said the agency should include both established and nontraditional contractors in acquisition dialogues. “If we’re […] More

Research and Markets has unveiled a new report on environmental sensors that details trends and factors the firm believes could affect market development in the next several years. The firm forecasts a 5.4 percent compound annual growth rate from 2013 to 2018 for the industry in devices used to sense, monitor, detect or identify air, soil and water quality, conditions […] More

A new market analysis report from Visiongain says the air traffic control equipment is set for record growth in the next 10 years due to increased demand for air travel and an ever-crowded airspace. The “Air Traffic Control Equipment Market Forecast 2014-2024: Prospects for Next-Generation Air Traffic Control Systems, ADS-B, PBN and GNSS” report looked at several indicators and […] More

Kristie Cunningham serves as senior vice president of communications at BAE Systems Inc., where she is responsible for the firm’s external and internal communications activities and leads work on communications strategies and messages across all media and distribution channels. As a member BAE’s senior leadership team and global communications team, she directs media relations, employee engagement, marketing communications and community investment […] More

Research and Markets has released a new report that projects the cybersecurity market for U.S. federal agencies to grow 7.41 percent in value by 2018. The report covers the period of 2014 through 2018 and consideres the revenue from the sales of cybersecurity services to the Department of Homeland Security, Defense Department and the U.S. intelligence community, Research and Markets said Thursday. […] More

Business information provider Visiongain has unveiled its list of top 20 unmanned aerial vehicles and systems manufacturers in the world. The report predicts the specialties companies will choose in the field and how new players will try to stake a claim on a market that could undergo key structural changes amid an emergent commercial UAVs segment, Visiongain said Monday. “Although increasingly competitive, the […] More

More than 2,150 teams of middle school and high school students from 50 states, Canada and U.S. military schools have registered to participate in a cyberdefense contest run by the Air Force Association. Registrations for AFA’s CyberPatriot VII challenge are up approximately 40 percent from the 1,566 entrants recorded last year, AFA said Monday. The […] More

Strategic Defence Intelligence expects the growing demand for ISR systems and military technology advancements to fuel growth of the electronic warfare technology market over the next 10 years. The global EW systems market is forecast to achieve a 2.68 percent compound annual growth rate to be $13.2 billion in value by 2024, Strategic Defense Intelligence […] More

Research and Markets forecasts that the military laser systems market for the aerospace, defense and homeland security industries will reach a market value of $2.73 billion within the next six years. This 4.23 percent compound annual growth rate is due to increased research and development activity and a move toward self-sufficiency of some Asia-Pacific and European countries, the firm […] More

Ian Ziskin serves as president of Exec Excel Group LLC, a human capital coaching and consulting firm he founded in 2010 after a 28-year career as a corporate business executive. He serves on the board of directors of Axion Health and on the advisory boards at Humantelligence and RiseSmart. Ziskin also is an executive in residence and adviser […] More

The Air Force could unveil the winner of a contract to build the branch’s long-range radar system as soon as next week, Reuters reported Wednesday. Andrea Shalal writes Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall has approved the service’s Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar procurement plan. Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon are all vying for the contract. The […] More

Lexi Alexander serves as the leader of the business development organization at L-3’s National Security Solutions group where she is responsible for the vision and strategy of the group’s business development plan. Prior to joining L-3 Communications in April 2014, Alexander was Serco, Inc. vice president of business development for the defense and intelligence group where she […] More