A new Visiongain report released by Reportbuyer indicates that the global aviation cybersecurity market will reach a value of $1.8 billion this year as the sector works to protect its information and computer technologies. “Disruption of this sector would invariably have a profound effect on the global economy and more widespread social ramifications, making it crucial […] More

Mountain Secure Systems has received a two-year contract to develop and produce video management units for DRS Technologies’ updated version of the Surveillance and Battlefield Reconnaissance Equipment system. MSS said Wednesday its ruggedized 3U VPX platform has frame grabber cards, I/O modules, graphical processor units and single-board computers and is designed to support the operator’s control station unit […] More

General Dynamics‘ Canadian land systems business has awarded DRS Technologies an eight-year, $100 million contract to produce surveillance radars for installation on Canada’s light armored vehicles. DRS will build long-range, mast mounted surveillance systems and operator control stations under the Canadian army’s Light Armored Vehicle–Reconnaissance Surveillance System development initiative, DRS said Tuesday. The company partnered […] More

Mariano Alicea Jr. serves as vice president for strategy and business development at Exelis, a role he has held since October 2014. Previously, Alicea was senior VP of corporate development at Sabre Systems and held responsibility over the company’s diversification, marketing and partnering strategies in the government and commercial sectors. He also oversaw business development […] More

Lockheed Martin will help the Bahrain International Airport calculate and analyze route cases under a new contract with the Bahrain Airport Company to implement the BEONTRA B Route Development tool at the airport. Lockheed said Wednesday this would be the first implementation of the route analysis product in the Middle East following its acquisition of BEONTRA earlier […] More

Cubic Defense Systems has been awarded more than $12 million in contracts to supply equipment for training fighter pilots to Japan’s military. Japan ordered additional Cubic-made rangeless air combat training systems for the Asian nation’s airmen to practice tactical air-to-air and air-to-ground maneuvers, Cubic said Tuesday. The Cubic ACTS is built with GPS technology that works to […] More