Two Forcepoint cybersecurity platforms have met the National Security Agency’s Raise the Bar guidelines during security architecture assessments.

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Karen Shields, vice president of health services at Serco‘s North American arm, has been selected for the FedHealthIT 100 list of prominent individuals in the federal health information technology industry. She oversees Serco Inc.‘s business processing, consulting and operational service offerings for federal, state and local government health care programs, the company said Wednesday. Shields joined the Herndon, […] More

Mission Secure has completed a Series A financing round as the company aims to expand the reach of its cybersecurity software offering in the defense, transportation and energy markets. The MSi Platform is designed to help customers monitor and secure industrial-grade control systems within protected facilities, the company said Wednesday. Energy Innovation Capital and Chevron Technology Ventures […] More

DroneShield has received approval from the General Services Administration to offer drone threat detection and mitigation platforms to the public sector via a GSA Schedule contract. The company said its full product suite that includes DroneGun, DroneSentry and DroneSentinel is also available to government agencies through the GSA Advantage online procurement portal. GSA Schedule offers pre-negotiated prices and purchase terms […] More

Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center have installed a Lockheed Martin-built heat shield technology at the bottom of a crew module designed for the Orion spacecraft. The installation team performed a fit check of the heat cover before securing it on the vehicle to ensure all of the bolt fittings were in their proper position, NASA […] More

Lockheed Martin has created an enterprise system designed to help military customers obtain intelligence from ground, sea, air and space platforms. DIAMONDShield employs an automated process that will allow users to analyze adversarial intent, use multidomain data in tactical decision-making and assign engagement tasks to theater operations, Lockheed said Tuesday. The system works to receive information from external sources […] More

Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing’s defense, space and security segment, has said the company is “on the cusp of delivery” of the first 18 KC-46 air refueling tanker aircraft to the U.S. Air Force this year, the Seattle Times reported Thursday. “We have an entire fleet of tankers here and as we get […] More

Safariland Group has produced a new lightweight ballistic shield using Honeywell‘s  Spectra Shield ballistic-resistant composite material. Honeywell said Tuesday the newest product in Safariland’s X Series line of ballistic shields is designed to weigh up to 20 percent less than traditional ballistic handheld shields, which usually weigh more than 20 pounds. The X Series shield works to integrate the […] More

​Honeywell has opened a facility in Dubai, United Arab Emirates that will function as a test environment for network systems and a cyber defense training ground. The company said Tuesday its industrial cybersecurity center of excellence seeks to help customers address potential vulnerabilities and threats in process control networks as well as to train clients […] More

The Finnish defense forces have achieved final operational capability for a Lockheed Martin-built system designed to support airborne surveillance missions. Dragon Shield reached FOC status following a flight test that evaluated if the aircraft modified to house the surveillance technology complies with Finland’s airworthiness and system requirements, Lockheed said Friday. The company reconfigured an Airbus-built CASA C-295 […] More

Droneshield has released a video that features the company’s new multi-method systems designed to detect and counter unmanned aerial system threats. The company said Sunday its DroneSentry employs software and user interface designed to integrate acoustic, optical camera, radar, radio frequency, thermal camera and optical sensor detection functions. DroneSentinel is equipped with a multi-sensor detection technology and built for customers […] More

Lockheed Martin has received a $26.3 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to design, develop and produce a high-energy fiber laser weapon system. AFRL plans to test the weapon system aboard a tactical fighter aircraft by 2021 as part of the Self-protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator program, Lockheed said Monday. The SHiELD program […] More