NetApp has introduced a fresh enterprise storage offering intended to help customers address future information technology requirements, CRN reported Feb. 26. Anthony Caruana writes NetApp’s new FlexArray software is designed for managing the data storage platforms of multiple clients. NetApp intends for the fresh offering to help organizations handle data without disrupting private and public cloud […] More

General Dynamics and Stratosat Datacom Ltd. have jointly installed an initial lot of radio antennas to form a telescope array in South Africa. The MeerKAT radio telescope antennas deployed in South Africa’s Karoo region are built to receive remote radio-frequency signals, General Dynamics said Thursday. MeerKAT is slated for full installation over the next three […] More

Lockheed Martin has won a “Large Prime Contractor of the Year” award as part of NASA‘s Small Business Industry Awards. The company was recognized for its role in using small businesses and performance in awarding subcontracts to small businesses for work at NASA’sJet Propulsion Laboratory, Lockheed announced Thursday. “Small business partners bring an array of […] More

An international business school based in Madrid, Spain has chosen to deploy a unified server platform built Cisco in order to update the school’s data processing center. IE Business School purchased the Cisco Unified Computing System in order to have a centralized computing, network, storage and virtualization setup for the data processing center, Cisco announced […] More

Northrop Grumman has transported antennas for the U.S. Air Force’s GPS satellites to the Lockheed Martin team that is developing the spacecraft in Littleton, Colo. Northrop’s Astro Aerospace business unit delivered 32 JIB antennas for GPS III satellite numbers three through six, Northrop said Wednesday. Dan Johansen, a program manager at Astro Aerospace, said the unit plans to […] More

A suite oif Exelis products used to detect and locate interference against GPS systems was used during Super Bowl XLVIII, held Feb. 2 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Law enforcement officials used Signal Sentry 1000 to protect critical GPS infrastructure during the game as they worked to detect and locate potential jamming sources, Exelis said Wednesday. […] More

Northrop Grumman has started to integrate two downlink phased array antennas into the payload of a fourth advanced extremely high frequency military communications satellite being built by Lockheed Martin. The companies are working together to integrate the AEHF satellite payload under a hybrid integration framework, Northrop said Tuesday. Northrop designed the AEHF antennas to operate […] More

Boeing has awarded an 18-month follow-on subcontract to Harris Corp. to build Ka-band antennas for a fourth satellite under Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress mobile broadband service program. Harris will supply Boeing with antennas designed to transmit signals from an Inmarsat satellite in orbit and enable wireless connectivity on deep-sea vessels and passenger aircraft, Harris said Monday. […] More

A Boeing aircraft designed for coastal search and rescue, anti-piracy and border security applications took its maiden test flight on Friday. Boeing partner Field Aviation launched the maritime surveillance aircraft from Pearson International Airport in Toronto under a demonstration project, Boeing said Wednesday. The multi-mission MSA was derived from the Bombardier Challenger 604 business jet […] More

Dell has deployed desktop virtualization offerings to two school districts in Texas as part of efforts to refresh their computer workstations and optimize their access to technology while addressing legacy systems and budget constraints. The Socorro Independent School District and San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District deployed technology such as Dell Wyse Datacenter for Citrix […] More

Ball Aerospace & Technologies has delivered four phased array antennas for the Orion spacecraft to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and prime contractor Lockheed Martin, as preparations are underway ahead of Orion’s inaugural flight in September. The antennas are intended to help comprise of Orion’s voice, video and data communications systems and be installed on Orion’s exterior, […] More

SRI International has introduced a new platform made for identifying and analyzing circulating tumor cells from blood samples. The FASTcell technology is built as a testing service for cancer researchers and clinicians to detect and capture tumor cells from normal blood cells in order to perform molecular and genetic analysis, SRI said Tuesday. Lidia Sambucetti, […] More