The Labor Department’s Mine Safety and Health Administration has requested information on systems that could help gradually prevent mishaps involving mobile surface and underground mining equipment. The DOL said Monday its request for information is part of an effort to provide safer working conditions for miners in the U.S., as well as to gradually reduce […] More

A United Technologies subsidiary has released a new optical and laser designation payload system designed for use with small and mid-sized unmanned aerial systems. During the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference, UTC Aerospace Systems launched the 10.6-pound TASE400 LD which uses NATO-compliant laser designator technology, UTC said Monday. Laser designator technology provides mid-wave infrared imaging to support situational awareness for both day […] More

Orbis Technologies has secured a production contract to provide an automatic document redaction technology for the Defense Department. The company said Thursday it will deliver its Redaction and Exploitation Releasability tool to allow the U.S. military to safely distribute intelligence data from multiple sources to coalition partners. Brian Ippolito, president and CEO of Orbis, said […] More

L&M Technologies will provide logistics services to NASA‘s Marshall Space Flight Center under a potential five-year, $60.5 million contract. NASA said Thursday work under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract includes equipment, moves and furniture, mail, shipping and receiving, motor pool and transportation and flight hardware support. The company will also help MSFC manage material, property and warehouse Contract work will […] More

The 35th President of the United States John F. Kennedy once said in a famous address before the Irish Parliament that:“The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were and ask ‘why […] More

Joint Tactics and Technologies has won a potential five-year, $18 million contract to provide cyber support for the U.S. Navy‘s computer network defense efforts. JTT will help the Navy configure and sustain networks as well as analyze, evaluate, integrate and implement security products under the  indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, the Defense Department said Friday. Work will occur in San […] More

A Dell Technologies subsidiary has introduced an air gap version of its enterprise endpoint security platform designed to help organizations isolate endpoint devices from the internet and protect such devices from cyber threats. Dell’s Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise offering is an on-premises tool that works to protect data from insider threats, malware and zero-day attacks, the […] More

The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a potential $71.1 million contract to Enersys Energy Products and a separate $47.4 million contract to Exide Technologies to supply the U.S. Army with storage batteries. Each indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract contains three base years and two one-year options, the Defense Department said Friday. Both contracts’ base period will run through March 16, 2020, and work will occur at the […] More

GATR Technologies, a Cubic subsidiary, will unveil a foldable satellite communications antenna along with a modem technology based on iDirect‘s Velocity product line at the Satellite 2017 convention in Washington, D.C. Cubic said Tuesday the GATR-FLEX satcom antenna and GATR 950 modem will offer an integrated data transfer terminal platform that can work to support sub-meter satcom operations that leverage high-throughput […] More

Trident Technologies has won a potential five-year, $48 million contract to build, staff and maintain a computer communications network in support of the U.S. Army‘s Engineer Research and Development Center. The Defense Department said Friday work will occur through Feb. 28, 2022, and locations and funds will be determined with each task order. The Army Corps of Engineers received three […] More

Dell Technologies‘ RSA subsidiary has secured a Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 2+ certification for its governance, risk management and compliance platform through an evaluation by Leidos’ Common Criteria Testing Laboratory. RSA said Monday release 6.1 of its Archer GRC platform is designed to help organizations mitigate business risks across multiple domains. The company noted that the EAL […] More

CA Technologies has introduced new offerings for behavior analytics and identity and access management applications in an effort to help clients detect threats and avoid a breach. The CA Threat Analytics tool is a machine learning-based threat detection and breach prevention system designed to integrate with CA’s Privileged Access Manager, the company said Nov. 16. CA […] More