Israel has a long history of having conflicts with its neighbors. Throughout the years, the country honed its national security measures, such as weaponry and defense systems, to protect its borders and people from imminent enemy attacks.   One of Israel’s prides is the Iron Dome. For a decade, the Iron Dome has been reliable […] More

The U.S. Army plans to purchase some Israel-made Iron Dome missile defense systems designed to counter mortar bombs and other incoming threats through the use of small interceptor missiles, Reuters reported Wednesday. “The Iron Dome will be assessed and experimented as a system that is currently available to protect deployed U.S. military service members against a wide variety of indirect fire threats and aerial threats,” the service said in a statement.
 

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Rafael Advanced Defense Systems‘ has awarded a $149.3 million subcontract to Raytheon to build interceptor components for the Iron Dome weapon. Raytheon’s technology resources and network will serve as second supply source of Iron Dome interceptor parts, the company said Tuesday. “The sourcing of Tamir interceptor components in the U.S. will go a long way to ensuring sufficient volumes […] More

Raytheon is partnering with Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and other Israeli companies to provide the Mideast country’s defense ministry with antimissile weapon systems, The Boston Globe reported Thursday. Bryan Bender reports that following the development of the Iron Dome defense system, Raytheon is again in talks to build up to 15 additional batteries for the system against long-range missiles. He writes […] More

AeroVironment has expanded its board of directors with the addition of Philip Davidson, a retired U.S. Navy admiral who has nearly four decades of military service and who was a commander of Indo-Pacific Command. Davidson brings to AeroVironment board experience in leading INDOPACOM as its 25th commander and providing management, technical and strategic advisory as […] More

ICF will help the U.S. Air Force manage environmental compliance efforts at domestic base sites and installations in the Middle East under a potential 66-month, $25 million task order. The award from Air Force Central Command includes program office maintenance services meant to ensure the military branch adheres to environmental standards, the company said Thursday. […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton has secured a $6.8 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to prototype a zero trust security and network architecture for six months. DISA said Tuesday the test is meant to inform how the Thunderdome Prototype can be scaled to protect the entire Department of Defense and transition defense users from […] More

IronNet has partnered with Mandiant in an effort to help public and private sector customers boost cyber defense by offering IronDefense and IronDome products to augment the FireEye company’s cyber assessment and response expertise. The collective defense service offering jointly managed by the companies has a software and services combination meant to support security teams’ […] More

Zscaler, Inc. announced on Thursday that the company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Trustdome, a leading innovator in Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM). “We are extending our vision for Zscaler Cloud Protection to help customers securely embrace public cloud platforms and services in today’s cloud-first world,” said Jay Chaudhry, CEO, chairman and founder, Zscaler, Inc. 

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IronNet Cybersecurity has expanded the features of its IronDefense network traffic analysis platform to enable Amazon Web Services users to replicate Amazon Virtual Private Cloud traffic and trasmit the data to the NTA tool for behavioral analysis.

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AECOM has won several awards from two publications in recognition of the company’s work on various environmental remediation and climate adaptation projects globally. The Climate Change Business Journal recognized AECOM with Climate Adaptation and Resilience industry leadership and project merit awards for its support of domestic and international 35 projects, including an effort to protect Florida’s Miami Beach from flood and rising […] More

REI Systems has received a five-year task order to update the General Services Administration‘s integrated award environment. The company will develop and maintain the wage determination online and catalog of federal domestic assistance functions under the contract, REI Systems said Wednesday. “We believe in the mission behind IAE’s federal award systems, so being awarded the […] More