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Verizon has released their virtual platform, Verizon Virtual Visits, that will aim to expand access to medical care for patients through smartphones, tablets and computers. Verizon Virtual Visits’ goal is to provide an enterprise-class platform for health systems that will allow for patients to be seen by a physician remotely for a cold, flu, sore […] More
Symantec has launched its Cyber Career Connection (SC3) program that aims to address the workforce gap in cybersecurity careers worldwide and to find new opportunities for adolescents and young adults not necessarily college-bound, the company said Tuesday. SC3 was announced as a Commitment to Action at the 2014 Clinton Global Initiative America event held Tuesday by Hillary […] More
A test site for unmanned aircraft systems using a safety management system developed by Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. is one of six partners chosen by the Federal Aviation Administration to support UAS integration research. MTSI said Friday the Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence & Innovation, operated by Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, will help FAA study the safe integration […] More
Northrop Grumman‘s communications payload for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite has passed on-orbit testing conducted by the U.S. Air Force and deemed able to configure communications networks with ground terminals. The company said Tuesday the payload on the AEHF-3 began signal transmission in January as the satellite reached geostationary orbit alongside other satellites in a constellation named the “ring of […] More
xG Technology has been selected as subcontractor to provide communications and network services to the U.S. Army under a potential $497 million contract vehicle. The company will team with SAIC, one of the prime contractors, under the five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract awarded by the Army’s Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center, xG announced Tuesday. xG Technology will strive to provide […] More
Boeing and Orbital Sciences Corp. have finished building three satellites that will be used to support police, military and emergency services in Mexico as part of the Mexsat project, the Orange County Register reported Monday. William D’Urso writes Boeing has completed two 702HP geomobile satellites named Centenario and Morelos-3, while subcontractor Orbital made one GEOStar-2 satellite named Bicentenario for […] More
Thales has been selected by the French prime minister’s office to implement service platforms to offer secure Internet connections for nearly one million future users of the French government. The company plans to build the IT setup, provide managed services and carry out round-the-clock network supervision, the company said Thursday. According to Thales, the service platforms will work to enable connections […] More
Oracle has unveiled a new integrated infrastructure product that will aim to consolidate data workloads into tolerant and manageable platform for users. With the Virtual Compute Appliance, the company intends for customers to get a product that will integrate compute, network and storage infrastructure into one system, Oracle said Tuesday. According to Oracle, application and service deployment is […] More
Lockheed Martin and China’s State Nuclear Power Automation System Engineering Company will collaborate to manufacture prototype protection systems for the country’s third-generation nuclear power plant reactors by using field programmable gate array technology. The FPGA-based nuclear safety instrumentation and control platform will work to monitor and identify potential system failures and be part of a new deployment or an […] More
Verizon has released a cloud-based credentialing service to clients in the U.S., European and Asia-Pacific regions that want to consolidate their physical and virtual worlds to help prevent data breaches. “Smart Credential” offers a single identity that will work to secure access to buildings and facilities, provide logical access to workstations and networks, provide authentication to online […] More
Raytheon has completed a blimp-borne radar system for the U.S. Army to use as a line of defense against incoming threats. The JLENS airborne radar system floats at altitudes of up to 10,000 feet and is built to defend assets and infrastructures against manned- and unmanned- aircraft and missiles,the company said Tuesday. The Army has acquired two of its […] More
Parsons is collaborating with the Business-Higher Education Forum to create a Greater Washington Cyber Network of cybersecurity professionals from academia, industry and government from Maryland, Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. The company said Friday the network will be an expansion of the BHEF Undergraduate Cybersecurity Network of the University System of Maryland. The expanded network aimsto bring more opportunities for business disciplines and policies supporting […] More
