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Inmarsat has offered to provide a free global airline tracking service for all commercial passenger aircraft in a proposal to the International Civil Aviation Organization ahead of an aircraft tracking conference in Montreal scheduled for Monday. “We welcome and strongly support ICAO’s decision to place the delivery of next-generation aviation safety services at the heart of the […] More
A network of Lockheed Martin research and development centers for space technology projects centered in Palo Alto, Calif. has changed its name to Space Technology Advanced Research and Development Laboratories, or STAR Labs. “The STAR Labs name sharpens our focus on the mission we’ve been proud to pursue for 50 years: shaping the future of our country’s […] More
Lockheed Martin recently flew the first of 36 F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft that the Iraqi air force procured through the Defense Department‘s Foreign Military Sales program. The aerospace company said Wednesday it has sold more than 4,540 F-16 Block 52 multi-role fighter jets, including the recent sale to Iraq. All versions of the aircraft are due for upgrades, […] More
Lockheed Martin has partnered with the Open Information Security Foundation to integrate cybersecurity standards into OISF’s open source intrusion detection and intrusion prevention platform for automated sharing of cyber threat data. The company and organization integrated TAXII, STIX and CybOX standards to the Suricata Engine in order to communicate data on cyber threats between the OISF and a “cyber sensor,” Lockheed said […] More
General Dynamics C4 Systems‘s Sectera vIPer Universal Secure Phone has been chosen by the FBI as a replacement for the old Secure Terminal Equipment phones used by federal law enforcement and national security personnel. The vIPer Voice over Internet Protocol phones are designed to secure voice and data communications and can interoperate with all government secure phones, Defense Department networks […] More
Raytheon and the U.S. Navy have demonstrated the Joint Standoff Weapon‘s air-to-ground functions by launching the weapons from aircraft flying at 25,000 feet to hit land targets. During the flight tests, two JSOW II C weapons followed the preplanned routes to reach the simulated cave targets, the company said Thursday. “Naval aviators employed JSOW’s firepower in a tactically realistic cave scenario […] More
Siemens has moved to expand its oil and gas and decentralized power generation portfolio by agreeing to acquire Rolls-Royce Energy‘s gas turbine and compressor business for $1.3 billion. The companies intend to complete the deal by December and the transaction includes Rolls-Royce’s 2,500 aero-derivative gas turbines, which generated estimated revenues of $1.5 billion in Rolls-Royce’s 2013 fiscal year, Siemens said Tuesday. Rolls-Royce built […] More
Ciber has been selected by the State of Nevada Gaming Control Board to modernize a records system used for storing data required in monitoring gaming organizations and to provide system migration services. Under the contract, Ciber will provide project management, develop system requirements, design documents and custom applications, implement user acceptance testing and manage data migration, the […] More
Jacobs Engineering Group has won a three-year contract to help Nesma & Partners manage construction work on five hospitals for the Saudi Arabian National Guard Hospital Program. Jacobs said Tuesday it will help manage design and construction of a 300-bed maternity hospital in Riyadh, a 346-bed children’s hospital and 176-bed neurological hospital in Jeddah and two 300-bed National Guard hospitals […] More
A subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies has won a potential $17.6 program to help carry out a technology transfer and flight hardware upgrade program for NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Teledyne Energy Systems will implement the Technology Maturation Program at JPL to turn skutterudite thermoelectric materials into flight-like components, the company said Tuesday. NASA and the company intend to develop a new Multi […] More
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems has completed delivery of nine TAC-MAAS video processing, exploitation and dissemination systems to the U.S. Special Operations Command. The systems are used to capture and analyze full-motion video from intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms to extract actionable tactical insights, the company said Monday. “With its suite of essential tools for video enhancement, event-tagging and geospatial […] More
CACI International‘s computer and audio forensics laboratory in Alexandria, Virginia, has received accreditation from the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors and the Laboratory Accreditation Board-International based on testing and calibration requirements as well as industry standards. The company said Tuesday the accreditation covers CACI Digital Forensics Laboratory’s management, personnel, facilities, equipment, quality systems and procedures. “The accreditation . […] More
