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Boeing is considering whether to offer modernized versions of the A-10 Warthog for international military customers as the U.S. Air Force plans the aircraft’s retirement from service, Aviation Week reported Monday. Paul Cejas, a chief engineer at Boeing, told the publication Boeing’s plan is dependent on whether the retirement pushes through amid opposition from lawmakers. Cejas noted that […] More
Jacobs Engineering Group has received an extension to its contract with Lend Lease to provide infrastructure design services for the New Air Combat Capability project in Australia. Jacobs said Tuesday its support for the project will cover acoustics, electrical, hydraulic, mechanical, security, structural and other schematic, detailed and final design aspects. According to the company, the NACC project […] More
Rolando Sanchez, a government contracting and cybersecurity attorney at Hollingsworth, has described his belief on how liability protections for the private sector in cyber information sharing can have certain limitations in several proposed bills. Sanchez wrote in an opinion piece posted Monday for National Defense Magazine that cybersecurity bills in Congress and the defense authorization bill for […] More
Raytheon has inked a 10-year agreement with Kongsberg to extend their collaboration on the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System program and continue work on system performance and capabilities. Raytheon said Monday the combined efforts will include the integration of the Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile – Extended Range with the NASAMS system. Eirik Lie, executive vice pesident of Kongsberg’s defense systems business, […] More
The Justice Department is conducting market research on potential sources of cybersecurity operations support services to the Justice Security Operations Center. In a notice posted June 3 on FedBizOpps, DOJ said it is seeking vendors with the resources and experience to support JSOC’s threat detection, monitoring and response functions. The department noted that its needed capabilities […] More
The General Services Administration has issued a solicitation for the installation of solar power systems on rooftops of government buildings in Washington under a potential 20-year power purchase agreement. In a notice posted Thursday on FedBizOpps, GSA said the chosen contractor will provide design, maintenance and operations services as well as labor, tools, materials and equipment for the PV […] More
The U.S. government has approved potential foreign military sale contracts with several allied nations for Raytheon‘s AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar in forward-based mode. The company said Monday the forward-based configuration puts AN/TPY-2 close to enemy bases to detect ballistic missiles soon after launch and transmit information on the target using a command-and-control battle management network. Dave Gulla, vice president […] More
A study commissioned by CA Technologies reports that a majority of organizations that have implemented enterprise big data strategies see or anticipate effective targeted sales and marketing campaigns and revenue growth. The company said Monday Vanson Bourne‘s “The State of Big Data Infrastructure: Benchmarking Global Big Data Users to Drive Future Performance” report shows continued interest in […] More
Boeing will build a third 702SP all-electric propulsion satellite for ABS to provide satellite services to Australia, New Zealand, Russia and countries in the Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia. The company said Friday ABS-8 will add to the ABS-3A and future ABS-2A all-electric propulsion satellites and replace ABS-7 at its orbital location. Mark Spiwak, president of Boeing’s satellite systems business, […] More
Microsoft and MapR Technologies are planning to deliver MapR Distribution for Apache Hadoop via Azure‘s cloud services and integrate MapR Distribution with Azure Data Lake. MapR said Wednesday the partnership aims to provide Hadoop to clients on demand and enable additional capacity for storage and analytics. Azure customers will also have access to the MapR-DB NoSQL database and MapR Distribution via the Microsoft […] More
A MarketsandMarkets study reports that the cybersecurity market will reach a value of $170.2 billion by 2020 due to the continued evolution of cyber threats and the corresponding increase in strictness of government cyber regulations. The company said Wednesday the market will grow from $106.3 billion in 2015 at a five-year compound annual growth rate of 9.8 percent, with […] More
Lockheed Martin has estimated the usage of National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s software testing tool for product development programs could help reduce costs for test planning and design by up to 20 percent. NIST said Wednesday the company conducted a two-year study of the Advanced Combinatorial Testing System as part of a cooperative research and development agreement […] More
