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Domingo Urena Raso, executive vice president for military aircraft at Airbus‘ defense and space business, said that international industry cooperation is possible to address demand for technology around the world, Defense News reported Sunday. “Industry knows how to cooperate internationally.. there is not a program that is made only by one company as far as I remember,” Raso […] More
Microsoft has received a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authorization to provide Office 365 products and services that are tailored for government agencies to the Department of Health and Human Services. The company said Thursday that the authority to operate certifies Microsoft to provide HHS cloud-based email and enterprise collaboration services such as Exchange Online and SharePoint Online. Microsoft obtained […] More
SAP‘s Australian business plans to invest $150 million over a five-year period in the future SAP Institute of Digital Government and a new data center in Canberra, Inside SAP reported Monday. Freya Purnell reports that the data center will offer SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud services to support citizen services and cloud-first policies at Australian federal government agencies. The SAP Institute of […] More
Northrop Grumman has installed its AstroMesh Reflector on NASA‘s Soil Moisture Active Passive satellite ahead of SMAP’s launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in January. The company said Friday it designed the mesh reflector to aid SMAP in its mission to measure soil moisture, collect freeze and thaw data and support weather and climate prediction and drought monitoring. Geoff Marks, chief technologist at Northrop’s Astro […] More
IBM, Fluor and the University of South Carolina have unveiled a new Center for Applied Innovation as part of their public-private partnership and efforts to deliver personalized learning on analytics and higher education application services. IBM said Friday the team aims to help students acquire further information technology skills and knowledge, particularly in the field of applied computing, and to […] More
Three Wire Systems has acquired a so-called “AIS Cage” or hardware hosting site at the San Diego-based AIS Data Center from DefenseWeb Technologies as Three Wire aims to support applications in an accredited IT environment. The company said Thursday the acquisition is part of its efforts to expand its application development and delivery services. It will work with its […] More
DigitalGlobe and Exelis‘ Visual Information Solutions subsidiary co-hosted a Google Hangout Thursday to discuss the role of remote sensing, satellite imagery and cloud technologies could address environmental issues. DigitalGlobe said Thursday that Kumar Navulur and Bill Baugh from its strategic business development and advanced geospatial products sectors, respectively, discussed how these technologies helped both mitigate and assess the impact of environmental […] More
A new report from Allied Market Research projects the global Internet security market to be worth $42.8 billion by 2020 due to what the firm sees as increasing use Internet-based applications, particularly for online financial transactions. The firm said Thursday the market value for Internet security will climb at a compound annual growth rate of 8.1 percent over the next six years as […] More
IBM has released a mobile application for its i2 COPLINK offering, which works to expand on the company’s software that supports access to law enforcement data for analysts, investigators or officers in the field. I2 COPLINK Everywhere links with the i2 COPLINK database to enable police officers to use handheld devices to access, check and compare information such as vehicle license plates, […] More
Leidos has concluded a 42-day test of its maritime autonomy system under the Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The company said Tuesday it equipped a surrogate vessel with the autonomy software and associated sensors to perform maneuvers and ACTUV mission functions to evaluate its compliance with the International Maritime Organization’s collision regulations. Leidos conducted […] More
Boeing is planning to utilize systems engineering controls from military space programs for its $41 billion Ground-based Midcourse Defense system in response to reviews on the design’s reliability, Reuters reported Tuesday. Andrea Shalal writes that the company is coordinating with Missile Defense Agency Director Vice Adm. James Syring to revamp GMD by adopting a “space program” approach. “There’s a higher […] More
Raytheon and the U.S. Navy have conducted flight tests on a prototype airborne electronic warfare system at the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in California. The Next Generation Jammer, which features an active electronically scanned array radar and digital receiver and techniques generator, was fitted onto a Gulfstream business jet, Raytheon said Wednesday. Travis Slocumb, vice president of electronic warfare systems […] More
