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Elma Electronic Unveils Cisco-Certified Routers for Defense, Emergency Response Missions

Elma Electronic has launched a series ofÂ Cisco-certified fanless routers designed to facilitate secure transmission of data, video and voice communications across wired and wireless systems during military, disaster recovery, emergency response and other mission-critical operations. The SWaP-optimized S50E-1 Rugged Cisco 5915 router is equipped with a rugged chassis design and three switching ports, while the […] More

May 11, 2015, 1:30 pm
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Fluor, Construcap, CFPS Land Gas Field Development Contract in Brazil; Jim Brittain Comments

A subsidiary of Fluor in Brazil will help construct a system that would collect up to 8.5 million cubic meters of natural gas per day in Maranhao, Brazil, as part of a consortium that secured a $100 million contract from Parnaiba Gas Natural. Fluor said Thursday its Brazil division will work with Construcap CCPS Engenharia […] More

May 8, 2015, 1:13 pm
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Air Force Research Lab Seeks to Develop High-Power Electromagnetics-Based Weapons

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has released a broad agency announcement focused onÂ advancing the development of high-powered electromagnetics for directed energy-powered weapon systems under itsÂ five-year, $140 million High-Powered Electromagnetics research program, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Wednesday. John Keller writes AFRL plans to use the HPEM initiative to push for the development of the […] More

May 8, 2015, 12:51 pm
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GrammaTech Lands DARPA Contract for Denial-of-Service Threat Detection Tool; Tim Teitelbaum Comments

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded a contract to GrammaTech to research and develop an analysis tool for use in detecting denial-of-service threats in software under the Space/Time Analysis for Cybersecurity platform. The contract calls for the creation ofÂ a technology that would detect two types of DoS vulnerabilities that allow network attackers to […] More

May 8, 2015, 12:36 pm
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BlackBag Receives In-Q-Tel Investment for Digital Forensics Software; Steve Bowsher Comments

In-Q-TelÂ — the CIA‘s venture capital arm — has made an investment inÂ BlackBag Technologies to help the San Jose, California-based company further develop its digital forensic analysis platform for use in U.S. intelligence missions. BlackBag designed its forensics software to help law enforcement officials to analyze information acquired from mobile devices and computers used as evidence […] More

May 8, 2015, 12:19 pm
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Northrop Launches AESA Radar for US Air Force B-1B Bombers; Paul Kalafos Comments

Northrop Grumman has launched an active electronically scanned array radar it built for the B-1B Lancer bomber of the U.S. Air Force under the Radar Modernization Improvement Program. The company said Wednesday it designed the Scalable Agile Beam Radar – Global Strike AESA system to generate digital maps and advanced images to support B-1B bombersâ€™ […] More

May 8, 2015, 10:52 am
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Hitachi Launches UCP Server, Storage Tool for SAP Hana Database System; Ravi Chalaka Comments

Hitachi Data Systems has agreed to combine its Hitachi Unified Compute Platform storage and server tool with theÂ SAP Hana in-memory database management system to help users speed up processing of big data and reduce the need for upgrades of infrastructure systems. The company said Tuesday it designed the Hitachi UCP tool for SAP Hana with […] More

May 8, 2015, 10:15 am
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NetScout Service Assurance Portfolio Secures Interoperability, Common Criteria Certifications; Tom Casey Comments

NetScout Systemsâ€™ line of service assurance applications has received certification from the Defense Information Systems Agency after the products met theÂ information assurance and interoperability requirements of the Defense Department for inclusion in the Unified Capabilities Approved Products List. The company said Wednesday its nGeniusONE Unified Performance Management and nGeniusONE InfiniStream platforms also secured Common Criteria […] More

May 7, 2015, 2:25 pm
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NOAA Taps Exelis for ‘Weather-Ready Nation’ Program; Eric Webster Comments

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has selected Exelis to become a Weather-Ready Nation ambassador to help promote readiness against severe weather conditions and climate change-related disasters. Exelis said Thursday it will leverage its Helios digital platform to validate ground weather conditions in real-time as part of its participation in the NOAA initiative. Helios is […] More

May 7, 2015, 1:11 pm
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Raytheon Secures $77M FAA Contract for Weather Processing Systems; Michael Espinola Comments

Raytheon has been awarded a $77 million contract to upgrade weather data systems and information display technologies for the Federal Aviation Administration as part of the NextGen Weather Processor platform. Under the contract, Raytheon will equip the backend program used for weather prediction with advanced processing and 4D modeling capabilities for use by aviation professionals […] More

May 7, 2015, 1:04 pm
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FAA Partners With CNN, PrecisionHawk, BNSF to Expand UAS Use; Michael Huerta Comments

The Federal Aviation Administration has teamed up with PrecisionHawk, BNSF Railway and CNN to expand the use of unmanned aircraft systems for operations in populated, rural and remote areas. The FAA will work with CNN to test if dronesÂ can be used in newsgathering activities in urban areas, the agency announced Wednesday at the Unmanned Systems […] More

May 7, 2015, 12:07 pm
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Parsons Lands $310M Contract to Upgrade Chicago Airport People Mover; Todd Wager Comments

Parsons has secured a $310 million contract with the Chicago Department of Aviation to upgrade the automated transit system at Oâ€™Hare International Airport. Under the design-build agreement, Parsons will extend the ATS tracks by 2,000 feet to accommodateÂ aÂ car rental facility as well asÂ perform replacement work on the existing system that links the airportâ€™s four terminals, […] More

May 7, 2015, 11:44 am