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Northrop Grumman is set to hand over this year two MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems to the U.S. Navy as the service intends to replace its fleet of P-3C Orion and EP-3E Aries II aircraft that work to perform maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. The Navy will test the two Triton […] More
The Professional Services Council has asked leaders of House and Senate Armed Services Committees to consider PSC’s position on some provisions in both chambers’ fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization Act as conference members begin to reconcile the two versions of the bill. PSC detailed its recommendations through an Oct. 19 letter sent to heads of the congressional […] More
Planet Labs’ 10 remote sensing satellites took off Tuesday aboard the Orbital ATK-built Minotaur C rocket that launched at 2:37 p.m. Pacific time from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Four Planet’s Dove satellites launched into sun-synchronous orbit approximately 350 miles above the Earth following the deployment of six SkySat spacecraft into space, Orbital ATK said Tuesday. Rich Straka, […] More
A new study from Navigant Research predicts the Defense Department’s annual spending on microgrid implementation efforts to hit $453.4 million this year and grow to $1.4 billion over the next nine years. Navigant Research said Tuesday DoD has begun to explore microgrids in an effort to build up its cyber energy security and reduce dependence […] More
Maxar Technologies’ SSL business has received a contract to deliver a communications satellite to Brazil-based Embratel Star One. SSL said Monday the Star One D2 satellite will work to provide broadband coverage and information services to businesses and clients in Central America, Mexico, South America and other parts of the Atlantic Ocean. The satellite is […] More
Northrop Grumman has demonstrated its navigation platform designed to guide military aircraft and aerial weapon systems to maritime and ground targets without using GPS signals. The company said Monday it teamed up with the Air Force Research Laboratory and the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research to test the capability of its All Source Adaptive […] More
Concurrent Technologies Corp. has obtained a patent for a technology that works to create a seal to remove leakage in flow batteries. The “Self-sealing Flow Frame for Flow Battery Stack†design also works to streamline the process of assembling flow batteries designed to address the need for electric grid-level energy storage, CTC said Monday. A […] More
Melissa Hathaway, former White House cybersecurity adviser, discussed the cyber threats to critical infrastructure, internet economy and critical services during a conversation at the United Nations University’s headquarters in Japan, the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies reported. Hathaway, a senior fellow for the Potomac Institute, spoke with Sebastian von Einsiedel, director of the UNU Center for […] More
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has announced its intent to award CGI’s federal business a potential five-year contract to provide software licenses for NRC’s financial system. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says the sole-source contract will cover licenses for CGI Federal’s Momentum software as well as hosting, help desk support, operations and maintenance services. NRC said […] More
Defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Boeing have started to step up efforts to compete in the space segment as they see new business opportunities in the market, Space News reported Thursday. Bruce Tanner, chief financial officer at Lockheed, said at an earnings call Tuesday the company intends to spend up to […] More
The Defense Department‘s Defense Innovation Unit Experimental and cybersecurity firm Tanium have transitioned a pilot project into a potential five-year, $750 million contract with the U.S. Army, Defense News reported Thursday. The contract signed on Sept. 26 calls for Tanium to provide cyber monitoring support to up to 1 million Army endpoint devices such as desktop […] More
Thales has extended the capability of its encryption tool in an effort to support secure deployments of Red Hat’s OpenShift Container Platform. Thales said Thursday its Vormetric Transparent Encryption is designed to provide access control, encryption and data access logging support to help users comply with best practices and regulatory requirements for data protection. The encryption […] More
