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BAE Systems has demonstrated a precision guidance kit built for standard 155-millimeter artillery shell. The Rokar Silver Bullet precision guidance kit went through a live fire test in Israel as part of a series of demonstrations with clients, BAEs said Monday. The kits hit the target within 10.9 yards during those tests, according to the company. […] More
Tiffany Sargent, Internet of Things senior solutions architect and principal engineer at Intel Federal LLC, has recommended steps for agencies to start the adoption of complete IoT technologies. Sargent wrote in an opinion article for GCN published Monday that both government agency information technology and operations managers are working piecemeal to add IoT sensors and gateways […] More
MeriTalk has introduced three new cloud computing tools intended to help federal government customers adopt cloud services in compliance with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The Gov Cloud Shopper initiative is designed for government buyers to estimate cloud cost based on data from FedRAMP-approved cloud service providers, MeriTalk said Monday. Under the GCS […] More
Northrop Grumman Corp. has been selected to maintain and operate forensic and biometric software used by the U.K.’s Home Office under a two-year, $45.1 million re-compete contract award. The Forensic and Biometric Interim Capability software is part of the U.K.’s national infrastructure for policing, Northrop said Tuesday. Andrew Tyler, Northrop’s chief executive for Europe, said the […] More
CGI has been selected to refresh the information technology infrastructure of Highways England as the U.K. Transport Department’s agency transitions to a government-owned company. The company will supply laptops and tablets to Highways England under the three-year information and communications technology services contract, CGI said Monday. “We are delighted to have been awarded this strategic […] More
Pivotal and Mirantis have teamed up to offer the Cloud Foundry service on Mirantis’ OpenStack-based cloud infrastructure. Under the partnership, Pivotal will run its Cloud Foundry-based platform-as-a-service on Mirantis OpenStack and Mirantis will distribute Pivotal Cloud Foundry to clients, Pivotal said Monday. James Watters, vice president and general manager of the cloud platform group at […] More
BAE Systems has partnered with the University of Birmingham to develop augmented reality systems applications in an effort to help warfighters control their environments in real time. The virtual reality concept is meant to combine real and virtual settings for emergency response and military battlefield operations, BAE Systems said Monday. Nick Colosimo, futurist at BAE […] More
Precise Biometrics has been awarded a $133,221 task order to supply additional smart card readers to the Defense Logistics Agency. The company designed the Tactivo technology based on the common access card infrastructure in order to help protect e-email and browsing sessions on mobile devices that run the iOS operating system, Precise Biometrics said Friday. […] More
Vormetric and CloudHesive have formed an alliance to provide encryption-as-a-service offerings to joint customers in order to help organizations indentify attacks on data. As a new member to Vormetric’s cloud partner program, CloudHesive implements Vormetric’s transparent encryption and cloud encryption gateway products for CloudHesive’s encryption offerings, Vormetric said Thursday. “Vormetric is delighted to have CloudHesive as […] More
SAP has introduced a HANA-based cloud platform for the Internet of Things in an effort to help businesses connect to a vast network of connected devices. The end-to-end platform for IoT is designed for users to manage devices, operate a device cloud for clients and perform IoT messaging services, SAP said Wednesday. “With the launch […] More
Airbus and Cisco have moved to integrate their technology offerings in the defense, security and satellite communication areas in a new global partnership. Airbus said Wednesday it will have access to Cisco’s networking, design and engineering systems, as well as sales and technology training programs, go-to-market activities and joint service development under the agreement. Wendy Mars, a […] More
Exelis has signed an agreement with four Federal Aviation Administration-designated test facilities to study the integration of unmanned aircraft systems into U.S. civilian airspace. The sites will use Exelis’ Symphony RangeVue sense-and-avoid tool for operators and test personnel to access real-time and historical aircraft surveillance data via a Web platform, Exelis said Tuesday. Symphony RangeVue is designed to […] More
