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Boeing seeks to increase the engine power of its 737 aircraft over the coming years as it looks to replace the U.S. Air Force‘s joint surveillance target attack radar system aircraft, Defense News reported Monday. Aaron Mehta writes that Boeing has determined that the 737 airframe requires a 10-member crew, an extra seat and two pilots to fulfill operational demands […] More
Lockheed Martin has demonstrated its live, virtual and constructive training platform at the company’s aeronautics facility in Fort Worth, Texas. An F-16 pilot collaborated with a pilot that flew as a wingman in a ground-based F-16 simulator to engage simulated targets and counter simulated ground surface missiles in real time, Lockheed said Monday. “LVC is the future of effective training for operational […] More
Raytheon has started to build the TALON laser guided rocket for the United Arab Emirates under a $117 million contract it holds with Tawazun. The company will also provide logistics and training services for the integration of the TALON system into the UAE Armed Forces, Raytheon said Monday. “Full rate production of the TALON LGR is […] More
ReportsnReports has projected the global unmanned ground vehicle market to be worth $8.26 billion by 2020, a 32.72 percent increase from the firm’s 2014 figure. The market research firm’s new report analyzes emerging trends and major countries from North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa regions, MarketsnMarkets said Thursday. ReportsnReports also examines UGV applications […] More
Hitachi Data Systems Federal Corp. has introduced a new digital data preservation offering for federal agencies to archive information over a long period. The digital preservation platform works to store information by using existing Blu-ray and M-DISC technology, HDS Federal said Wednesday. “To fulfill regulatory requirements, agencies are required to archive the data they generate and collect anywhere […] More
Frost & Sullivan believes that big data will help facilitate the development of the smart buildings industry amid the growing trends of urbanization, technology connectivity and convergence and device communications. In the report titled “Big Data as an Enabler for Smart Buildings,” Frost & Sullivan says big data and related technology platforms such as the Internet of Things and cloud computing […] More
Research and Markets projects the global directed-energy weapons market to achieve a 23.16 percent compound annual growth rate through 2018 as defense budgets and research and development activity increase in certain countries. The market research firm says that research-and-development work will respond to growing demand for new military weapons designed to cause minimal collateral damage. BAE Systems, Boeing, Raytheon and Textron will be […] More
MarketsandMarkets has released a new report that projects the air traffic control equipment market to be worth approximately $5.5 billion in 2020. The report, which analyzes the market’s growth by geography and country between 2014 and 2020, indicates that the air traffic market will double in value over the next 15 years, MarketsandMarkets said Thursday. Airport construction projects […] More
Northrop Grumman Corp. has been awarded an $11.9 million contract to build and demonstrate a wideband digital antenna technology for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s radio frequency sensors. The company will work with Semtech and Systems & Technology Research to design a reusable digital common module under the first phase of the Arrays on Commercial Timescales program, Northrop said Wednesday. DARPA wants the common […] More
Colin Lacey, vice president of data center transformation services at Unisys, has outlined several recommended steps for enterprises to implement their cloud strategy. Lacey wrote in a post published Tuesday that Unisys begins its approach by developing a plan and evaluating the workloads through technical, business requirement and compliance reviews. “Moving along the curve, once you […] More
Raytheon and the U.S. Navy have evaluated new software upgrades to the Tomahawk weapon system in a series of flight tests. The Tomahawk Block IV engaged its target at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake weapons range after it launched from the USS Hampton submarine and redirected by a strike controller from a maritime command center, Raytheon said Wednesday. The […] More
Melanie Posey, research vice president of IDC’s hosting and managed network services, has described three factors she believes enterprises should consider before adopting subscription-based software offerings. Posey wrote in a blog post published Monday that enterprises must conduct audit on the software they are buying to allocate workloads between perpetual license and subscription models. “There are […] More
