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Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy have demonstrated an Aegis combat system in a series of three tests for Standard Missile-6 long-range engagement. The Baseline 9 air and missile defense system onboard the USS John Paul Jones worked to identify and destroy targets during the over-the-horizon tests, Lockheed Martin said Tuesday. Jim Sheridan, director of […] More
The Defense Department is seeking concepts from the private sector to manage electromagnetic spectrum usage with the goal of fulfilling bandwidth requirements of the military, SIGNAL Magazine reported July 1. Sandra Jontz writes DoD officials are developing a plan to implement its spectrum management strategy while factoring in national security issues and the reallocation of […] More
Lockheed Martin will work with professional services contractor GCS to refresh the application infrastructure for the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service under a potential $400 million task order. Lockheed selected McLean, Virginia-based GCS to provide operation, maintenance, enhancement and development services for the CIO Applications, Maintenance, Enhancements, and Operations as a subcontractor, GCS said Tuesday. Tanaz Shahrzad, GCS […] More
Boeing has received an order from Intelsat for the ninth Epic Next Generation satellite. Boeing develops the 35e EpicNG satellite based on its 702 medium power platform, Boeing said Tuesday. Thierry Guillemin, Intelsat executive vice president and chief technical officer, said the company aims for the satellite-based infrastructure to meet customer demands for commercial plane bandwidth […] More
Maritime Solutions has introduced a new satellite antenna offering for customers to set up bandwidth services according to the requirements of end users, Maritime Global News reported June 19. Greg Trauthwein writes the Harris CapRock Communications company teamed up with equipment manufacturers and invested in new technologies to develop the VSAT network architecture for bandwidth […] More
Hewlett-Packard Co. has unveiled a new cloud encryption tool for customers to protect sensitive data, Infotech Lead reported Thursday. HP designed the Atalla cloud encryption system to secure data residing in the cloud and on enterprise premises such as emails, payment data and electronic health records, according to the report. Financial institutions, retailers, energy firms, […] More
Northrop Grumman and Boeing have sent their responses to a U.S. Air Force notice that seeks a vendor to build the branch’s next set of GPS satellites under a potential $200 million contract, Space News reported Thursday. Mike Gruss writes the Air Force’s acquisition arm released a solicitation in search of interested vendors to develop the next batch of GPS III satellites and […] More
Verizon Enterprise Solutions has released the findings of a study to evaluate the potential relationship between cloud computing usage and how businesses have marked up their agility and competitiveness. Harvard Business Review conducted a survey of 527 HBR readers from large and mid-size organizations worldwide in order to find out the views of businesses and government organizations […] More
IBM has kicked off an initiative to collaborate with the public health sector and food retailers in identifying potential sources of contaminated food and probing food-borne diseases. James Kaufman, manager of public health research for IBM Research, said Thursday that the company has developed a system that works to discover patterns from data sources by using “predictive analytics […] More
IBM Corp. and Beijing have forged an agreement to develop weather forecasting and cloud computing systems in a move to cut smog emissions in China, Reuters reported Sunday. David Stanway writes IBM will work to collect real-time data on pollution trends and forecast development of smog as part of the company’s 10-year Green Horizon initiative […] More
Iridium Communications and SpaceX have completed qualification tests for the dispenser assembly of the Iridium NEXT satellite. The satellite dispenser underwent fit check, separation and shock testing, a modal survey and static loads tests, Iridium said Thursday. “The dispenser passed its system level qualification tests with flying colors, and we’re now moving forward with launch preparations,†[…] More
Huntington Ingalls Industries has tested the anchor windlass system of the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier prior to its turnover to the U.S. Navy in 2016. The Newport News Shipbuilding division performed the testing by adding weight to the anchor and retrieving the anchor and chain using Ford’s windlass system, Huntington Ingalls said Tuesday. “By […] More
