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Iridium Communications has modernized its ground network months prior to its scheduled launch of a new satellite into low-Earth orbit in 2015. The company replaced the hardware and software systems of five ground stations and 21 antennas worldwide in order for the network to connect with the NEXT satellite constellation, Iridium said Monday. Scott Smith, chief […] More
Battelle, Toshiba‘s UK team and China have begun installing and testing communications networks by using quantum physics with the goal of helping to secure long-distance transmissions of data, Nature reported Wednesday. Jane Qiu writes Battelle and Geneva-based ID Quantique collaborated to deploy an approximately 403.8-mile optical fiber to Battelle’s Columbus, Ohio headquarters and offices in Washington. […] More
Boeing will maintain and perform engineering work on a system used by the U.S. military to rescue warfighters in distress under a four-year, $32.5 million contract. The company will also help train Air Force, Army, Marine Corps and Navy on how to use the Combat Survivor Evader Locator tool, the company said Thursday. “With this first-ever multi-year CSEL support contract, Boeing will […] More
MBDA has moved to validate the safety use of its new land combat missile system through a confined-environment demonstration. The company exhibited the firing technology of the Missile Moyenne Portée at MBDA’s test facility in central France, MBDA said Thursday. The missile system was test-fired under various temperatures to evaluate its function in different conditions […] More
Unisys Corp. will apply its new facial recognition system to the passport application process in the UK. Her Majesty’s Passport Office awarded a five-year contract for Unisys to automate passport applications and examine biometric data using its open standards LEIDA platform, the company said Thursday. Nick Fraser, managing director of Unisys UK, said the company […] More
IBMÂ has moved to help address healthcare technology demand in the U.S. public sector market through a series of investments into the company’s federal healthcare practice. The company has launched Watson-based big data services for clinical care and data management initiatives with its research arm and appointed Keith Salzman as chief medical information officer, IBM said […] More
An Engility Holdings subsidiary will compete with eight other companies for work under a potential five-year, $2.5 billion contract covering technical consulting services to U.S. Agency for International Development partners working in countries under transition. Awardees such as the IRG subsidiary will work with USAID’s transition initiatives office to implement peace and democracy initiatives in the agency’s priority countries under […] More
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and the U.S. Army have demonstrated an autonomous version of the Black Hawk helicopter to further work on cargo delivery methods. The company and the Army flew the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter by using Sikorsky’s Matrix and ground control station technologies, Sikorsky said Tuesday. Mark Miller, Sikorsky vice president of research and […] More
BMC Software has introduced a new management tool intended to help developers and information technology operators within a single organization to collaborate on software modifications. The Control-M Workload Change Manager is part of the Control-M Workload Automation suite and is built for development teams to design workflows for implementation by the IT department while maintaining site standards, […] More
Lockheed Martin has transitioned its small unmanned aircraft systems to new automation technologies in an effort to help operators execute missions. The mobile Ground Control Station software features an interface, touchscreen, joystick preferences and an operator manual, Lockheed said Wednesday. Kevin Westfall, director of unmanned services at Lockheed’s mission systems and training business, said the software […] More
The U.S. Navy has kicked off operations on a Raytheon-made missile interceptor system in collaboration with the Missile Defense Agency. The Standard Missile-3 Block IB is built to destroy ballistic missile targets on impact, Raytheon said Wednesday. Taylor Lawrence, president of Raytheon Missile Systems, said the missile system is intended to help military customers worldwide […] More
AT&T is planning to extend the range of its fiber-optic network to 21 large metropolitan areas across the U.S. in a move to help address growing customer demand for broadband services. The U-verse with GigaPower service will be deployed in up to 100 cities and municipalities in order to provide 1-gigabit-per-second Internet access and television services to residents, […] More
