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Inmarsat’s global government business unit has designated Aero-Satcom, a joint venture of Eclipse and NSSLGlobal, as a value-added reseller of Ka-band satellite services to government customers. Aero-Satcom will provide aeronautical Global Xpress services to a fleet of head of state aircraft in Europe through an Inmarsat public sector service provider, Aero-Satcom said Tuesday. The company […] More
NexGen Communication has received a five-year, $7.7 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide spares and repair supplies for the U.S. Navy’s AN/SSX-1 Specific Emitter Identification System. The Defense Department said Tuesday NexGen Communication will work to repair, modify, update and manage the configuration of the system to address requirements under the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program. SEWIP is the […] More
Unisys Corp. has launched a new micro-segmentation security automation offering under the company’s Unisys Stealth portfolio to help organizations combat cyber threats through enterprise-wide security deployment. The Stealth(aware) software features a graphical user interface and applications designed to create segments accessible only to authorized users within an organization, Unisys said Tuesday. Unisys designed the tool […] More
Northrop Grumman has received a one-year, $22.8 million contract to provide engineering and logistics services to the air dominance department within the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Port Hueneme division. The Defense Department said Tuesday the contract covers engineering, test and evaluation, computer programming, materials management and specified logistics support to the Aegis combat system and other weapon programs. Northrop will […] More
A new Northern Sky Research report predicts the unmanned aircraft system satellite communications and imaging markets will respectively reach $19.9 billion and $3.7 billion in cumulative revenues over a 10-year period ending 2025. NSR said Monday the defense and intelligence community’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance requirements for operations in hostile areas spur the demand for unmanned airborne […] More
Satellite communications provider iDirect Government has rolled out a new tactical hub service offering for warfighters, first responders, disaster recovery personnel and field operators. iDirectGov said Monday its Series 11000 Tactical Hub is powered by the Evolution software and designed to operate with the Evolution Series remotes. The ruggedized platform also employs new defense line cards that support downstream rate of up […] More
Telos Corp. has been selected to operate and maintain software applications the Department of Homeland Security procured from the company to implement information security policies and monitor security programs and compliance functions. Telos said Tuesday it will extend support for Xacta Assessment Engine and Xacta Continuum to help DHS manage the agency’s Federal Information Security […] More
A new Research and Markets report forecasts the software defined radio market to hit $29.12 billion by 2021 from $16.24 billion in 2016, or a compound annual growth rate of 12.39 percent. The report notes that the market will be driven by demand for advanced communication systems as organizations seek to retire old equipment, network […] More
Raytheon has secured $9 million in contracts to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency develop technologies that will work to secure the U.S. power grid system from cyber attacks. The company said Monday its BBN Technologies subsidiary will design the technologies to send alerts of an impending attack and detect spoofing attempts on grid data collection and communication systems as part of […] More
Purdue University has launched a new hub for global security and defense innovation at the university’s Discovery Park during a symposium on global defense issues. Dan DeLaurentis, professor of aeronautics and astronautics at Purdue and a President’s Fellow for defense initiatives, will serve as the interim director of the Institute for Global Security and Defense […] More
McMurdo has received a potential five-year, $6.67 million contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide fourth generation search-and-rescue ground stations for NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite program. The company said Monday it will build Low Earth Orbit/Medium Earth Orbit local user terminals to help search-and-rescue teams locate distressed individuals in expanded geographic regions such as the […] More
PepperBall, a division of United Tactical Systems, has entered into a partnership agreement with the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center in Amman, Jordan, to create non-lethal training course for global police, military and security forces. The course will contain a three-day weapons, tactics and armorers’ training program as well as training on PepperBall’s […] More
