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Raytheon has ordered radar tracking transponders worth $3.8 million from a Kratos subsidiary for installation in the advanced medium-range air-to-air missile system. Fort Walton Beach-based Micro Systems will carry out the task for three years, Kratos said Sept. 2. “We are very pleased to continue our lon-standing relationship with Raytheon Missile Systems,†said Kevin Ferguson […] More
Teradata Corp. has released the findings from a survey of executives across six industries that saw what they described as “significant†return on investments from big data analytics. The survey reveals that nearly two-thirds of respondents have reported “significant, measurable impact on revenues†from big data investments, Teradata said Tuesday. “Companies aren’t just committed to […] More
DNC has won a six-year, $13 million contract to design a new model the U.S. Census Bureau will use to centralize the agency’s functions to collect and process survey data. DNC said Tuesday. it will work to manage the program, associated risks, information technology investments, schedule, budget, configuration, quality control, communication and technical writing, DNC […] More
The U.S. Navy has extended its contract with a PAR Technology subsidiary to operate and maintain the service’s satellite for another year. Rome Research Corp. will deliver telemetry, tracking and satellite control services for FLTSAT, UFO, POLAR EHF and MUOS satellite constellations, PAR said Wednesday. The company will perform work at the Mugu, California-based Naval […] More
Insitu has flown a ScanEagle unmanned aircraft in the Pacific Northwest region to monitor the Olympic National Park wildfire. Fire officials used Insitu’s motion imagery software to determine the fire’s perimeter and assess water drop locations as part of that demonstration, Insitu said Tuesday. “This and other planned unmanned aircraft systems demonstrations will serve to guide our policies, procedures and […] More
Boeing and European defense group Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa have partnered to pursue business opportunities in the Polish Armed Forces’ technical modernization plan. Boeing and PGZ member companies will collaborate to maintain defense systems, combine Polish systems with Boeing technologies, integrate PGZ companies into Boeing’s supply chain, and conduct defense research and development activities under the […] More
IBC Advanced Alloys has received a $2 million order from Lockheed Martin to supply parts for the F-35 Lightning II electro-optical targeting system. IBC will produce EOTS housing for new planes after the company completed low rate initial production Lot 7 and Lot 8 on July 13, IBC said Tuesday. The new purchase order is scheduled for delivery in September and “continues our […] More
Robert Griffin, chief security architect at RSA, has highlighted the role of risk-based authentication in efforts to reduce fraudulent transactions in government services. Griffin wrote in an opinion piece for GCN published Wednesday that adaptive authentication seeks to establish a level of confidence for end-user access to government assets. He said this kind of verification addresses a […] More
Raytheon has received approval from the U.S. Navy to start the full-rate production of the company’s infrared air-to-air missile. The company will build and deliver the AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II missile to the Navy, Air Force and some of the U.S.’ international partners, Raytheon said Thursday. “An updated electronics package gives the missile features significant enhancements, like the […] More
Pivot3 and Tracewell Systems have combined their respective offerings to develop a hyper-converged service intended to help fulfill the computing requirements of defense customers. Tracewell intends for the partnership to help clients virtualize applications and maximize storage using Pivot3’s HCI software, Pivot3 said Tuesday. “The high storage efficiency of Pivot3 HCI, combined with low compute […] More
Raytheon has been awarded a potential $98 million contract to supply the U.S. Navy with airborne low frequency sonar systems. The contract contains an option for the company to produce additional AN/AQS-22 systems for U.S. inventory and the foreign military sales program, Raytheon said Wednesday. ALFS serves as the undersea warfare sensor for the Navy’s MH-60R […] More
Brian Houston, a vice president at Hitachi Data Systems‘ U.S. federal subsidiary, believes agencies need to apply analytics to virtualized environments in order to gain insights into their data situation, FCW reported Tuesday. “The biggest issue that everybody’s trying to get their hands around is, ‘What do we really have?’†Houston told FCW’s Zach Noble. He […] More
