Ramona Adams

The U.S. Navy has issued a draft statement of work on the production of a surface ship undersea warfare combat system and the service branch plans to seek proposals next month. The Navy said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday that the USW combat system program will involve Advanced Capability Build software integration and Technical Insertion hardware development, […] More

Toshiba Corp. has formed an Australia-based subsidiary within Toshiba America Information Systems to deliver mobile computing platforms and services in Australia and New Zealand. Toshiba Client Solutions ANZ will serve small and medium-sized businesses as well as the enterprise, government and education markets, Toshiba said Tuesday. TCSAN will operate in Sydney with Mark Whittard as managing director and chief executive […] More

SpeedCast International has agreed to provide support services for the satellite communications anchor station of Airbus‘ defense and space business under a six-year, multimillion dollar agreement. The companies said Monday the deal covers maintenance, training, security and infrastructure management services for Airbus’ Skynet East anchor station that is located at SpeedCast’s Adelaide, Australia-based teleport facility. Pierre-Jean Beylier, SpeedCast CEO, said the company’s […] More

Real-Time Innovations has received funds from the Energy Department to continue research on smart grid security systems that apply Data-Distribution Service standard. RTI said Monday it will collaborate with DoE and use the company’s Connext DDS real-time commercial connectivity software to develop a platform that could potentially secure the next-generation U.S. smart grid’s cyberphysical communications infrastructure. The company added it also […] More

Davis Johnson, U.S. public sector vice president at Riverbed Technology, has said software-defined wide-area networking could support federal agencies’ digital transformation initiatives amid challenges posed by legacy information technology. Johnson wrote in a guest post published Thursday on GCN that SD-WAN works to provide agility, automation, visibility and flexibility to support the needs of key areas such as DevOps, customer experiences, […] More