Ramona Adams

A Thales-sponsored report, based on a study conducted by the Ponemon Institute, shows that 54 percent of information technology security practitioners consider cloud-based services as the most important trend that influences the use of public key infrastructure. The 2017 PKI Global Trends Report also revealed that 40 percent of respondents believe the internet of things is […] More

Saab has received a contract to install an integrated communications system on the New Zealand navy’s future fleet replenishment ship. The defense and security company said Monday it will equip New Zealand’s HMNZS Aotearoa tanker with the TactiCall platform that works to connect communication technologies regardless of radio band, frequency or hardware. Electronic Navigation will perform in-service support […] More

Spaceflight has received a potential three-year, $5 million contract from NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center to provide launch and integration services. The satellite rideshare service company said Monday the contract includes launch services for a maximum of 24 U-Class payloads in 2018 as well as options to provide services for up to 24 additional payloads in 2019 and 2020. […] More

The U.S. Navy has released a request for proposals on an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for lead systems integrator support services to the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s AIRWorks organization. The contract is structured as a small business set-aside program with an ordering period of five years and includes support for new and existing manned and unmanned aircraft […] More

Intelsat‘s digital satellite launched Friday aboard Arianespace‘s Ariane 5 rocket to deliver connectivity to customers in the Americas, Africa and Europe. Intelsat 37e satellite is based on the Boeing 702 platform and will work to support  enterprise, broadband, government and mobility applications once it begins operations, Boeing said Friday. Intelsat 37e is the seventh satellite that Boeing has launched this year […] More

The U.S. Navy has awarded a $42.3 million contract to Boeing and a $43.2 million contract to Lockheed Martin to design an extra large unmanned undersea vehicle platform as well as deliver a technical data package. The contracts represent the first phase of the competitive Orca XLUUV acquisition program and include priced options for the project’s second phase, the Defense […] More

AM General has received orders worth more than $550 million to supply High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles to nine countries through the U.S. foreign military sales program. The Humvee delivery orders come from Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bosnia, Colombia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Slovenia and Ukraine, AM General said Thursday. The orders were issued through a five-year, $2.2 billion […] More

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has posted a request for information on companies, universities or inventors that can help NGA develop artificial intelligence algorithms trained on geospatial data. NGA said Tuesday in a FedBizOpps notice it aims to produce computer vision algorithms on geospatial training data, such as overhead video and still photography, through a public-private partnership. The agency […] More

Nigel Whitehead, BAE Systems chief technologist, has said he believes that directed energy weapons can be deployed aboard fighter aircraft in the not-too distant future, FlightGlobal reported Wednesday. Whitehead told reporters during his visit to Singapore that directed energy weapons should be able to beam energy precisely on one spot to disrupt targets such as aircraft, munitions […] More