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Mike Twyman: Cubic to Demo Expeditionary C4ISR Platforms at AUSA Event

TwoÂ CubicÂ businesses will feature technology offerings for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance applications at an Association of the United States Army event next week. Mike Twyman, president of Cubic’s mission solutions business, said in a statement released Friday that AUSA offers an opportunity for the company to demonstrate the potential advantages of C4ISR […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman October 5, 2018, 7:45 am
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Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Warfighters Need Access to Globally Available Satcom Capabilities

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy atÂ Inmarsat Government,Â has said warfighters and government users in hostile and remote environments depend on resilient satellite communications platforms. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in a Signal magazine pieceÂ published MondayÂ that such satcom systems â€œmust be accessible at a momentâ€™s notice.â€ She noted how government leaders acknowledge the value of […] More

by Jane Edwards October 5, 2018, 5:40 am
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Northrop-Led Cyber Team Secures Winning Spot in Rapid Prototyping Challenge; Ginger Wierzbanowski Quoted

A Northrop Grumman-led team of cybersecurity specialists has won a rapid prototyping event that focused on identifying potentially malicious binaries in a simulated U.S. Cyber Command battlefield. Northrop said Thursday its team developed a malware detection and attribution prototype to send malware signatures back to an offensive team that modified the binaries distributed during The […] More

by Monica Jackson October 5, 2018, 4:29 am
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Cyber Training Demands Specific Approach; SAP NS2â€™s Mark Testoni Quoted

Employees continue to click on malicious links amid government agencies’ efforts to launch training programs and assessments as part of their cyber defense strategies, Government Technology magazine reported. A study by the Federal Information Systems Security Educatorsâ€™ Association shows that 34 percent of cyber breaches are associated with negligence or human error. The report said […] More

by Jane Edwards October 4, 2018, 11:00 am
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CenturyLink Holds Consolidated Spot on EIS Telecom Contract After Level 3 Purchase; David Young Quoted

The number of companies that won positions on the General Services Administrationâ€™s $50B Enterprise Infrastructure Services contract has dropped from 10 to nine after CenturyLink closed its acquisition of Level 3 Communications in 2017, Nextgov reported Wednesday. David Young, senior vice president of strategic government group at CenturyLink, told the publication the company decided to […] More

by Jane Edwards October 4, 2018, 4:12 am
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ACT I Lands Air Force Systems Training Support Contract; Neil Albert Quoted

Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has received a potential five-year contract to provide academic and training support to the U.S. Air Forceâ€™s 505th Training Group. The company said Wednesday it will oversee course development, instruction and execution efforts and provide mission and exercise support for government-led 505th TRG operations in Hurlburt, Fla. ACT I President […] More

by Brenda Marie Rivers October 4, 2018, 4:00 am
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SSL, Radiant Solutions Partner on Space Sensor Layer for MDA; Richard White, Tony Frazier Quoted

Two Maxar Technologies subsidiaries will work together to develop a space-based layer prototype concept designed to help the Missile Defense Agency detect and track missile threats. SSL will leverage and combine its space systems expertise with Radiant Solutionsâ€™ experience in ground systems engineering to build the Space Sensor Layer, Maxar said Wednesday. “We are honored […] More

by Jane Edwards October 3, 2018, 10:36 am
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F-35 Lot 11 Contract to Incentivize Enhanced Production Processes

F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program director Vice Adm. Mat Winter has said that the new contract with Lockheed Martin to produce Lot 11 of the fifth-generation multi-role fighter aircraft will incentivize the defense contractor to enhance its production performance, USNI News reported Monday. The contract, potentially worth $11.5B, calls for the manufacture of […] More

by Jerry Petersen October 3, 2018, 6:55 am
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Boeingâ€™s Leanne Caret: Conversations on â€˜Contested Spaceâ€™ Needed

Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeingâ€™s defense, space and security business, told Fortune magazine in a video interview aired Tuesday how threats to space assets could impact mobile devices and other systems that depend on GPS satellites. She noted how space assets work to support â€œprecision engagementâ€ that service personnel use in combat and […] More

by Jane Edwards October 3, 2018, 5:07 am
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Raytheon Enters Cyber Partnerships With Cybraics, Authentic8; John DeSimone Quoted

Raytheon has teamed up with two companies to help organizations protect financial, health care and electoral systems and other critical infrastructure from cyber threats through the adoption of artificial intelligence, analytics and isolated browsers. â€œWith global critical infrastructure systems under constant attack, organizations need flexible access to the most advanced technology possible to ensure resiliency,” […] More

by Jane Edwards October 3, 2018, 4:10 am
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Al Whitmore: BAE Aims to Help DoD Address Mission Challenges Through $28B Contract Vehicle

Al Whitmore, president of the intelligence and security sector atÂ BAE Systems‘ U.S. arm, has said the company will leverage internal research-and-development efforts to help address mission challenges at theÂ Defense DepartmentÂ as part of anÂ indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. BAEÂ said MondayÂ it is eligible to compete for R&D and support task orders under theÂ Defense Technical Information Centerâ€™s $28B Information Analysis Center […] More

by Monica Jackson October 2, 2018, 4:40 am
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SSL, NASA Partner on Two â€˜Tipping Pointâ€™ Space Tech Platforms; Richard White Quoted

NASA has picked Maxar Technologiesâ€™Â SSLÂ subsidiary to develop two spacecraft technologies under the agencyâ€™s Tipping Point program. SSL will work with NASA through a public-private partnership to demonstrate an in-orbit fuel transfer system to support on-orbit refueling and servicing missions, Maxar said Monday. The company and the space agency will also develop a dual-mode electric propulsion […] More

by Jane Edwards October 1, 2018, 9:35 am