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Orbital ATK has shipped to NASA a service module for Cygnus OA-4, the company-built cargo spacecraft planned for a Dec. 3 launch at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The company said Monday that Cygnus will undergo final assembly at KSC before the agency launches the spacecraft aboard an Atlas V rocket to deliver crew supplies, […] More

A new Research and Markets report predicts that the global managed security services market will climb in value from 2014 to 2019 at a compound annual growth rate of 11.3 percent. The company said Monday the growth is due to increased demand for cloud services and adoption of bring-your-own-device practices, which have resulted in the need for security […] More

AM General has secured an additional $42.2 million in contract funds to manufacture High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles for U.S.  and seven international defense customers. The company said Monday it will provide Humvees, ambulance vehicles, automotive kits, spares and training support services to the armed forces of the U.S., Iraq, Afghanistan, Tunisia, Israel, Turkey, Kenya […] More

Technavio has released a new report that estimates the airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance market’s worldwide compound annual growth rate at 3 percent from 2015 through 2019. The market will see a rise in demand for stealth ISR aircraft during the forecast period, buoyed by investment in ISR payloads, Technavio said Thursday. “Most of the […] More

Space Exploration Technologies could submit a bid to the U.S. Air Force in pursuit of an upcoming contract to support a planned 2018 launch of a Global Positioning System III military satellite, DoD Buzz reported Friday. Brendan McGarry writes the Air Force will gather proposals for GPS III satellite launch services under its Evolved Expendable […] More

PwC has released a report that charts how defense agencies in 60 countries allocate their budgets and strategize in the face of security challenges worldwide. The company said Wednesday it found that many NATO members and partner countries decreased their defense spending in recent years due to fiscal and economic factors as well as challenging […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Phase 1 contracts to 13 organizations from industry and academia to help develop automated translation technology for DARPA’s Low Resource Languages for Emergent Incidents program. DARPA said Thursday LORELEI aims to utilize public information sources in local languages to support quick-response operations such as disaster relief, humanitarian assistance, peacekeeping and infectious disease response […] More

United Launch Alliance has launched a National Reconnaissance Office payload and 13 CubeSats for the Government Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment aboard an Atlas V rocket as part of the NROL-55 mission. The Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture said Thursday the mission is in support of national defense and is the company’s 10th launch since the beginning of the year. Jim […] More

A Visiongain study, released by ReportLinker, forecasts global revenue from border security platforms and services will be approximately $16.4 billion this year. The 364-page market research report examines key factors that Visiongain believes can affect worldwide, regional and national spending on products designed to help authorities monitor cross-border activities, ReportLinker said Wednesday. Visiongain categorized the […] More

A new Visiongain report forecasts the demand for military armored vehicles worldwide to reach $12.4 billion in 2015. The report covers armored vehicles that are designed to endure mines and improvised explosive devices, Visiongain said Friday. Visiongain also presents in the report the global and national shares of the armored vehicle market from 2015 through 2025, […] More

CACI International and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration will collaborate to test a company-designed sensor technology meant to help authorities to locate unmanned aircraft systems. Deputy Administrator Mike Whitaker told House aviation subcommittee members during a hearing Wednesday that FAA wants to examine the safety and security functions of CACI’s technology and if the platform […] More