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BAE Systems has started to develop robotic systems that will work to assist the human workforce in building future warplanes, The Telegraph reported Saturday. Alan Tovey writes lessons gained from BAE’s history of developing jet fighters contributed to the idea of what the company has dubbed as “cobotics.” Cliff Robson, senior vice president of BAE’s F-35 […] More

A new Research and Markets report indicates that the global military satellite market will climb in value from $5.7 billion this year to $9.7 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate of 5.47 percent. The company said June 30 North America will have the largest market share, with the U.S. anticipated to spend $38.4 billion on military […] More

The Defense Department’s increasing use of “lowest price-technically acceptable” procedures to buy information technology systems and services has raised some concerns among some IT defense contractors, National Defense reported Wednesday. Sandra Erwin writes DoD’s use of LPTA bids to award contracts rose from 26 percent of total awards in fiscal year 2009 to 36 percent in fiscal year 2013. Kevin […] More

Science Applications International Corp. has signed a three-year agreement to advise RLM Communications on business development and proposal processing through the U.S. Army‘s mentor-protege program. SAIC said Thursday the program offers small businesses an opportunity to participate more in federal contracts by establishing relationships with prime contractors. “We are proud to help RLM achieve its […] More

Bechtel has started construction work on a natural gas-fired power plant in Loudoun County, Virginia for Panda Power Funds clients. Bechtel will oversee the engineering, procurement, construction and startup services, and Siemens will handle the natural gas and steam turbines, generators and waste-heat-recovery boilers, Bechtel said Thursday. The 778-megawatt, Stonewall power plant is scheduled to operate in […] More

Two Commerce Department agencies have teamed up with the Minority Business Development Agency and the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer to launch a consortium to help minority-owned enterprises develop and commercialize their technology platforms and services. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Institute of Standards and Technology will collaborate with MBDA […] More

A Frost & Sullivan report forecasts that the global revenue for network security sandboxing tools will grow from $536.8 million in 2014 to $3.5 billion by 2019. Frank Dickson, a research director at Frost & Sullivan and the market analysis report’s author, said the emergence of advanced persistent threats creates a need for organizations to […] More

Radiant Insights has released a report that predicts the drone launchers market will reach a $1.2 billion value by 2021 as the unmanned aerial systems market grows. The report indicates that the expansion of the drone market worldwide will create increased demand for aircraft launchers that do not require an airfield, Radiant Insights said July 9. […] More

Inmarsat is scheduled to launch a new satellite by the end of August, MarketWatch reported Thursday. CEO Rupert Pearce said the company’s latest network will then kick off commercial operation by the end of 2015, according to the report. “A successful launch of I-5 F3 in late August will enable us to introduce global GX commercial […] More

Deltek‘s Alex Rossino reports that the state of cloud spending at the Department of Homeland Security is unclear amid inconsistencies between verifiable spending data and data reported to the Office of Management and Budget. Rossino wrote in an blog entry posted Tuesday that while he was able to verify $22.31 million spent on cloud computing for fiscal […] More

Forrester Research has released a new report that suggests government agencies need to integrate mobile and analytics technologies to further their digital migration, GCN reported Monday. Amanda Ziadeh writes the Forrester report recommends that agencies focus on mobile as the primary platform to connect with citizens and identify methods for sharing data with the public. […] More