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A Cubic subsidiary has been awarded a potential 33-month, $5 million contract to develop a testbed for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to evaluate technologies for infantry use. Intific is part of Cubic’s global defense segment and will build the testing platform in support of the agency’s Squad X Core Technologies project, Cubic […] More

Symantec CEO Michael Brown believes the Internet of Things brings a “huge opportunity” for the company in its efforts to help protect e-commerce transactions, Economic Times reported Friday. Brown told Economic Times’ TV Mahalingam that Symantec considers endpoint protection as its biggest business. “We protect a billion devices today… from set top boxes, point of […] More

Lockheed Martin has begun to demonstrate a new electronic warfare pod in an anechoic chamber. The electronic warfare package contains a suite of systems in one unit and fits various platforms, Lockheed said Thursday. Brigitte Aungier, Lockheed’s EW business development head, said the company’s electronic warfare offering is designed “to understand the electromagnetic battlespace through passive […] More

Christopher Ames, director of international strategic development for General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, has noted at several indicators that he said point to a “growing interest in maritime surveillance,” DoD Buzz reported Tuesday. Brendan McGarry writes the Department of Homeland Security bought a fleet of a maritime-configured variant of the General Atomics-built Predator B aircraft to aid in the U.S.-Mexico […] More

Cisco looks to invest more than $500 million in the U.K. and $100 million to $500 million in Germany in new technology alliances the company plans to forge with these nations, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. Peter Burrows writes the partnerships aim to evaluate fresh networking products, train engineers and pump cash into startup businesses. “We believe […] More

Technavio projects that the global smart security market will climb in value at a compound annual growth rate of 18 percent through 2019 due to the increasing number of terrorist attacks around the world. “Terrorism has increased significantly in areas like the Philippines in the last few years, resulting in an increased number of deaths from […] More

Lockheed Martin has delivered an F-35 operations management backbone technology and a flight training system to the U.S. Marine Corps. The Autonomic Logistics Information System is designed to help military users operate and maintain the fighter aircraft, James Sprang, Lockheed’s ALIS field lead, said Tuesday. The Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA-121) received version 2.0.1 […] More

Boeing has expanded a partnership with Embraer to test new aircraft technologies designed to help minimize the environmental impact of aviation. The U.S. aerospace firm said Tuesday it has tried more than 50 green platforms on 737, 787 and 757 commercial airplanes through the company’s ecoDemonstrator Program. Boeing and Embraer plan to conduct environmental flight […] More

A new McKinsey & Co. report projects the total economic impact of Internet-connected devices to fall somewhere between $3.9 trillion and $11.1 trillion by 2025. The June 2015 report said technological innovations, investments in talent and adoption of new business models are the trends that will drive the potential of Internet of Things-based platforms. McKinsey cited transportation, cities, retail […] More

Leidos has been awarded a potential three-year, $10 million task order to help the U.S. Army maintain and operate a system designed to track military equipment. The company said Tuesday it will support the Property Book Unit Supply Enhanced platform in collaboration with the Army Communications Electronic Command’s Software Engineering Center. “We look forward to […] More

General Dynamics NASSCO has kicked off construction of the second ECO tanker for American Petroleum Tankers at the company’s San Diego, California-based shipyard. Toni Atkins, speaker for the California State Assembly, hosted the keel-laying ceremony for the Magnolia State tanker and marked her initials onto a steel plate of the keel, General Dynamics said Monday. […] More