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A new Strategic Defence Intelligence report released through ReportBuyer states that the global military radar market will reach a value of $13.3 billion by 2024 at a compound annual growth rate of 1.41 percent. ReportBuyer said Monday the “The Global Military Radar Market 2014-2024 – Market Size and Drivers: Market Profile” report also includes an analysis of spending patterns […] More

Iridium Communications and software firm Appareo Systems have signed a partnership agreement to develop telematics and data connectivity platforms for agricultural and aviation applications. Appareo wants to leverage Iridium’s satellite network to help customers stay connected in areas not covered by conventional terrestrial networks, Iridium said Wednesday. Iridium is scheduled to launch its NEXT satellite […] More

Global spending on maintenance, repair and overhaul services for military ground vehicles is projected to show steady growth over the next 10 years, according to a new Visiongain report. Visiongain said Monday it forecasts that investments in military land vehicle MRO programs worldwide would reach $7.4 billion this year. The research firm also predicts military […] More

The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has awarded Leidos a $12 million contract to build software programs for the branch’s unit command and control operations. Leidos plans to use an agile development method to help the service create software that will be designed to support C2 organizations at the wing and squadron levels, the […] More

Research and Markets predicts that the global mobile data protection market will continue to experience fast-paced growth to reach a market value of $3.54 billion in five years at a compound annual growth rate of 22.4 percent from 2014 to 2019. The firm said Friday that the risk of data loss and theft due to the growing adoption of bring-your-own-device practices at businesses as […] More

Boeing aims to send its crew capsule to space with a NASA astronaut and a Boeing test pilot for a first manned test flight in July 2017. NASA said Monday that Boeing and SpaceX executives have laid out their companies’ spacecraft development, testing and flight goals under the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The agency awarded a […] More

A maritime autonomy system that Leidos developed with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has taken its maiden self-guided voyage. Leidos installed and tested its autonomous technology on a surrogate boat as part of DARPA’s Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel development program, the company said Monday. DARPA aims to build a maritime vehicle that […] More

The homeland security market will see a compound annual growth rate of 9.86 percent through 2019 due to increasing demand for public safety and security technologies amid terrorist attacks, ReportsnReports.com says in a new report. The firm said Sunday the need for quick response from law enforcement to threat incidents will drive the demand for border, aviation, maritime, counterintelligence, homeland defense and […] More

Barbara Niland, chief financial officer of Huntington Ingalls Industries, has highlighted how the company manages its supply chain and competes for government ship-building programs, the CFO Journal reported Friday. Niland told the journal’s John Kester that Huntington Ingalls maintains a long-term relationship with the company’s suppliers and makes advance payments. “Because we build a carrier [that] […] More

Deltek has projected data management issues would prompt federal agencies to invest in sensor-enabled technologies for analyzing and transmitting information, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Deniece Peterson, director of federal industry analysis at Deltek, said she forecasts agencies to adopt sensor products for the Internet of Things and cyber-physical and software-based infrastructure. “The adoption of these emerging […] More