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Some trade groups in the U.S. hope to see adjustments to India’s business policies following election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Politico reported Friday. Linda Dempsey, vice president for international economic affairs at the National Association of Manufacturers, told Politico that India’s new government could introduce a “strong opportunity for a fresh start.” “The new […] More

Verizon has completed almost 17,000 miles of fiber optic work in New York City in an effort to meet data and voice communication needs of residential and business customers throughout the city. The company’s goal is to deliver high-speed connectivity by building an all fiber infrastructure  that encompasses the city’s five boroughs, Verizon said Thursday. […] More

Teresa Carlson, vice president of Amazon Web Services‘ worldwide public sector, participated in a panel discussion Thursday at the FOSE Conference and Exposition and shared her insights on balancing the role of technology,  the Washington Journal reported Thursday. Jill Aitoro writes that Carlson considers herself an “old school” person who puts emphasis on business communications. […] More

Ball Aerospace & Technologies expects to deliver a commercial Earth-observing satellite at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in June, approximately two months ahead of the spacecraft’s scheduled launch in August. The company said Tuesday that it is close to completing post-environmental baseline tests and ground segment assessments on DigitalGlobe‘s WorldView-3 remote sensory spacecraft . WorldView-3’s initial launch […] More

Lockheed Martin and Saudi Basic Industries Corp. have agreed to establish a joint venture that will develop and sell carbon nanostructure materials and infused products to various industries in Saudi Arabia. SABIC, a petrochemical manufacturer partly owned by the Saudi Arabian government, aims to expand into specialty-based markets by teaming up with Lockheed Martin, SABIC […] More

The National Science Foundation is pumping $15 million into three projects to develop and assess future Internet systems, FedScoop reported Tuesday. Various education institutions from across the U.S. have formed three groups to build fresh network architectures, explore alternatives and test new concepts, according to the report. NSF intends for the pilot networks to bolster […] More

AT&T held an application development contest from May 2 to May 3 for participants to build disaster preparedness apps in an effort to contribute to public safety programs. Developers formed groups and collaborated to develop 15 public safety mobile apps for the first-responder community during the hackathon at 1776 in Washington, AT&T said Friday. Jim Bugel, […] More

BAE Systems engineers are testing a scaled version of the company’s Typhoon fighter jet in a high-speed wind tunnel setting. The engineers are using a 1/12th scale model of the Typhoon Tranche 3 aircraft for the aerodynamic characteristics testing at BAE’s Warton, Lancashire-based facility, the company said Tuesday. BAE also mounted conformal fuel tanks on […] More

Boeing Co. and Embraer S.A. have signed a memorandum of understanding to perform biofuel research for Brazil’s aviation industry. The companies will open and fund a research center where Boeing and Embraer will work with Brazilian universities and organizations to identify gaps in the aviation biofuel supply of the country, Boeing said Monday. Julie Felgar, […] More

A new report from Neustar indicates that financial services firms have doubled their protection measures against distributed-denial-of-service-attacks compared to other industries. Thirty-two percent of financial services companies are implementing services to minimize the impact of DDoS attacks, Neustar said Monday. Jennifer Gilmore, manager of strategic offer marketing within Neustar’s financial services business, writes that site disruptions […] More