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  • Tripwire Study Examines Ransomware Recovery Perceptions Among Info Security Pros
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    Tripwire Study Examines Ransomware Recovery Perceptions Among Info Security Pros

    A new report from Tripwire has revealed that many information security professionals are still apprehensive about ransomware recovery strategies in their organizations. Thirty-four percent of the 220 information security professionals surveyed by Tripwire said they are “very confident” their companies could recover from a ransomware attack with no critical data loss, the security software developer said Thursday. Tripwire conducted the survey […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Concludes 1st Sea Trials on USS John Finn Destroyer
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    Huntington Ingalls Concludes 1st Sea Trials on USS John Finn Destroyer

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has completed the first round of at-sea tests that spanned three days in the Gulf of Mexico to test an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer’s main propulsion and other systems. HII said Friday the alpha trials on the USS John Finn (DDG 113) is part of a three-round test requirement by the U.S. Navy in support of the […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Launches Helmet-Mounted Display Tool for Soldiers
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    Rockwell Collins Launches Helmet-Mounted Display Tool for Soldiers

    Rockwell Collins has unveiled at Land Forces 2016 exhibition in Adelaide, Australia, a new helmet-mounted display system that works to provide situational awareness functionality for warfighters. The company’s Integrated Digital Vision System is designed to combine mission data from command center, unmanned aerial systems and other sources with multispectral vision sensors to provide soldiers a view […] More

  • MBDA to Help Build Qatar’s Coastal Defense System
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    MBDA to Help Build Qatar’s Coastal Defense System

    MBDA has secured a contract of an undisclosed value to build a coastal defense system that will work to help Qatar’s navy defend territorial waters against hostile ships. The system will be designed to deploy an extended-range Marte missile and an Exocet MM40 Block 3 missile as well as feature autonomous radar mode and data-linking to a higher level within a coastal surveillance network, MBDA said […] More

  • Mikros to Supply Navy With Combat System Sensor Monitoring Units
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    Mikros to Supply Navy With Combat System Sensor Monitoring Units

    Mikros Systems has received a five-year, $48 million contract to supply Adaptive Diagnostic Electronic Portable Test Distance Support Sensor Suite units and spare parts to the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Friday the company will also perform engineering work on ADSSS units under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Work will occur in various locations across the continental U.S. through September 2021. ADSSS is designed to integrate […] More

  • Honeywell to Build Inertial Navigation Tech for Polish Military
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    Honeywell to Build Inertial Navigation Tech for Polish Military

    Honeywell has been chosen by Polish electronics firm Wojskowe ZakÅ‚ady Elektroniczne to develop inertial navigation technology for Poland’s armed forces. Wojskowe ZakÅ‚ady Elektroniczne will integrate Honeywell’s TALIN navigation system to into Poland’s 96 Rak 120mm mortar turrets and command vehicles as part of a military fleet modernization effort in the country, Honeywell said Thursday. TALIN is built to […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests Hydrocarbon Boost Tech for Air Force; Shawn Phillips Comments
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests Hydrocarbon Boost Tech for Air Force; Shawn Phillips Comments

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has completed a full-scale component test for a rocket engine the company is developing with the U.S. Air Force as part of efforts to end the nation’s reliance on Russian technology for satellite launch missions. The Hydrocarbon Boost Technology Demonstrator, a major component in the Air Force’s Oxygen Rich Staged Combustion engine development initiative, underwent its first full-scale test at 100-percent […] More

  • Boeing to Support Army’s Wideband Satcom Operational Mgmt System
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    Boeing to Support Army’s Wideband Satcom Operational Mgmt System

    Boeing has received a $46.2 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide support for the wideband satellite communications operational management system. The Defense Department said Friday work will occur through Sept. 1, 2021 and that performance locations and funds will be determined with every order. The Army Contracting Command received one offer for the contract through an online […] More

  • Whiting-Turner Contracting to Build Modular Clinics for Navy
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    Whiting-Turner Contracting to Build Modular Clinics for Navy

    Whiting-Turner Contracting has won a $29.4 million contract to construct temporary modular medical or clinical facilities at a U.S. Navy base in Bethesda, Maryland. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will build the healthcare facilities at Naval Support Activity Bethesda to supplement space vacated by a demolition effort. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command received two offers for the […] More

  • Northrop Lands Navy Contract Modification for MK 54 Torpedo Production
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    Northrop Lands Navy Contract Modification for MK 54 Torpedo Production

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a potential two-year, $16.4 million contract modification to continue to produce MK 54 Mod 0 lightweight torpedo array kits for the service branch. The modification exercises the third option year on a previously awarded contract and covers engineering, production support materials, hardware repair services and factory test equipment […] More

  • DRS Wins Data Terminal Set Development Contract From Navy
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    DRS Wins Data Terminal Set Development Contract From Navy

    A DRS Technologies subsidiary has won a potential $22 million contract to develop and produce Link 11 and Link 22 data terminal sets for the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Friday DRS Advanced ISR will also help the military service integrate, test and sustain Link 11 data terminal and Link 22 signal processing controller system for the branch’s command-and-control processor […] More

  • Battelle to Extend Environmental Tech Development, Assessment Support for EPA
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    Battelle to Extend Environmental Tech Development, Assessment Support for EPA

    The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Battelle a potential five-year, $55 million contract for the development and assessment of technologies, processes and tools designed to mitigate pollution as well as restore ecosystems. Battelle said Wednesday it will also continue to help EPA conduct tests and evaluations in an effort to address drinking water problems, aging water infrastructure and greenhouse emissions in […] More