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  • Ball Aerospace Named Tier 1 Supplier on USAF Superior Supplier Incentive Program
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    Ball Aerospace Named Tier 1 Supplier on USAF Superior Supplier Incentive Program

    Ball Aerospace has ranked as a Tier 1 supplier in the U.S. Air Force‘s Superior Supplier Incentive Program for 2016 in recognition of the company’s work as a prime contractor for the military branch. This is the first time the company qualified for the Air Force’s annual ranking, which evaluates contractors based on three years of contractor performance assessment reports, Ball said Tuesday. […] More

  • SAP NS2’s Mark Testoni to Speak at Cambridge Cyber Summit
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    SAP NS2’s Mark Testoni to Speak at Cambridge Cyber Summit

    Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, will deliver a speech at the one-day Cambridge Cyber Summit, Delawareonline.com reported Wednesday. Jeff Mordock writes the cybersecurity conference will be held on Oct. 5 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and will cover various topics such as cyber attacks, privacy, cyber countermeasures and public-private collaboration. Other speakers at the […] More

  • IT Industry Council Names Public Sector Division’s National Security Chief, Global Policy Managers in Series of Exec Moves
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    IT Industry Council Names Public Sector Division’s National Security Chief, Global Policy Managers in Series of Exec Moves

    The Information Technology Industry Council has named several executives to lead its public sector, environment and sustainability, and global policy teams in an effort to expand ITI’s advocacy programs within the technology industry. ITI said Wednesday Jonathan Clifford, formerly senior policy adviser to Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-New Jersey), will serve as director of national security at ITI’s […] More

  • Australia’s Defense Science & Tech Group, UniSA Partner to Develop Adaptive Tank Camouflage Tech
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    Australia’s Defense Science & Tech Group, UniSA Partner to Develop Adaptive Tank Camouflage Tech

    The Australian defense department’s science and technology group has partnered with the University of South Australia to produce adaptive camouflage cells that work to change tanks’ color patterns to match the environment, The Lead South Australia reported Tuesday. Caleb Radford writes the camouflage cell technology was tested on a tank at the Australian military’s Cultana training facility and the trial results will […] More

  • BAE Co-Hosts UK National Cyber Forensics Competition; Chris Clinton Comments
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    BAE Co-Hosts UK National Cyber Forensics Competition; Chris Clinton Comments

    BAE Systems, Cyber Security Challenge UK and Her Majesty’s Government Communications Centre have partnered to facilitate a competition that challenged participants to analyze a simulated attack on a fictional payment application site. The national cyber forensics competition took place at BAE’s facility in London and was judged by a group of assessors from BAE, HMGCC and various cybersecurity organizations that assessed candidates for potential employment with […] More

  • Vencore Labs Continues ‘Applied’ Research Focus One Year Post-Launch; President Petros Mouchtaris on R&D Collaborations
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    Vencore Labs Continues ‘Applied’ Research Focus One Year Post-Launch; President Petros Mouchtaris on R&D Collaborations

    The mission of Chantilly, Virginia-based contractor Vencore‘s internal technology development and engineering subsidiary remains the same year out from its initial rebrand and relaunch: transformative applied research for organizations in the government, utility and commercial arenas. More than 200 scientists, engineers and analysts now staff the Basking Ridge, New Jersey-headquartered Vencore Labs business and focus its applied research in […] More

  • Northrop Subsidiary Unveils Network-Connected Ship Heading Mgmt System
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    Northrop Subsidiary Unveils Network-Connected Ship Heading Mgmt System

    Northrop Grumman‘s Sperry Marine subsidiary has introduced a network-connected heading management system that can integrate with a wide range of vessels at the ongoing Shipbuilding, Machinery and Maritime trade show in Germany. Northrop said Tuesday CompassNet uses a standard Ethernet technology to link the heading sensors and distribute portion of the heading management system. The platform is designed to operate on commercial ships, cruise liners, survey vessels, military […] More

  • NASA OKs Sept. 8 Launch for Lockheed-Built OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft After Launch Readiness Review
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    NASA OKs Sept. 8 Launch for Lockheed-Built OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft After Launch Readiness Review

    NASA has given the Lockheed Martin-built Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer spacecraft the go-ahead to launch on Sept. 8 after the space vehicle passed a launch readiness evaluation Tuesday, Space News reported. Jeff Foust writes the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is scheduled to take off from Cape Canaveral in Florida onboard the United Launch Alliance-developed Atlas […] More

  • Blue Compass to Facilitate NGA-Sponsored Hackathon Series for Developers
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    Blue Compass to Facilitate NGA-Sponsored Hackathon Series for Developers

    Blue Compass will serve as lead facilitator on a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency-sponsored hackathon series that seeks to foster relationships with software developers and industry in support of NGA programs. The Tysons Corner, Virginia-based company said Friday the competition also aims to promote NGA programs such as the Innovative GEOINT Application Platform Provider project that looks to incentivize app developers […] More

  • Dan Batrack: Tetra Tech to Help NOAA Manage Coastal Resources With Geospatial Tech
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    Dan Batrack: Tetra Tech to Help NOAA Manage Coastal Resources With Geospatial Tech

    Tetra Tech has been awarded a spot on a $49 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide technical geospatial services for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s coastal management program. The company said Tuesday it will collect, analyze and process geospatial data with the use of airborne and bathymetric lidar, satellite imagery and video and acoustic systems in an […] More

  • Report: South Korea Eyes Purchase of Boeing-Built Anti-Submarine Patrol Aircraft
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    Report: South Korea Eyes Purchase of Boeing-Built Anti-Submarine Patrol Aircraft

    South Korea could acquire four Boeing-built P-8 Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft amid North Korea’s continued test firing of submarine-launched ballistic missiles, Korea JoongAng Daily reported Thursday. Jeong Yong-Soo and Kang Jin-Kyu write that the South Korean military considers a possible purchase of maritime patrol aircraft that work to detect North Korean submarines and avoid “surprise” attacks. The report said the current anti-submarine patrol aircraft of South […] More

  • Lockheed Hands 2,000th Air Force JASSM Missile; Jason Denney Comments
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    Lockheed Hands 2,000th Air Force JASSM Missile; Jason Denney Comments

    Lockheed Martin has built and delivered its 2,000th Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile  system to the U.S. Air Force under the company’s lot 12 production contract. The company said Tuesday it began work on batch 12 of baseline JASSM cruise missiles and JASSM-Extended Range missiles in January. Jason Denney, program director of long-range strike systems at Lockheed’s missiles and fire control business, said that U.S. […] More