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Fortinet has established a Network Security Academy in a push to help address a shortage of cybersecurity professionals, San Jose Mercury News reported Tuesday. Pete Carey writes the academy seeks to collaborate with several universities worldwide to train students to thwart sophisticated threats. “We’re going help those students be armed with the necessary skill set, whether they are getting […] More
Ball Aerospace & Technologies has selected satellite component manufacturer Vanguard Space Technologies to produce structures for the NASA Landsat 9 project to collect baseline data for a map of Earth’s land cover. Vanguard will make baseplate structural assemblies and mounting struts for the OLI-2 Instrument that consists of construction, attach points and metallic fits to mount the telescope and other […] More
CTA International, a joint venture between BAE Systems and Nexter Systems, has delivered a new cannon system to the U.K. defense ministry’s Ajax and Warrior vehicle platforms. CTAI handed over the first delivery of 515 40-millimeter cannons that fire cased telescoped ammunition, BAE Systems said Monday. The ammunition is contained in a straight tube and is designed […] More
Seagate Technology and Los Alamos National Laboratory have entered a cooperative research-and-development agreement to study a new storage tier both entities believe could help supercomputers at the lab house data at reduced energy usage rates. Seagate said Monday it will collaborate with LANL to create a power-managed disk and software system and design the technology to archive large volumes […] More
CSSI has received a five-year, $15.8 million task order to help develop and maintain databases and application management tools for the Federal Aviation Administration. The company will work to update the agency’s Simplified Program Information Reporting and Evaluation system used to oversee and manage nearly 200 acquisition programs, CSSI said March 14. “We’re looking forward to […] More
Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory has developed a new technology for first responders to gather information during crisis with the use of public television station frequencies. APL said Monday it created the datacasting tool for the Department of Homeland Security‘s first responder group with the goal to transmit video and other data across a wide area. “Datacasting […] More
Saab has rolled out a three-dimensional naval radar technology the company designed to help maritime users perform air and surface surveillance operations. The Sea Giraffe 1X active electronically scanned array radar is built to integrate with small patrol ships and requires a small number of line-replaceable units and little power to operate, Saab said Tuesday. “Traditionally, smaller patrol […] More
The National Institutes of Health plans to add more vendors to a potential $20 billion small business set-aside contract vehicle that covers information technology support services for NIH and other federal agencies. NIH said March 14 in a FedBizOpps notice it will accept proposals from companies who aim to win positions on the agency’s Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners […] More
The Department of Homeland Security is currently seeking loaned executives to work with its science and technology directorate and provide assessment support and recommendations on the commercialization of research and development efforts. The incumbent or incumbents will be part of integrated product teams in an effort to evaluate the current state of technology transfer and commercialization in the S&T […] More
MobileIron is in the process of obtaining two security certifications for its mobile device management platform, Fedscoop reported Tuesday. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company’s MobileIron Core tool is under review by the National Information Assurance Partnership and the National Security Agency, Greg Otto writes. NIAP — a joint venture of NSA and the National Institute of Standards […] More
Lockheed Martin is in talks with the U.S. and Indian governments to transfer at least some production of F-16 aircraft to India in a bid to address the latter country’s recapitalization requirements for fighter jets, The Hindu newspaper reported Monday. Phil Shaw, head of Lockheed’s Indian unit, confirmed the company’s discussions with both governments and India-based industry partners […] More
Cubic subsidiary TeraLogics has been awarded a $1.4 million Defense Information Systems Agency contract to build on the business unit’s video dissemination services to support U.S. Africa Command‘s airborne, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance requirements. Cubic said Monday TeraLogics will install its Unified Video Dissemination System AISR architecture at the U.S. European Command Defense Enterprise Computing Center in an effort to […] More
