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The U.S. Air Force has issued a broad agency announcement for a $9.7 million funding opportunity in support of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Super Hard and Deeply Buried Facility Identification and Characterization program. The BAA posted Tuesday on FedBizOpps stated that the AFRL Information Directorate seeks technologies and techniques for the functional assessment, location and […] More
Orbital ATK will produce composite frames and stringers for installation on Airbus’ A350-1000 aircraft following the expansion of a contract between the two firms on the A350 program. Orbital ATK said Wednesday it currently manufactures composite structures for the A350-900 variant at its commercial aircraft facility in Clearfield, Utah, and has already supplied at least 44,000 components to […] More
Raytheon|Websense and Cylance have partnered to consolidate both companies’ security offerings in an effort to help clients view files that move through their networks. Raytheon|Websense combines its SureView threat protection service with Cylance’s Infinity Engine malware detection technology engine under the partnership, Cylance said Wednesday. “The combination of SureView threat protection and Cylance’s next-generation malware […] More
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a six-year, $28 million logistics contract extension to handle the U.K. armed forces’ military parts. The British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force will continue to use Lockheed’s Joint Asset Management and Engineering Solutions to monitor the status and location of military equipment, the company said Wednesday. “The system […] More
John Zarour, director of state and local government and K-12 at Splunk, wrote in a piece published Wednesday on GCN that agencies should re-evaluate their approach to cybersecurity and invest in modern tools to avoid a breach. Zarour said he believes state and local agencies can also be targets of an attack like the U.S. […] More
A survey report by Intel‘s security business and the Aspen Institute points to a rising demand for public-private partnerships on threat intelligence sharing among information technology decision-makers for critical infrastructure organizations. An article published Tuesday on Cyber Security Dojo reports that 86 percent of the 625 respondents in the multicountry survey call for increased cyber cooperation […] More
CAE has been awarded several contracts worth $89 million combined to provide full-flight simulators and training services for several airlines. The company said Wednesday it will train 100 more cadets for Japan Airlines as part of the extension of an agreement over the Multi-Crew Pilot License First Officer Program. CAE already trains the first batch […] More
SAP has introduced a fresh public service offering in an effort to expand its program meant to help urban governments address citizen needs. Branded as SAP Future Cities, the service is developed to assist city officials worldwide in engaging with the public, collecting tax and revenue, and delivering other services through shared management practices, SAP […] More
A new MarketsandMarkets report predicts that the global threat intelligence security market will climb in value at a compound annual growth rate of 14.3 percent from $3 billion in 2015 to $5.9 billion in 2020. The market research firm said Wednesday the projected growth is due to the increasing number of cyber attacks and the corresponding […] More
CAE has achieved the highest certification for its full-flight simulator from the Federal Aviation Administration and other aviation regulatory bodies in Europe. The FAA, the Directorate General for Civil Aviation in France and the European Aviation Safety Agency granted the Level D qualification to CAE’s A350 XWB full-flight simulator, the company said Tuesday. “Achieving Level […] More
CenturyLink has embarked on multiple data center expansion projects over the past six months in an effort to address an increasing consumer demand for physical and virtual infrastructure services. The company said Wednesday its global data center capacity has increased by 10.8 megawatts to more than 185 megawatts. “Many of our customers are turning to […] More
IBM has invested in several educational programs meant to encourage university students, entrepreneurs and information technology professionals to learn how to develop cloud computing applications with IBM technology. The company said Wednesday it launched the Academic Initiative for Cloud to incorporate the Bluemix platform into cloud development curricula at 210 universities worldwide. The program offers the universities access to IBM’s instructional materials, […] More
