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  • FireEye, NFCA Launch Threat Intell Sharing Initiative for State Govt
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    FireEye, NFCA Launch Threat Intell Sharing Initiative for State Govt

    FireEye has partnered with the National Fusion Center Association to launch a threat intelligence sharing initiative that will work to provide cyber training and technology to state governments. The company said Thursday the initiative will support state intelligence agencies during cyber crises by sharing actionable intelligence on cyber threats and training cyber analysts. “When you can rely on […] More

  • AtHoc, Esri Form GIS-Based Emergency Communication Tech Partnership
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    AtHoc, Esri Form GIS-Based Emergency Communication Tech Partnership

    AtHoc and Esri have agreed to combine their platforms through a partnership in an effort to facilitate communication during emergencies and natural disasters. AtHoc said Wednesday it will combine its Network Crisis Communication portfolio with Esri’s geographical information system, dubbed ArcGIS. The alliance will offer AtHoc clients access to Esri’s GIS mapping tool designed to help users […] More

  • Technavio: Security Services Market to Grow 10% Through 2019
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    Technavio: Security Services Market to Grow 10% Through 2019

    A new Technavio report says the global market for security services is poised to gain a 10.13 percent year-over-year growth from 2014 to 2019. Technavio analysts observed government and commercial organizations investing in security service offerings to prevent theft of enterprise information and unauthorized data access, ReportBuyer said Thursday. The research firm used revenue data […] More

  • Comtech Subsidiary to Provide RF Equipment for North African Client’s Network Upgrade
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    Comtech Subsidiary to Provide RF Equipment for North African Client’s Network Upgrade

    A subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications will provide satellite modems and radio frequency equipment to a GSM operator in North Africa under a $1 million contract in support of the operator’s network upgrade and expansion efforts. Comtech said Thursday Comtech EF Data will provide Memotec‘s CXU RAN Optimization, CDM-625A Advanced Satellite Modem, DoubleTalk Carrier-in-Carrier bandwidth compression tool and VersaFEC-2 forward […] More

  • Lockheed ATL Provides Socio-Political Data Set to Harvard Dataverse Network
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    Lockheed ATL Provides Socio-Political Data Set to Harvard Dataverse Network

    Lockheed Martin has provided digitized and coded information on world events from March 1995 to March 2014 to the open source Harvard Dataverse Network in support of research efforts on socio-political conflict. The company said Thursday its Advanced Technology Laboratories organization supplied the data gathered from 23 million news stories to help researchers perform forecasting, modeling and longitudinal […] More

  • Lockheed Picks Curtiss-Wright Turret System for British Army Scout Vehicle; David Adams Comments
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    Lockheed Picks Curtiss-Wright Turret System for British Army Scout Vehicle; David Adams Comments

    Curtiss-Wright has been awarded a nearly $49 million contract with Lockheed Martin to produce a turret drive servo system for the British Army‘s new Scout vehicle. Lockheed will use the turret system to stabilize the weapons on the Scout Reconnaissance vehicle, Curtiss-Wright said Thursday. “Curtiss-Wright is proud to have been selected by Lockheed Martin to […] More

  • Air Force Orders Additional Kaman Weapon Fuzes
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    Air Force Orders Additional Kaman Weapon Fuzes

    A Kaman subsidiary has received a $23 million order to provide an undisclosed number of programmable aerial bomb fuzes to the U.S. Air Force. Kaman said Thursday it has produced Joint Programmable Fuze systems for the military branch since 2002. The JPF is designed to integrate with Joint Direct Attack Munition and Paveway guidance kits […] More

  • US Geological Survey Awards Service Support IDIQ to Cherokee Nation Technologies
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    US Geological Survey Awards Service Support IDIQ to Cherokee Nation Technologies

    Cherokee Nation Technologies has been awarded a potential $45 million contract to provide geographic information platforms, research, data analysis, programming and other technical support services for the U.S. Geological Survey’s research centers. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract covers support for USGS’ National Wetlands Research Center, Southwest Ecological Science Center, Coastal and Marine Science Center and State Water Science Centers […] More

  • Forecast International: Naval Radar Systems Market Worth $13B by 2024
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    Forecast International: Naval Radar Systems Market Worth $13B by 2024

    A new Forecast International report predicts the market for maritime radar systems to be worth $13 billion by 2024. Manufacturers could produce at least 1,300 sea-based radar platforms over the next decade, accounting for approximately 67.1 percent market share, the research firm said June 29. The report forecasts that radar platforms for air defense will reach a […] More

  • Unisys Wins Frost & Sullivan Innovation Award for Network Security Tech
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    Unisys Wins Frost & Sullivan Innovation Award for Network Security Tech

    Unisys has won a Frost & Sullivan award for a technology the company designed to secure network endpoints and data in cloud environments. Frost & Sullivan said Thursday it awarded Unisys the market research firm’s 2015 North American Award for New Product Innovation for the technology company’s Stealth security platform. Unisys developed its Stealth product […] More

  • Parsons’ David Sikorski Joins IPFA US Branch Council; Dean Harwood Comments
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    Parsons’ David Sikorski Joins IPFA US Branch Council; Dean Harwood Comments

    David Sikorski, senior bid director for Parsons Enterprises, has joined the International Project Finance Association’s U.S. Branch Council as a member. Sikorski’s three decades of industry experience includes work in delivering transportation projects with focus on public-private partnerships, design-build and program management, Parsons said Thursday. “We congratulate David on his recent council designation,” said Dean […] More

  • Dynamic Aviation to Supply King Air E90 Aircraft for US Forest Service Firefighting Operations
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    Dynamic Aviation to Supply King Air E90 Aircraft for US Forest Service Firefighting Operations

    Dynamic Aviation has started work under a contract to provide a King Air E90 utility aircraft for the U.S. Forest Service. The company said Wednesday Forest Service will use the aircraft over LaGrande, Oregon and Alamogordo, New Mexico during wildfire season. USFS aerial tactical group supervisors on planes direct land-based firefighters to manage wildfires. Virginia-based Dynamic Aviation has at least 140 aircraft and […] More