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India will begin negotiations with the U.S. government for the purchase of 145 M777 howitzers from BAE Systems under a $493 million foreign military sales contract, Defense World reported Wednesday. Pinaki Bhattacharya writes that India’s defense acquisition council approved the procurement a year after delays due to concerns over cost and requirements. BAE plans to work with a local partner […] More
The Defense Industry Initiative on Business Ethics and Conduct has chosen Health Net Federal Services to join its steering committee to help craft policies aimed at promoting ethical conduct among companies that deliver services and supplies to the U.S. armed forces. Health Net will also join as a member of the working group of DII, which is […] More
Amazon Web Services has unveiled a new cloud program intended to help educators train students on cloud applications. AWS Educate is designed for educators to find cloud-related course content, integrate cloud technology into their curriculum and conduct actual cloud-related training with students, AWS said Thursday. “Based on the feedback and success of our grant recipients and […] More
Dell has expanded its digital business services on Pivotal’s cloud foundry in a move to help public and private sector customers deploy applications on Pivotal’s platform-as-a-service. Clients will work to migrate, develop and integrate applications on the Pivotal cloud foundry in collaboration with Dell, Dell said Tuesday. Raman Sapra, executive director and global head of Dell Digital […] More
A subsidiary of Cubic Corp. has expanded the use of its passenger information technology in the Australian northeastern state of Queensland to enable more commuters to monitor bus and ferry schedules via their mobile devices and transport information displays. Cubic Transportation Systems and Jackie Trad, Queensland deputy premier and minister for transport, introduced the NextBus system […] More
An Intel subsidiary and AlienVault have agreed to exchange cyber-related threat data in order to help enterprise customers avoid security breaches and hacks. Intel Security plans to leverage AlienVault’s crowd-sourced Open Threat Exchange network in conjunction with Intel’s cloud-based Global Threat Intelligence platform to secure client systems, AlienVault said Tuesday. “Our goal for OTX is […] More
LexisNexis‘ legal and professional business unit will deploy the LexisNexis Digital Library to connect New York state’s Unified Court System with digital legal reference materials and tools to manage the library collection. The company said Tuesday LexisNexis Digital Library works as a central electronic platform that supports the virtual circulation of eBooks and other materials. Sean Fitzpatrick, managing director of the North […] More
Boeing is offering its Harpoon Next-Generation missile in response to the U.S. Navy‘s interest in requiring more lethality and range for missiles launched from Littoral Combat Ships and frigates, DoD Buzz reported Tuesday. Kris Osborn writes that the Harpoon Next-Gen uses GPS and inertial navigation guidance systems and can launch from submarines, surface ships, aircraft or a moving land-based platform. “Fundamentally it is […] More
A new report by International Data Corp. states that investments in notebook computers and corporate networks are likely to spur U.S. higher education organizations to spend about $6.6 billion on information technology this year. IDC said Monday the “Pivot Table: U.S. Education IT Spending Guide†forecasts K-12 schools to post $4.7 billion in IT spending this […] More
Carahsoft Technology and AgileCraft have partnered to offer government customers a platform designed to help organizations implement agile strategies in throughout a software development initiative. AgileCraft CEO Steve Elliott said Tuesday that Carahsoft will serve as the master government aggregator for AgileCraft offerings under the companies’ partnership agreement. The AgileCraft platform is designed to allow […] More
Booz Allen Hamilton has launched a program to help the company create and deploy Internet of Things technologies in the areas of security, analytics and mobile devices under the mantra of “build and field.” The company said Tuesday it will work to deliver end-to-end services to address cyber risk and other challenges with the emergence of IoT platforms. “The proliferation of IoT […] More
Vion Corp. has introduced a preconfigured tool designed to help commercial enterprises, government agencies and military branches process, analyze, deploy and secure big data workloads in short amounts of time. The company said Tuesday its DataAdapt Big Data Analytical Platform is equipped with DataAdapt S1000 Rapid Deploy and DataAdapt S2000 CyberSecure programs that work to secure […] More
