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Mark Newman, formerly chairman and CEO of DRS Technologies, has joined the board of directors of Mercury Systems. Newman was instrumental in growing the DRS business before Finmeccanica acquired the company for $5.2 billion in 2008, Mercury Systems said Monday. “His tenure in the defense industry and focus on innovation as well as mergers and […] More
Glen Post,  CenturyLink CEO and president, said Tuesday that Ross Garrity, the company’s senior vice president of information technology solutions, will be the interim lead of the global markets group following the retirement of Karen Puckett from the role on Aug. 31. “Ross has over 30 years of IT services experience having served as senior partner […] More
CenturyLink’s Lisa Bruch and AT&T’s Mike Leff both view the General Services Administration’s Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract vehicle as a way to meet changing federal telecommunications requirements, FCW reported Saturday. Bruch, CenturyLink’s vice president of federal sales and marketing, told FCW she thought GSA succeeded in its last effort to manage evolving technological requirements of agencies under […] More
The National Association of Federal Credit Unions Services Corp. has chosen Knowledge Consulting Group to provide cybersecurity consulting and penetration testing services for NAFCU members. KCG said Monday it received the preferred partner designation from NAFCU Services after three committees of credit union CEOs conducted a review. NAFCU Services President Randy Salser said KCG has shown […] More
Northrop Grumman has concluded the development and limited distribution of consolidated shipboard legacy network programs across the fleet of the U.S. Navy. The company said Monday the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services system is designed to streamline logistics and modernize command, control, communications, computers and intelligence programs of submarines, aircraft carriers and other ship classes. “We […] More
Level 3 Communications has moved to thwart what it believes is a form of cyber attack by blocking data traffic to a network of servers in China, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The company detected a group of malicious computers that Level 3 says is responsible for denial-of-service-attacks on various websites, Drew Fitzgerald reports. […] More
Iridium Communications has completed the integration of communication and surveillance payloads with the Iridium NEXT satellite. The company said Monday it will send the satellite with the integrated Aireon-hosted tracking payload for aircraft surveillance to Thales Alenia Space in Cannes, France for final qualification testing. The integrated module is part of the 66 low-Earth orbit satellites that will […] More
France’s military has received a third unmanned Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper from General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance as well as targeting missions. The company said Friday this latest delivery is the third for the French air force and will join the two remotely piloted aircraft currently in service. Frank Pace, president of aircraft […] More
A laboratory run by Lockheed Martin’s Sandia subsidiary and Armed Response Team have collaborated to develop an outdoor security system. Sandia National Laboratories said May 19 it has configured and tested the security system through the state-funded New Mexico Small Business Assistance program, run by the New Mexico legislature in an effort to offer lab support to […] More
Dell has signed an agreement for its digital business services arm to serve as a ThingWorx global system integrator partner in delivering professional and digital services to support applications in the Internet of Things. Dell said Thursday it will provide consulting services to enterprise customers under the ThingWorx System Integrator Program. “Our customers today are seeing […] More
An AtHoc–MDreieck alliance has helped the Mexican government build and implement an emergency communication system to alert residents before an earthquake occurs. The Mexican Seismic Alert System worked to detect the magnitude 5.5 earthquake that hit Oaxaca on April 28 and sent automated alerts through Seismic Alert Radio System receivers and school public address systems, […] More
A General Dynamics subsidiary has secured a $46.4 million contract to help the U.S. Navy plan for upgrade and maintenance work on a Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine during its temporary dry-docking period. The contract, which could reach $259.6 million in total value once the service exercises all options, calls for General Dynamics Electric Boat to conduct modernization […] More
