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General Dynamics Picks DRS Surveillance Tech for Canada’s Armored Vehicles

General Dynamics‘ Canadian land systems business has awarded DRS Technologies an eight-year, $100 million contract to produce surveillance radars for installation on Canada’s light armored vehicles. DRS will build long-range, mast mounted surveillance systems and operator control stations under the Canadian army’s Light Armored Vehicleâ€“Reconnaissance Surveillance System development initiative, DRS said Tuesday. The company partnered […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 16, 2015, 8:32 am
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Northrop Leases Space at North Dakota Aviation Tech Complex

Northrop Grumman has entered into a lease agreement with Grand Sky Development Corp. to build office and hangar facilities at an aviation business complex being developed in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) said Tuesday construction of a NorthropÂ office building at the Grand Sky Tech Park on the Grand Forks Air Force Base […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 16, 2015, 6:50 am
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SES Receives Additional Satellite Order from US Central Command

SES Government Solutions has received a task order for an undisclosed amount to deliver additional Ku-band satellite services to the U.S. Central Command. The order is for 288 MHz satellite capacity that is designed to help U.S. troops transmit and receive information, SES said Wednesday. The contract contains a one-year base period and four one-year […] More

by Jay Clemens April 16, 2015, 5:43 am
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Lockheed’s Charles Croom: Cybersecurity a ‘Game of Economics’

Lockheed Martin uses computer forensic tools to identify sophisticated threat actors that probe the firm’s cyber networks, FCW reported Tuesday. Sean Lyngaas writes that Lockheed shares threat profiles collected at the company’s security intelligence center in Gaithersburg, Maryland, to the FBI and the U.S. Defense Department. Charles Croom, a vice president at Lockheed’s information systems […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 16, 2015, 5:31 am
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ManTech Unveils New Edition of Malware Analysis Offering; Raj Dodhiawala Comments

A ManTech International Corp. subsidiary has introduced a new version of its automatedÂ malware analysis tool intended to help customers detect malware and comply with data protection rules. ManTech Cyber Solutions International designed the Responder PRO Linux Edition for users to analyze physical memory from Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS servers, ManTech said Wednesday. “The […] More

by Jay Clemens April 16, 2015, 4:44 am
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Jonathan Kirchner Joins Globecomm as Corporate Strategy, Product Mgmt SVP; Keith Hall Comments

Jonathan Kirchner, formerly president and chief operating officer of GeoOptics, has moved to Globecomm as senior vice president of corporate strategy and product management. He will report to CEO Keith Hall, with responsibility for the companyâ€™s initiatives to develop global corporate and product strategies, Globecomm said Tuesday. Hall said Kirchnerâ€™s experience would help Globecomm grow […] More

by Neel Mehta April 16, 2015, 12:00 am
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Former Lockheed CTO Ray Johnson Joins QxBranch Board; Michael Brett Comments

Dr. Ray O. Johnson, formerly chief technology officer and senior vice president at Lockheed Martin, has joined Washington-based quantum computing analytics firm QxBranch as a member of the board of directors. “He brings deep insight into the underlying technology, the strategic needs of our customers and research partners, and relationships at the top level of […] More

by Neel Mehta April 16, 2015, 12:00 am
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Mike Petters Nominates Irwin Edenzon for Navy League Nimitz Award

Navy League of the U.S. has presented the 2015 Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Award to retired Irwin Edenzon, president of Ingalls Shipbuilding from 2011 to 2014, citing his decades-long work on sea services for the military branch. Edenzon was nominated for the prize by Mike Petters, president and CEO of Ingalls parent company Huntington […] More

by Neel Mehta April 16, 2015, 12:00 am
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Tetra Tech to Help Develop Sediment Cleanup Plan for Anacostia River

Tetra Tech has been awarded a $35 million contract to help the D.C. Department of Environment assess and remediate contaminated sediments in the Anacostia River. The company said Tuesday it will provide technical support services for the agency’s Cleaner Anacostia River remediation project. Under the contract, Tetra Tech scientists will examine samples of the river’s […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 15, 2015, 1:18 pm
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Cisco, DHL: Internet of Things Carries Potential for Supply Chain, Logistics

CiscoÂ andÂ logistics service provider DHLÂ have released a jointÂ report on trends in the Internet of Things as they pursue a new IoT projectÂ to facilitate near-real-time analytics functionsÂ for supply chain decisions. DHL said WednesdayÂ the “Internet of Things in Logistics” report forecasts that IoT couldÂ haveÂ an $8 trillion value at stake over the next 10 yearsÂ and projectsÂ supply chain and logistics […] More

by Anna Forrester April 15, 2015, 12:58 pm
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Exelis Unveils Small Satellite Imaging Tech Portfolio; Rob Mitrevski Comments

Exelis has introduced a suite of small form factor imaging systems designed to produce high-resolution satellite imagery. The release is part of the company’s push in the intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and analytics market, ExelisÂ said Wednesday. Rob Mitrevski, vice president and general manager of Exelis’ environmental intelligence and integrated sensing solutions business, said the company aims […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 15, 2015, 12:13 pm
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Nadia Short: General Dynamics to Keep Gov’t Cyber Business Focus After Fidelis Sale

General DynamicsÂ plans to continue workÂ its core cyber portfolio for government amid the pending sale of its Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions unit, a General Dynamics executive has told Reuters. “[We]Â are continuing to invest resources in technology development to ensure we deliver resilient, relevant and innovative solutions that support mission needs,” Nadia Short, vice president and general manager […] More

by Anna Forrester April 15, 2015, 11:50 am