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  • Joyce Mullen: Dell ‘Internet of Things’ Lab Built for Customer Testing
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    Joyce Mullen: Dell ‘Internet of Things’ Lab Built for Customer Testing

    Dell‘s OEM Solutions division has partnered with Intel to open the new Dell Internet of Things Lab in Santa Clara, California as the companies aim to help customers develop and test IoT solutions. Dell said Tuesday the lab is intended to help customers explore IoT technologies in order to apply the tools to manage business outcomes and time-to-market for products and services. “This lab […] More

  • David Thompson: Orbital to Build Ka-band Satcom for Middle Eastern Operator
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    David Thompson: Orbital to Build Ka-band Satcom for Middle Eastern Operator

    Orbital Sciences has won a contract of an undisclosed value to manufacture a lightweight broadband communications satellite for United Arab Emirates-based satcom operator Yahsat. The Al Yah satellite will be built on the Orbital GEOStar-3 infrastructure and work to provide Ka-band coverage for Yahsat customers throughout Brazil and Africa, Orbital said Wednesday. Yahsat plans to […] More

  • Rick Ambrose: New Lockheed Martin COE to Offer Design-to-Production Work on Optical Systems
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    Rick Ambrose: New Lockheed Martin COE to Offer Design-to-Production Work on Optical Systems

    Lockheed Martin has opened a new optical systems technology center in Palo Alto, California, that will house the company’s design teams and partners from industry and research universities who are collaborating on optical payload technologies. “The Optical Payload Center of Excellence will benefit from the digital tapestry that links all stages of development, from initial concept and design […] More

  • Northrop to Build Wideband Digital Antenna for DARPA; William Phillips Comments
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    Northrop to Build Wideband Digital Antenna for DARPA; William Phillips Comments

    Northrop Grumman Corp. has been awarded an $11.9 million contract to build and demonstrate a wideband digital antenna technology for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s radio frequency sensors. The company will work with Semtech and Systems & Technology Research to design a reusable digital common module under the first phase of the Arrays on Commercial Timescales program, Northrop said Wednesday. DARPA wants the common […] More

  • Unisys’ Colin Lacey Describes Phases for Cloud Strategy Implementation
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    Unisys’ Colin Lacey Describes Phases for Cloud Strategy Implementation

    Colin Lacey, vice president of data center transformation services at Unisys, has outlined several recommended steps for enterprises to implement their cloud strategy. Lacey wrote in a post published Tuesday that Unisys begins its approach by developing a plan and evaluating the workloads through technical, business requirement and compliance reviews. “Moving along the curve, once you […] More

  • Paul Strasser: PPC to Continue IT Support for DOJ Victim Notification System
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    Paul Strasser: PPC to Continue IT Support for DOJ Victim Notification System

    The Project Performance Company has signed a potential five-year, $17.5 million contract with the Justice Department to provide operation, maintenance and other IT support services for the department’s Victim Notification System. PPC CEO Paul Strasser said Tuesday the contract continues the company’s support for the automated notification system, which began in 2009. This follow-on contract also covers program management, database administration, help desk […] More

  • Amit Yoran: RSA’s New Integrated Platform Built for Compliance, Security Needs
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    Amit Yoran: RSA’s New Integrated Platform Built for Compliance, Security Needs

    RSA, the security division of EMC, has launched the RSA Advanced Security Operations Center Solution to combinee several technologies that are designed to help enterprises detect emerging threats and mitigate network breaches. EMC said Tuesday that the suite integrates RSA Security Analytics, RSA ECAT, RSA Archer Security Operations Management and RSA Advanced Cyber Defense Practice training and services. The platform works […] More

  • Xerox Unveils Midas+ Healthcare Management, Analytics Tool
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    Xerox Unveils Midas+ Healthcare Management, Analytics Tool

    Midas+, a Xerox company, has launched an analytics and workflow software that examines large amounts of patient-care information to provide healthcare providers insights on care recommendations. The Juvo Care Performance Platform works to suggest possible patient outcomes and trends based on data analysis from hospitals, national claims and continuity-of-care documents, Xerox said Thursday. Besides real-time analytics, Juvo also […] More

  • Raytheon, Navy Complete Tomahawk Missile Flight Tests; Mike Jarrett Comments
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    Raytheon, Navy Complete Tomahawk Missile Flight Tests; Mike Jarrett Comments

    Raytheon and the U.S. Navy have evaluated new software upgrades to the Tomahawk weapon system in a series of flight tests. The Tomahawk Block IV engaged its target at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake weapons range after it launched from the USS Hampton submarine and redirected by a strike controller from a maritime command center, Raytheon said Wednesday. The […] More

  • NIH Allergy Institute Taps Emergent BioSolutions for Anthrax Vaccine Dry Formulation; Adam Havey Comments
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    NIH Allergy Institute Taps Emergent BioSolutions for Anthrax Vaccine Dry Formulation; Adam Havey Comments

    Emergent BioSolutions has landed a five-year, $29 million contract with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to make a dry formulation of the NuThrax anthrax vaccine candidate in an effort to facilitate shipping and storage at normal temperatures. The company said Monday the contract covers manufacturing, non-clinical processes and application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Investigational New Drug status. “We […] More

  • IDC’s Melanie Posey Outlines Considerations for Subscription-Based Software Adoption
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    IDC’s Melanie Posey Outlines Considerations for Subscription-Based Software Adoption

    Melanie Posey, research vice president of IDC’s hosting and managed network services, has described three factors she believes enterprises should consider before adopting subscription-based software offerings. Posey wrote in a blog post published Monday that enterprises must conduct audit on the software they are buying to allocate workloads between perpetual license and subscription models. “There are […] More

  • Study: Demand for Military Electro-Optical IR Tech to Increase Over Next Decade
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    Study: Demand for Military Electro-Optical IR Tech to Increase Over Next Decade

    An ASDReports.com report estimates the market value for military electro-optical and infrared systems stands at about $8.38 billion and would continue to grow for the next 10 years. The business intelligence firm said Monday the sector could enjoy steady growth through 2024 due to the growing military applications of EO/IR technology. Adoption of smaller and […] More