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Hitachi Data Systems Federal Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Data Systems, has entered into a distribution partnership with Avnet Government Solutions, a newly formed wholly owned subsidiary of Avnet Technology Solutions.  Throught the partnership, Avnet will provide services to HDS’ partners that include capture assistance, compliance, process management and deployment of converged infrastructure, according to […] More

Pentagon science adviser Howard Meyer has suggested conditions are ripe for the emergence of directed energy weapons as the military is lowering expectations for laser technology and the likelihood of an attack is increasing, Breaking Defense reported Monday. Sydney Freedberg writes Mayer expressed confidence that the Defense Department’s laser weapons system programs will take off by […] More

BAE Systems and Infor have partnered to install and operate the latter’s enterprise resource planning software on U.S. government networks for consolidating an organization’s functions into a single computer system. The partnership covers deployment of the Infor Public Sector (Hansen) suite, Infor ION, Infor Enterprise Asset Management, Infor Lawson and Infor Approva, the companies said Tuesday. “Our relationship with BAE Systems is […] More

Exelis-built technologies for special operations forces are on show at the ongoing 2014 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in Florida. The company aims to showcase systems designed to provide special operators with real-time situational awareness in order to remain ahead of potential threats, Exelis said Monday. “As the tip of the spear in America’s armed […] More

Ball Aerospace & Technologies has received a three-year, $4.3 million contract from NASA to develop a High Spectral Resolution Lidar for aerosols, winds and clouds and design that tool to use the Optical Autocovariance Wind Lidar. The HAWC-OAWL product will work to help scientists determine the effects of particular wind profiles and transport of aerosols and water […] More

Razorsight has signed a multi-year deal to provide cloud-based analytics offerings to an unnamed mobile communications provider. The new client will subscribe to RazorInsights for Marketing applications for predictive analytics, Razorsight said Monday. The mobile services firm provides offers data, voice, video and Internet services. More