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Norway’s air force launched four Raytheon-built-air-to-air missiles during a live fire exercise in the Northern part of the country Monday in front of military observers from other countries. All four Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles hit their targets in the sky during the exercise at the Andoya Rocket Range, the company said Monday. Testers fired the […] More

Raytheon has performed the first live fire test for its precision-guided weapon system. The Excalibur S, built with a laser spot tracker, worked to destroy its target following a GPS-guided target detection and laser-designated direct hit, Raytheon said Sunday. Michelle Lohmeier, vice president of Raytheon Missile Systems’ land warfare systems product line, said the laser-guided Excalibur […] More

Raytheon and Thales have entered into a development and production agreement to update the former’s tube-launched, optically tracked, wireless-guided, anti-armor weapon system, with Thales investing $20.2 million for the endeavor. Raytheon said Monday the collaboration will involve 27 months of design and development work and five years of production for two new missile subassemblies to boost system fuze […] More

The advent of the Internet of Things has already generated tons of data that enterprises are struggling to both make sense of and use, Gagan Mehra, Terracotta chief evangelist, wrote on parent company Software AG’s blog. He suggests that in-memory data management tools could help make sense of the high volume in an era where […] More

DigitalGlobe and New Zealand-based systems integration provider Eagle Technology Group have signed a reseller agreement to offer DigitalGlobe’s products and services in the country. Eagle Technology Group also works in Asia-Pacific countries such as Fiji and Papua New Guinea and aims to expand DigitalGlobe’s footprint throughout the APAC region, DigitalGlobe said Thursday. Gary Langford, CEO of Eagle […] More

InEight and SAP will integrate their resources under a global original equipment manufacturer agreement between both companies as they seek to fuse InEight’s industry products with the SAP HANA platform for customers. Global industry business and big data tools provider InEight will have access to other SAP products such as SAP Afaria for mobile device […] More

Exelis has won a $9.6 million contract to develop an air traffic control system for Saudi Arabia’s national guard under a foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. Air Force, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Wednesday. John Keller writes Exelis’ surveillance and reconnaissance systems segment will provide its ground control approach system to the Saudi […] More

Salesforce has introduced its cloud computing service offering for government customers at a recent Salesforce-hosted conference held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Mohana Ravindranath writes that Vivek Kundra, a Salesforce executive vice president, spearheads the company’s push to extend its cloud business into the public sector. “As you […] More

LexisNexis Risk Solutions has introduced a new offering to help clients identify and evaluate potential risks to their businesses. The Business Risk Information tool works to connect public sources, business repositories and patent-pending architecture, LexisNexis said Wednesday. “Now our customers will have greater coverage of smaller businesses and associated people and greater accuracy through our […] More

CAE Inc. has been selected to develop operation support services for Caverton Helicopters’ training center in Africa over a six-year period. CAE will work beginning in mid 2015 to maintain and operate the training facility that is being constructed in Lagos, Nigeria, CAE said Wednesday. “We look forward to continuing to grow our relationship with […] More