Carbon Black and the electronics systems development division of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center have entered a cooperative research and development agreement to strengthen cybersecurity at the Hanscom Air Force Base Collaboration and Innovation Center. The U.S. Air Force said Wednesday that the agreement provides an opportunity for Carbon Black to deploy its endpoint security […] More

Blackboard has launched its learning management system in Amazon Web Services‘ GovCloud (US) region in a push to help government agencies manage online learning programs in a cloud environment. Washington, D.C.-based Blackboard said Monday the availability of Blackboard Learn on AWS GovCloud will support Blackboard’s efforts to obtain Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program accreditation. Blackboard Learn is designed to provide virtual learning support […] More

BlackBerry has obtained certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to provide its cloud-based crisis communication service to federal agencies. The company said Tuesday its AtHoc software-as-a-service offering received FedRAMP authorization through the sponsorship of the Federal Aviation Administration. The U.S. Army also granted AtHoc a certificate of networthiness and authority to operate  in August 2016 to support the […] More

U.S. Army leaders have told House members that one of the service branch’s top modernization priorities is to update the turbine engines of Black Hawk and Apache helicopters, DoD Buzz reported Thursday. The potential $10 billion Improved Turbine Engine Program seeks to replace the T700 family of engines and is one of the reasons behind proposed defense […] More

Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary plans to offer a modified version of the Black Hawk helicopter as a potential replacement for the U.S. Air Force‘s UH-1N Huey aircraft, DoD Buzz reported Wednesday. Oriana Pawlyk writes Sikorsky will pitch its HH-60U platform that is currently part of the Air Force’s inventory to the UH-1N replacement program. The military branch looks to procure 84 new helicopters as part of efforts […] More

Northrop Grumman has collaborated with the U.S. Army and Redstone Defense Systems to conduct the first test flight of a UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter equipped with a digitized cockpit. Northrop said Monday it supplied the Integrated Avionics Suite for the UH-60V modernization program, which seeks to replace the older analog gauges of the Army’s UH-60L Black Hawk fleet with digital electronic instrument displays. Redstone […] More

Poland plans to acquire 16 new helicopters in 2017, including two Sikorsky-made Black Hawk aircraft, to replace the country’s Mil Mi-8, Mi-14 and Mi-17 fleet, Defense News reported Friday. Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz said the Black Hawks could be delivered in March and the next 14 helicopters will be chosen among offers from Lockheed Martin, Leonardo and Airbus, Jaroslaw […] More

Black Box has secured a $15 million contract from the Naval Supply Systems Command to provide consolidated area telephone systems support to the U.S. Navy. The company said Thursday it will help NAVSUP to modernize and sustain the service branch’s telephone systems within San Diego as well as assist in efforts to increase naval communications capacity in the region. “We […] More

Veterans First Initiative and Black Box have received approval from the Office of Small Business Programs to participate in a Defense Department program designed to provide assistance to small disadvantaged businesses. Black Box said Monday that it will look to help Veterans First Initiative compete for prime contract and subcontract awards under individual and project-based agreements […] More

Black Box has secured a $22.7 million contract from the U.S. Army‘s Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems to support a security assistance program of Ukraine’s defense ministry. Black Box said Thursday PEO EIS’ office of Foreign Military Sales for Ukraine’s ministry of defense awarded the contract in support of the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative […] More

BlackMesh has introduced a new cloud platform that focuses on security services as part of efforts to extend technology offerings to the government sector. The company said Tuesday its new government-focused cloud platform is designed to comply with federal and state requirements for data storage and security. The offering also seeks to address various industry compliance standards such […] More

BlackBerry has partnered with Giuliani Partners to offer technology platforms and services that will work to help government and enterprise clients protect data and infrastructure against security breaches. BlackBerry said Thursday its Secure mobile security platform will be the underlying software for Giuliani Partners’ cybersecurity consulting services as part of the partnership. Giuliani Partners seeks to help customers evaluate infrastructure assets, identify potential cybersecurity […] More