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IBM has released findings of a study that indicates the average cost of data breach in 2015 has totaled $3.8 million, up 23 percent from 2013 figures. Ponemon Institute conducted the study over 10 months through interviews of more than 1,500 information technology, compliance and information security professionals from 350 organizations in 11 countries, IBM said. The […] More
Raytheon has inked a 10-year agreement with Kongsberg to extend their collaboration on the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System program and continue work on system performance and capabilities. Raytheon said Monday the combined efforts will include the integration of the Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile – Extended Range with the NASAMS system. Eirik Lie, executive vice pesident of Kongsberg’s defense systems business, […] More
The U.S. Air Force is seeking technical concept papers from vendors as part of the service’s move to develop intelligence and cyber systems. In a broad agency announcement released Wednesday, the Air Force wants companies to submit ideas that address kill chain integration in order to detect threats. The Air Force requires concepts that aim […] More
A Parsons Brinkerhoff-led consortium has won a $700 million rail contract with the California High-Speed Rail Authority, Railway Technology reported Monday. The consortium will work to deliver and manage the high-speed railway project under the program’s first phase, according to the report. Railway Technology reports the contract runs through 2022. Network Rail‘s consulting arm Network Rail […] More
Lockheed Martin plans to hire up to 130 additional workers through 2017 to help facilitate testing and sustainment of Trident II D5 fleet ballistic missile systems that the company has built for the U.S. Navy. The company said Monday it currently employs approximately 500 engineers and technicians at a facility in Cape Canaveral, Florida, to […] More
A KPMG International report says insurers can identify new investment opportunities if they develop innovation strategies and engage in public-private alliances. KPMG said Friday it believes the insurance sector has the potential to help address climate change, disaster and infrastructure management and economic development issues by offering long-term debt financing products. “Insurers will either need […] More
Boeing and Lockheed Martin‘s joint venture United Launch Alliance is seeking a waiver from a federal ban on the use of the Russian-made RD-180 engine for U.S. military satellite launches, Reuters reported Sunday. Andrea Shalal writes ULA wants permission to continue using its Atlas V rockets until it has completed the development of a U.S. […] More
Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications, told investors Wednesday the company wants to insure its upcoming constellation of NEXT satellites against potential operational risks, Space News reported Thursday. “We have to place insurance before launch and we’re in that process right now,†he was quoted as saying. Desch, an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 for […] More
Engility Holdings has assisted the U.S. Navy in a program to demonstrate the automated aerial refueling of an X-47B unmanned aircraft built by Northrop Grumman. The company said Thursday it engineered a navigation software system that worked to help the X-47B maneuver to a fixed position behind an Omega K-707 tanker during a recent demonstration. […] More
The U.S. Justice Department is seeking information on small businesses that can perform a data center colocation of security server racks for the agency’s Amazon Web Services-built cloud platform. DOJ said in a FedBizOpps notice published Thursday it prefers a colocation facility that is located near a FedRAMP-certified AWS GovCloud site in the Seattle metropolitan […] More
AppDynamics has partnered with Promark Technology to offer federal agencies an application performance management platform through the U.S. General Services Administration‘s Schedule 70 program. The partnership is for Promark channel partners to use the company’s existing GSA contract for the distribution AppDynamics‘ Application Intelligence Platform in the government market, AppDynamics said Tuesday. The tool is designed to help […] More
Airbus Defense and Space and Sion Power have agreed to power the Zephyr unmanned aerial vehicle with Sion’s lithium sulfur batteries. Sion will assemble the Li-S battery packs in Tucson Arizona under the three-year agreement, Sion said Wednesday. Sion previously delivered batteries for the Zephyr 7 program. Airbus is acquiring the batteries for the Zephyr 8, […] More
