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TechNavio forecasts a 9.86 percent compound annual growth rate for the global homeland security market from 2014 through 2019 as public sector demand for identification and security checking systems is poised to increase. TechNavio’s new report calculated the market size for the forecast period by considering revenues generated from six segments: border, aviation and maritime security, […] More

ASDReports projects communication equipment to dominate the air traffic control equipment market between 2014 and 2020 and expects China to hold the biggest market share throughout the forecasted period. The report predicts the construction of new airports, airport upgrades, increase in passenger and freight traffic, escalating aircraft movements, technological advancements and safety requirements to drive the market […] More

A Research and Markets report predicts the global market for managed data storage, backup and archiving services will grow at a 37.96 percent compound annual growth rate from 2015 to 2019. The research firm said Friday the storage-as-a-service model is designed to help organizations recover enterprise data and ensure business continuity in the event of […] More

The General Services Administration has released a draft request for proposals on the Network Services 2020 strategy that covers voice, data, cloud, wireless, contact center, colocated data center, commercial satellite communications and managed services, FCW reported Sunday. NS2020 would replace the Networx contract and would serve as a strategic sourcing vehicle for telecommunications and information technology services, the report said. The Enterprise Infrastructure […] More

Engility Holdings aims to step up pursuit of federal government contracts with its acquisition of TASC, the Washington Post reported Sunday. “We now have the gravitas to go after any bid,” Tony Smeraglinolo, Engility CEO and an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 list for 2015, told The Post. “To win work in this environment, you […] More

The U.S. Air Force‘s Space and Missile Systems Center may open competition this spring for 28 commercial launches of military and intelligence satellites to bolster the use of U.S.-made rocket engines, Reuters reported Saturday. Andrea Shalal writes that both the government and private sector will fund the potential program, which aims to launch the first satellite by 2022. The effort […] More

Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) will engineer and configure the Aegis fleet for the U.S. Navy and overseas customers through the foreign military sale program under a potential $26,212,923 contract. The company will provide engineering analysis, enterprise configuration management, training systems, systems engineering and information assurance services for the weapon system, the Defense Department […] More

IBM wants its big data and analytics, security, mobile and cloud businesses to generate a combined annual revenue of as much as $40 billion by 2018, Reuters reported Thursday. Bill Rigby writes those businesses accounted for 27 percent of the company’s overall $93 billion in sales during its fiscal 2014 year. IBM executives disclosed the […] More

Engility Holdings CEO Tony Smeraglinolo has said his company and TASC will work to communicate employees and customers over the next two-to-three months in an effort to help the integration of both firms run smoothly in an interview with Washington Technology published Thursday. Engility wrapped up its $1.3 billion acquisition of TASC on Thursday and the combined firm […] More

DRS Technologies has received a contract to manufacture tactical voice switching systems and terminals for integration into New Zealand’s Anzac-class frigates. DRS serves as the primary subcontractor to Lockheed Martin under the Royal New Zealand Navy’s vessels communications modernization initiative, DRS said Wednesday. Steve Zuber, vice president and general manager of DRS Technologies’ Canadian subsidiary, […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking proposals for the development of new  sensor systems that can identify and track air, surface and subsurface targets. DARPA released a presolicitation Tuesday for the unmanned sensor systems for Arctic operations such as delivery and data exfiltration. The agency wants platforms that it can deploy above the Arctic […] More

DigitalGlobe has partnered with the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs in utilizing earth observation technologies in support of U.N. social, economic and scientific development programs for developing countries. The memorandum of understanding covers the development of a web-based platform to enable access to catalogs of satellite images and data and analytical services, DigitalGlobe said Thursday. “The […] More