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  • AFRL Calls for New High-Power Electromagnetic Tech Ideas
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    AFRL Calls for New High-Power Electromagnetic Tech Ideas

    The Air Force Research Laboratory is seeking ideas from vendors on how to integrate high-powered microwave technology into cyber and electronic warfare operations, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Wednesday. John Keller writes the U.S. Air Force plans to award up to $10 million in task order contracts for research, development, analysis and demonstration of High Power Electromagnetics […] More

  • Army Seeks Info on Consortium for Development of Vehicle Cyber Defense Tools
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    Army Seeks Info on Consortium for Development of Vehicle Cyber Defense Tools

    The U.S. Army Contracting Command has issued a request for information on a consortium with the capability to research and develop prototypes of cyber platforms designed to protect vehicles from cyber attacks. The service branch said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Dec. 29 that the consortium will build prototypes in support of the Tank Automotive […] More

  • Air Force Completes SBIRS Block 10 Ground System Readiness Test
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    Air Force Completes SBIRS Block 10 Ground System Readiness Test

    The U.S. Air Force‘s Remote Sensing Systems Directorate has completed the 14-day Block 10 integrated test and evaluation readiness soak on the Space Based Infrared System‘s ground segment, the service branch reported Jan. 21. The directorate conducted the test at Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado beginning Jan. 5 to check the system’s readiness and […] More

  • Navy Taps Textron Subsidiary to Update EW Systems Integration Testbed
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    Navy Taps Textron Subsidiary to Update EW Systems Integration Testbed

    A subsidiary of Textron (NYSE: TXT) has received a potential five-year, $49.8 million contract to modernize a technology platform that the U.S. Navy uses to conduct electronic warfare systems integration tests. AAI Corp. will perform EW systems integration test environment upgrades for the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division’s electronic combat simulation and evaluation laboratory, the Defense Department said […] More

  • James Williamson: Lockheed Enters Tech Partnership With British Air Traffic Mgmt Firm
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    James Williamson: Lockheed Enters Tech Partnership With British Air Traffic Mgmt Firm

    NATS has chosen Lockheed Martin as a systems integration partner as the companies seek to explore new air traffic management technology services for the British aviation market. Lockheed said Thursday it will help the British company to identify, integrate and implement service offerings based on concepts from the Single European Sky ATM Research initiative. “The program to deploy […] More

  • Vishal Chawla Joins Grant Thornton’s Cyber Risk Advisory Practice as Managing Principal
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    Vishal Chawla Joins Grant Thornton’s Cyber Risk Advisory Practice as Managing Principal

    Vishal Chawla, a nearly 12-year veteran of Deloitte, has been appointed managing principal of the cyber risk advisory services practice at Grant Thornton. Grant Thornton said Thursday that Chawla will be based at a company office in McLean, Virginia, and work with clients across the U.S. “Cybersecurity threats are growing, the industry is ever-changing, and Vishal joins […] More

  • Smiths Detection to Build Radiation ID System for DHS; Stephen Esposito Comments
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    Smiths Detection to Build Radiation ID System for DHS; Stephen Esposito Comments

    Smiths Detection has been awarded a five-year, $1.27 million contract to supply a radiation detection system to the Department of Homeland Security. The company will deliver its RadSeeker handheld radioisotope detector and identifier to DHS’ Domestic Nuclear Detection Office under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, Smiths Detection said Wednesday. “Under a competitively-awarded contract RadSeeker was developed in cooperation with the […] More

  • USDA Awards Marketing Strategic Plan Devt Contract to SAMS
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    USDA Awards Marketing Strategic Plan Devt Contract to SAMS

    Strategy and Management Services has been awarded a contract to provide support to the Agriculture Department’s Agricultural Marketing Service, Dairy Programs. The company said Wednesday the contract includes the development and execution of a strategic plan to augment the marketing of milk and dairy products in the country. SAMS will conduct a comparative analysis of the […] More

  • Inmarsat Obtains UAE Approval for Mobile Satcom Service Offering
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    Inmarsat Obtains UAE Approval for Mobile Satcom Service Offering

    Inmarsat has obtained a license from a United Arab Emirates-based telecommunications regulator to market the company’s mobile communication satellite service offering to the region’s public and private sectors. The General Authority for Regulating the Telecommunication Sector granted the public satellite service license to Inmarsat, the company said Wednesday. A license signing ceremony occurred at the UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi. […] More

  • NIST Seeks Public Input on Randomness in Data Encryption; Elaine Barker Comments
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    NIST Seeks Public Input on Randomness in Data Encryption; Elaine Barker Comments

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released the second draft of a document that aims to help computer security professionals assess whether an entropy source of randomness is capable to protect sensitive information. NIST will accept public comments on the latest draft of its publication “Recommendation for the Entropy Sources Used for Random […] More

  • Intelsat Launches Boeing-Built Comms Satellite
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    Intelsat Launches Boeing-Built Comms Satellite

    A telecommunications satellite that Boeing built for Intelsat lifted off Wednesday from a French Guiana spaceport aboard an Ariane 5 rocket. Intelsat 29e launched into space at 6:20 p.m. Eastern Time and began to transmit initial signals to a ground station nearly 40 minutes after liftoff, Intelsat said Wednesday. It is the first satellite in Intelsat’s EpicNG constellation […] More

  • CenturyLink Lands DISA Network Services Contract; Tim Meehan Comments
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    CenturyLink Lands DISA Network Services Contract; Tim Meehan Comments

    CenturyLink has won four task orders worth $10 million combined from the Defense Information Systems Agency to supply network and data transmission services to Defense Information Systems Network users in various regions across the U.S. The company will deliver Ethernet private line and Internet Protocol services to support networks in Colorado, Virginia, Alabama and Nebraska through […] More