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BAE Systems has received a $46 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to continue its support for the operations and maintenance of the Solid State Phased Radar System through 2018. The company said Wednesday the modification adds another year to its 2006 contract and brings the estimated total deal value to $550 million. “Providing missile defense […] More
Retired Army Lt. Gen. Robert Dail, a member of LMI Government Consulting‘s board of directors since 2009, has been inducted into the Defense Logistics Agency Hall of Fame in recognition of his role as former director of the combat logistics support agency. Dail oversaw organizational changes in DLA when the Defense Department implemented the enterprise […] More
A Raytheon|Websense-commissioned survey has found that only 31 percent of enterprise security executives have confidence in the security of their company’s data network infrastructure. Research Now polled 100 U.S. security officers in March and found that only 28 percent think their security metrics communications are effective, Raytheon|Websense said Wednesday. Less than 35 percent of respondents […] More
Lockheed Martin has ordered a set of air combat training systems for the F-35 fighter jet from Cubic under a new low rate initial production contract. Cubic will deliver additional 250 JSF P5 systems to Lockheed under the contract, Cubic said Wednesday. The company will perform engineering work for the training systems in San Diego and Fort Walton Beach, […] More
Microsoft has received additional federal certifications for its Azure Government cloud computing platform after evaluations of the product’s data security features for U.S. public sector organizations. Tom Keane, partner director for Microsoft Azure program management, wrote in a blog post published Tuesday the platform obtained a moderate provisional authority-to-operate status under the Federal Risk and Authorization […] More
Capstone Corp. has been awarded a task order to continue its analysis work on the U.S. Navy’s air and port operations mission requirements. The company will use operations research modeling, simulation and group decision conferencing techniques to carry out the task, Capstone said Monday. “Selection to continue supporting this task reflects the confidence and trust of […] More
Lockheed Martin‘s Skunk Works unit is developing a high-altitude, long-endurance aircraft that would look as an upgraded version of the company’s U-2 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaisance platform, Flightglobal reported Monday. James Drew writes Skunk Works envisions the future RQ-X/UQ-2 having an unmanned and a manned operational mode, an F118 engine and multiple sensors. “Think of […] More
Northrop Grumman has collaborated with Incident Response Technologies to build a new tool for public safety organizations to manage critical situations. IRT said Tuesday that Northrop’s Tactical Incident Management System is based upon IRT’s cloud-based Rhodium incident management software. The platform works to help law enforcement personnel plan, manage and track events as well as […] More
Materion Beryllium & Composites has handed over an initial batch of aluminum-beryllium casting products to Lockheed Martin after the Materion Corp. subsidiary secured first-article inspection approval. Lockheed will integrate the Materion-made AlBeCast aluminum-beryllium components with its Electro-Optical Targeting System onboard F-35 fighter jets, Materion said Tuesday. Lockheed’s EOTS has infrared sensors designed to help F-35 pilots carry out reconnaissance operations […] More
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is requesting information about potential providers of a software-as-a-service platform designed for contact center operations. IRS said Aug. 10 in a FedBizOpps notice that it seeks a vendor who can deliver SaaS that complies with the agency’s information technology security and data privacy policies. The agency also wants to know […] More
Madeline Weiss, director of the Society for Information Management’s Advanced Practices Council, has said the industry group wants a non-government organization to serve as a cyber hub for information sharing practices, FierceGovernmentIT reported Monday. Dibya Sarkar writes the goal is to establish a cybersecurity information center designed to both gather and analyze cyber threat indicators. […] More
A new MarketsandMarkets report predicts that the market for unified-communications-as-a-service will grow at a 10.5-percent compound annual growth rate to reach a market value of $24.88 billion in 2020. The company said Monday the market is currently worth $15.12 billion, driven by the increasing use of communications solutions that integrate desktop, video, voice and messaging applications. According […] More
