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Defence IQ has released a new report that forecasts the global airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance market to reach $43 billion by 2020. The report indicates that the airborne ISR market sees strong acquisition worldwide and pegs its current value at nearly $20 billion, Defence IQ said Monday. The market’s growth is also attributed to an increase in civil ISR spending, […] More
BAE Systems has rolled out updates to the Royal Air Force’s fighter aircraft, bringing the fleet into operational service. The company said Friday it upgraded the Typhoon fighter’s computing power, weapons systems integration and sensor suites to help RAF achieve its air-to-air and air-to-surface mission requirements. “We have delivered a capability with all the necessary training and support to […] More
Information Builders has integrated its healthcare software application into a NetApp-built data storage product with the goal of helping medical users capture, analyze and store patient information in real time. The unified offering is designed to combine Information Builders’ Omni-Patient enterprise data management platform and NetApp’s flash array storage architecture, Information Builders said Thursday. “Today’s […] More
MITRE has sought to help the aviation community collaborate with the Federal Aviation Administration meet the goals of the Next Generation Air Transportation System program, Aviation Today reported Thursday. Juliet Van Wagenen writes that the company’s Center for Advanced Aviation System Development has released a report to assess the progress of the program based on the FAA’s implementation plan and midterm concept of operations […] More
Boeing has concluded the development and testing phase of a commercial crew transportation system the company built for NASA. The testing represents the final milestone for the the CST-100 spacecraft and Atlas V rocket under Boeing’s four-year agreement with NASA, the space agency said Friday. NASA intends for the spacecraft to transport crew members to the International Space Station […] More
The Department of Homeland Security intends to award a $2 million contract to Implant Sciences Corp. to help the agency build systems for identifying explosives at U.S. airport security checkpoints. DHS aims to bolster air travel safety by developing new tools and methods for explosives trace detection, Implant Sciences said Thursday. “Implant Sciences will work […] More
Boeing‘s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle landed at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California late last week after spending 674 days in orbit and completing its third test mission for the U.S. Air Force. Ken Torok, the company’s director of experimental systems, said Friday the reusable unmanned space plane’s latest experimental mission for the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office brings the program’s total […] More
Grant Thornton moved to expand its healthcare portfolio with the addition of Louis Feuerstein as managing director for audit and healthcare chief for Metro New York and New England. Feuerstein has spent over 30 years managing accounting and consulting services in both healthcare and non-profit organizations, Grant Thornton said Thursday. He will be based in Iselin, […] More
Kevin King of Verizon Enterprise Solutions believes companies should consider security when looking for a service that can interconnect data that resides in multiple cloud environments. King, external communications director at Verizon, said Thursday that one of the reasons why resources are stored in more than one cloud is to safeguard information. “Multicloud environments reduce the risk of […] More
Sevatec will provide business intelligence, data analytics and other support services to the data and business intelligence section of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under an estimated $25 million prime contract. The firm said Friday the contract was awarded through the Chief Information Officer – Solutions and Partners 3 vehicle and includes systems development and architectural support for bolstering the […] More
Mercury Systems will provide technical support for an unnamed company’s naval radar applications under a follow-on task order worth $5.7 million. The work will run for several months and include solutions for digital signal processing systems, the company said Thursday. Brian Hoerl, Mercury vice president of sales, indicated that the new project extends the company’s […] More
Teledyne Technologies will assemble the electrical and fiber optic interconnect of the U.S. Navy‘s submarines under a subcontract from General Dynamics Electric Boat. Teledyne’s oil and gas group will provide materials and hardware engineering support services for 10 ships under the Navy’s Virginia-class submarine program, Teledyne said Thursday. “Working together, our oil & gas companies have demonstrated the ability to develop and manufacture […] More
