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TeleCommunication Systems said it plans to lend its navigation and automotive telematics experience to Dallas-based AT&T’s connected car initiative. Under the agreement, the company will release its TCS Location ToolKit to third-party developers, automakers and mobile operators through the AT&T Drive Studio facility, the company said Sept. 9. The TCS platform offers an integrated in-car […] More

Siemens has won a $648 million contract to build 175 light rail cars for the city of San Francisco’s Muni transit system. The company will build the trains at its Sacramento, California-based plant and deliver the initial lot in 2016, with an option to deliver an additional 85 cars, Siemens said Friday. Siemens will design the light rail cars […] More

Hughes Network Systems will release its latest portable BGAN terminal model in November. Graham Avis, vice president and general manager of Hughes San Diego, said Sept. 9 that the addition of the Hughes 9211-HDR to the BGAN terminal portfolio was precipitated by positive customer response toward an earlier model, the Hughes 9201. The new terminal […] More

A Northrop Grumman-built unmanned aircraft system of the U.S. Navy has arrived at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland after an 11-hour test flight between Palmdale, Calif. and Pax River. The MQ-4C Triton aircraft will go through a series of sensor integration flights after it is outfitted with a sensor system at Pax River,  Northrop said Thursday. A joint team […] More