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Gartner has predicted in a forecast that global spending on information security will reach $76.9 billion by 2015, up 7.9 percent from the firm’s recorded figure for 2014, George Koroneos of Verizon said Tuesday. The research firm said at a summit in Australia that businesses are increasing their information security investments due to the rise in adoption of cloud […] More
Battelle has been awarded a nearly $6 million contract to provide technical support services for the Environmental Protection Agency‘s project to restore ocean and coastal environments in the U.S. Battelle scientists and engineers will work with the EPA’s oceans and coastal protection division for the next five years to conduct research and strategic planning in several watersheds across the […] More
Mapp Biopharmaceutical has landed an 18-month, $24.9 million contract with the Department of Health and Human Services to further develop ZMapp, an antibody drug designed to treat the Ebola virus. HHS’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority will provide financial, preclinical and manufacturing support to Mapp with the goal of obtaining U.S. regulatory approval for […] More
Research and Markets projects a 9.7 percent compound annual growth rate for the global smart grid cybersecurity market through 2018 due to what the firm sees as a growing complexity of cyber attacks on smart grid networks. “The security of the smart grid network is a major issue faced by power utilities because there is a frequent exchange of sensitive information […] More
Federal agencies have consistently purchased engineering and technical services, IT and telecom services and automatic data processing software the most during the fourth quarters of the past five fiscal years, reports Deltek‘s John Slye. Slye writes Tuesday that this trend is based on contract records in the Federal Procurement Data System, which show that agencies have allotted their remaining budgets […] More
Research and Markets has released a new report that predicts the military radar global market could reach a total value of $8.4 billion by 2019 from the $6.9 billion recorded in 2012. Increased demands from the army, navy and air force services, as well as emergency responders have spurred the military radar market’s growth worldwide, Research and […] More
Laurence Grayer serves as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for DynCorp International where he manages the company’s in-house legal department. Prior to DynCorp International in 2006, Grayer served as assistant general counsel with the Amalgamated Transit Union and is also a former associate of Hack, Piro, O’Day, Merklinger, Wallace & McKenna. In his […] More
Mark Aslett, CEO of Mercury Systems, predicts the company will be open to acquisitions in the digital signal processing modules market during the next year, the Boston Business Journal reported Tuesday. David Harris writes Aslett said the firm could expand its portfolio by purchasing companies with radio frequency or microwave offerings for electronic warfare. The […] More
Airbus has partnered with South Africa’s National Aerospace Centre to finance a three-year research project on applying hydrogen fuel cell technology to airplanes. The project, which aims to eventually eliminate carbon dioxide emissions and lessen noise and costs in commercial airline operations, was launched at the Hydrogen South Africa Systems Competence Center at the University of […] More
Sameer Bhalotra and Chris Petersen will discuss the impacts of emerging cyber threats on critical infrastructure and commercial systems at a webinar on Sept. 9. Sameer Bhalotra, former senior director for cybersecurity at the White House, and Chris Petersen, chief technology officer and a co-founder of LogRhythm, will also talk about integrating threat intelligence into security analytics to bolster […] More
A Siemens business unit has won an $11 million contract to help the United States Geological Survey implement methods for saving energy and conserving water at three agency-run facilities. USGS and Siemens Government Technologies will execute water and energy efficiency initiatives at the agency’s headquarters in Virginia, environmental science research facility in Missouri and fisheries […] More
Harris Corp. collaborated with eClinicalWorks to implement a unified cloud-based electronic health records infrastructure for 23 detention facilities run by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. The companies deployed the eClinicalWorks-based EHR system with the goal of helping ICE Health Service Corps integrate and exchange medical data of detainees across different locations, eClinicalWorks said […] More
