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A Radiant Insights report says demand for technologies designed to protect information and control data access will drive growth in the biometric systems market over the next five years. The worldwide biometrics industry is projected to have a market value of $16.7 billion by 2019, an increase from the $5.2 billion recorded in 2012, Radiant […] More
IBM has obtained a U.S. patent for a computing engine designed to help organizations secure cross-border transfers of personal information in cloud environments while complying with data transfer laws. The technology is intended to alert enterprise users of any privacy issue when they move data between two countries and to offer possible solutions based on […] More
Lockheed Martin has opened a new innovation center for the research and development of technologies for the U.S. Navy in a push to continue work on new products for the branch. The Surface Navy Innovation Center will serve as a research, development and demonstration facility for industry, government and academia researchers to develop new combat systems, Lockheed said Wednesday. “The SNIC establishes […] More
Leidos has concluded a 42-day test of its maritime autonomy system under the Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The company said Tuesday it equipped a surrogate vessel with the autonomy software and associated sensors to perform maneuvers and ACTUV mission functions to evaluate its compliance with the International Maritime Organization’s collision regulations. Leidos conducted […] More
Boeing is planning to utilize systems engineering controls from military space programs for its $41 billion Ground-based Midcourse Defense system in response to reviews on the design’s reliability, Reuters reported Tuesday. Andrea Shalal writes that the company is coordinating with Missile Defense Agency Director Vice Adm. James Syring to revamp GMD by adopting a “space program” approach. “There’s a higher […] More
Lockheed Martin and Concord Blue have expanded their partnership to build a power plant in Herten, Germany, that will be designed to generate up to five megawatts of biomass electricity. Lockheed said Wednesday it will design, construct and engineer the bioenergy generation facility with the goal of delivering electric power to approximately 5,000 households and […] More
Raytheon and the U.S. Navy have conducted flight tests on a prototype airborne electronic warfare system at the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in California. The Next Generation Jammer, which features an active electronically scanned array radar and digital receiver and techniques generator, was fitted onto a Gulfstream business jet, Raytheon said Wednesday. Travis Slocumb, vice president of electronic warfare systems […] More
Northrop Grumman has unveiled a new cybersecurity innovation facility that will develop tools and collaborative programs to help organizations address computer security risks. The Advanced Cyber Technology Center aims to connect Northrop technologists and partners worldwide to bring new cyber defense offerings in the market, Northrop said Wednesday. Executives discussed the cybersecurity hub’s goals during […] More
A Raytheon-made computer program has used data from the U.S. Navy‘s air and missile defense radar system to detect a target during an anti-air warfare simulation. The demonstration was part of a software build assessment under the Navy AMDR program and sought to exhibit the company’s software development model, Raytheon said Monday. “By leveraging the […] More
Wayne Bobby, vice president of federal government solutions at Infor, believes predictive analytics software can help agencies find the right talent to succeed retiring federal workers and to fill critical roles. Bobby writes in an FCW article published Tuesday that analytics-based talent science technology is designed for human resources personnel to assess cognitive, behavioral and […] More
SGIÂ will provide its high-performance computing products to support the climate research and analysis activities of NASA‘s Center for Climate Simulation at Goddard Space Flight Center. The company said Monday NCCS has replaced some portions of its Discover supercomputer with SGI Rackable clusters to process weather and climate simulation data at a speed of 1.9 petaflops. […] More
IBM has landed a five-year contract to help Fire & Rescue New South Wales implement a cloud computing infrastructure intended to consolidate the emergency services agency’s mission-critical workloads. The company said Tuesday it will design, build and operate an information technology-as-a-service platform for FRNSW, as well as migrate agency systems and applications to IBM Cloud. […] More
