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Deloitte has become the latest company to join the Industrial Internet Consortium, a group dedicated to push the possibilities the Internet of Things can bring to the market sector. The company said Thursday that it aims to bring value to members and industry with unique insights on how to tap IoT technologies to innovate, create savings […] More
Information Builders and Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions have forged a partnership in which Arrow will market Information Builders’ business intelligence service offering. The business computing provider will distribute Information Builders’ WebFOCUS Express offering, Information Builders said Wednesday. Gerald Cohen, president and CEO of Information Builders, said the companies intend for the partnership “to extend the […] More
Airbus‘ defense and space division has completed a demonstration of its SONEX-P system that the company built for airport authorities, law enforcement units and homeland security agencies to use to detect and identify explosives, chemical and other airport threats. Michael Cosentino, president of Airbus Defense and Space, said Thursday that the auto-detection system aims to provide greater safety for […] More
Juniper Research has released a forecast report that projects the location-based services market to grow to a total revenue of $43.3 billion by 2019 from the approximately $12.2 billion recorded in 2014. Context aware ad-supported apps will drive more than two-thirds of the mobile context and location services market’s revenues by 2019, Juniper Research said Thursday. Local search apps […] More
Redstone Defense Systems has selected Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) to modernize the digital cockpit of the U.S. Army‘s new fleet of Black Hawk helicopters. Northrop will work to produce and integrate the avionics system of UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters in order to replace analog gauges of the legacy model, Northrop said Friday. “We are committed to this […] More
Lockheed Martin has selected Apptricity’s software product to help managed assets and work orders at C130J Super Hercules facilities. The software is built to automate asset tracking of maintenance equipment and hardware and computers for aircrew training using RFID applications and other technologies, Apptricity said Thursday. This includes management tools for supply chain operations such as inventory […] More
DRS Technologies‘ Signal Solutions segment will unveil the Polaris radio frequency tuner, which will serve cognitive radio networks and other commercial applications, at the company’s 37th annual SIGINT Technology Exposition in September. DRS said Wednesday the VHF/UHF tuner provides capabilities for spectrum monitoring and RF interference detection, beam forming, signal intelligence and wideband spectral sensing. Kerry Rye, director of […] More
The Federal Aviation Administration has approved an Avionica-made satellite data link platform for installation on Boeing 777 commercial planes. Avionica said Thursday it obtained an FAA supplemental type certificate for the company’s Iridium-based satLINK MAX flight communications technology. The clearance indicates that Avionica’s platform meets RTCA/DO-262A design standards for aircraft voice and data systems designed […] More
Interactive Intelligence Group has obtained a certification from the Joint Interoperability Test Command for the companys Internet protocol-based communications software offering. BROOKMAN LLC assisted Interactive Intelligence in the certification process for the fourth version of its Customer Interaction Center suite’s sixth update, Interactive Intelligence said Thursday. “CIC’s JITC certification helps government agencies speed sales cycles […] More
General Dynamics C4 Systems has completed a 2,000-mile transmission test between Phoenix and Taunton, Massachusettsby using two-channel AN/PRC-155 manpack radios to communicate the U.S. Navy‘s Mobile User Objective System satellite communications system. Chris Marzilli, the C4 systems unit’s president, said Wednesday that the test also sought to demonstrate how the handheld PRC-154A Rifleman radios could connect through the system for platoon-level communications. During the […] More
Northrop Grumman‘s Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft has achieved a milestone by completing 100 southwest Asian missions for the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force 69th Reconnaissance Group has extended the RQ-4 drone’s operational area to the Pacific region, Northrop said Thursday. Global Hawk is built with a multi-platform sensor technology that works to locate […] More
Aerojet Rocketdyne has completed a 73-second hot-fire static test on a solid propellant rocket motor for its Low Earth Orbiting Nanosatellite Integrated Defense Autonomous System and generated a thrust force of almost 300,000 lbf. The LEO-46 solid rocket motor is the first stage of Aerojet Rocketdyne’s propulsion system for the Super Strypi launch vehicle, the company said Wednesday. […] More
