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  • Harris to Build Wideband Tactical Radios for Central Asian Client; Brendan O’Connell Comments
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    Harris to Build Wideband Tactical Radios for Central Asian Client; Brendan O’Connell Comments

    Harris Corp. has won an $18 million contract to supply Falcon III wideband tactical radios to a nation client in Central Asia. The customer plans to deploy the RF-7800H high-frequency manpack and the RF-7850M multiband handheld radios to its frontline forces through the radio systems, Harris said Thursday. “Harris radios deliver highly reliable and secure communications for critical missions on the battlefield,” said […] More

  • Northrop’s Jeffrey Palombo Showcases Open-Architecture Avionics System
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    Northrop’s Jeffrey Palombo Showcases Open-Architecture Avionics System

    Northrop Grumman has exhibited an integrated avionics system built to help develop configurable aircraft in the future. The company showcased its newest avionics equipment and highlighted other C4ISR initiatives during a National Press Club briefing, Northrop said Wednesday. Jeffrey Palombo, vice president and general manager of Northrop’s land and self protection systems division, said airplanes need open architecture design of sensors, surveillance equipment […] More

  • Boeing, Danish Firms Ink A&D Market Partnership; Debbie Rub Comments
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    Boeing, Danish Firms Ink A&D Market Partnership; Debbie Rub Comments

    Boeing has partnered with six Danish companies to pursue business opportunities in the defense and aerospace industries. Boeing inked agreements with Danish Aerotech, Falck Schmidt Defence Systems, IFAD, Multicut, Systematic and Terma in connection with Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet offering to Denmark, Boeing said Thursday. “The areas of cooperation identified in these agreements draw upon the specialized capabilities of Danish industry to […] More

  • Rich Wronski: Charles River Analytics, Passport Systems to Build Radiation Detection System
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    Rich Wronski: Charles River Analytics, Passport Systems to Build Radiation Detection System

    Charles River Analytics and Passport Systems will support the Radiation Awareness and Interdiction Network Advanced Technology Demonstration program of the Department of Homeland Security‘s Domestic Nuclear Detection Office under a potential $6.9 million contract. DHS/DNDO awarded Passport Systems the contract on the program’s preliminary design phase through February 2015, the companies said Wednesday. Rich Wronski, vice president of Charles River […] More

  • MarketsandMarkets: Demand for Power Boats to Drive Marine Composites Market Growth
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    MarketsandMarkets: Demand for Power Boats to Drive Marine Composites Market Growth

    MarketsandMarkets predicts the marine composites market will rise in value to $4.97 billion over the next five years due to increases in demand for high-speed boats, fuel-efficient vehicles and design flexibility. The firm said Tuesday that the costs of carbon fiber, styrene regulations and potential issues with the reparability and recyclability of composites could hinder further growth in the market. The report also […] More

  • Pat Calhoun: McAfee Report Shows Trade-Off Between Network Security, Performance
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    Pat Calhoun: McAfee Report Shows Trade-Off Between Network Security, Performance

    A recent McAfee report says that a majority of information technology professionals surveyed noted security as the focus of their companies’ network design, but some forego security functions in order to emphasize network performance. The company said Wednesday the “Network Performance and Security” report showed the challenges that IT organizations face in balancing network security and performance. “It is unfortunate that turning off […] More

  • KCG’s Scott Ackerman: Organizations Look to Intell-Driven Mobile Security Approach
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    KCG’s Scott Ackerman: Organizations Look to Intell-Driven Mobile Security Approach

    Scott Ackerman, vice president of civilian programs and technology partnerships at Knowledge Consulting Group, says organizations are adopting an intelligence-driven approach to the security of devices amid the rise of Internet of Things. Ackerman wrote Friday that IoT is causing enterprises to expand the scope of security in a growing ecosystem of “mobile devices and applications that must connect to […] More

  • Rick Nelson: Raytheon, L-3 Combine Tech in Laser-Guided Remote Weapon System
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    Rick Nelson: Raytheon, L-3 Combine Tech in Laser-Guided Remote Weapon System

    Raytheon and L-3 Communications have completed a new test on the TALON Rocket Remote Weapon System to demonstrate the target positioning and engagement functions of this laser-guided defense system for small ships. Rick Nelson, vice president of Raytheon’s naval and area mission defense products, said Wednesday TALON RRWS combines the uses of the TALON laser-guided rocket and L-3’s Advanced Remote Weapon […] More

  • Rick Ambrose: New Lockheed Commercial Space HQ in Denver Eyes Industry Support
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    Rick Ambrose: New Lockheed Commercial Space HQ in Denver Eyes Industry Support

    Lockheed Martin‘s Rick Ambrose and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper led the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the company’s new commercial space business headquarters in Denver this week after a transition from the previous headquarters in Pennsylvania. Lockheed said Wednesday the new office will house its program management, engineering and A2100 satellite operations, which deliver mobile and broadband communications services to global commercial clients. “Colorado […] More

  • Janet Koenig: Cubic to Add Payment Security Tool in LA County’s E-Ticketing System
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    Janet Koenig: Cubic to Add Payment Security Tool in LA County’s E-Ticketing System

    Cubic Transporation Systems has received a $9 million contract to update hardware and software on the electronic card ticketing system for public transit services within Los Angeles County. The company will intergrate a technology for securing consumers’ payment card information into the county’s TAP automated fare collection system, Cubic said Wednesday. “Today, merchants accepting credit […] More

  • Carson Zimmerman: MITRE Proposes Threat-Based Defense for Government, Commercial Networks
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    Carson Zimmerman: MITRE Proposes Threat-Based Defense for Government, Commercial Networks

    Carson Zimmerman, a MITRE principal cybersecurity engineer, has written a book intended to help government, academic and commercial organizations adopt strategies to defend their cyber-dependent information technology systems. He discussed the motivations behind his book “Ten Strategies of a World-Class Cybersecurity Operations Center” in a question-and-answer session that was produced as part of the company’s […] More

  • Insitu Refreshes ScanEagle UAV Platform; Ryan Hartman Comments
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    Insitu Refreshes ScanEagle UAV Platform; Ryan Hartman Comments

    Insitu, a Boeing subsidiary, has upgraded its ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle platform. ScanEagle 2 features a reciprocating internal combustion propulsion system that is built for small UAS, Insitu said Wednesday. “ScanEagle 2 will shepherd us into the next two decades as we focus on reliability and affordability and enter the civil/commercial market,” said Ryan Hartman, Insitu president and […] More