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Australia plans to buy eight P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance planes built by Boeing for approximately $4 billion, the Herald Sun reported Friday. Jennifer Rajca writes that the first of the Poseidon aircraft will bee delivered by 2017 and the fleet could be fully-operational by 2021. Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that the purchase is part […] More
Lockheed Martin has updated the processor of its mobile communications platform offering that works to help military users transmit data across multiple networks. The new version of Lockheed’s Whetstone system is built to help soldiers download, process and send terabytes of information when operating in a remote location, Lockheed said Wednesday. Rob Smith, Lockheed IS&GS […] More
Toshiba has unveiled a range of new mobile computers, displays and cloud computing service offerings for healthcare organizations. The Encore and Excite line of tablets are designed to run on both Windows 8 and Android operating systems and seek to help users access data from a picture archiving and communication system, Toshiba said Wednesday. Toshiba […] More
Intel and Microsoft have introduced new analytics and big data management products that were built around the companies’ existing technology offerings, GCN reported Thursday. The website reports Intel developed a software suite for government and commercial organizations to analyze, import and manage volumes of datasets in real time. Intel Data Platform is based on the […] More
LexisNexis and the U.K. government’s archival organization will collaborate to develop tools and methodologies for maintaining, analyzing and interpreting volumes of legislative articles, Legal Futures reported Friday. The Big Data for Law project’s goal to give U.K. professionals access to computing systems and services when undertaking legal research work, according to the article. Legal Futures […] More
Orbital Sciences will launch Skybox Imaging’s imaging and spacecraft into space in late 2015 under a contract of an undisclosed value. The commercial Minotaur-C space launch vehicle will be used to transport six Skybox spacecraft into low-Earth orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Orbital said Thursday. Orbital’s small-class launch vehicles unit within its launch systems group […] More
Cobham Antenna Systems’ microwave antennas unit has launched a dual-polar ,ultra-high-frequency antenna that is built to cover the white space frequency band for antenna operators and installers. The SA11-90-0.6VH/2178 wideband antenna covers the 470 megahertz-to-700 megahertz frequency range that was freed up after some analog television transmissions discontinued, Cobham said Thursday. The antennas are built […] More
Siemens’ healthcare business unit has introduced a new healthcare management platform offering that is intended to help providers fulfill new care and payment requirements of different service models. The CareXcell system contains new technologies designed to help providers manage patient care and monitor risks through an open communication and data sharing platform, Siemens said Thursday. […] More
Northrop Grumman has installed a virtual instance of a common imagery processor in the company’s Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota. The company said Thursday the U.S. Air Force issued a requirement for Global Hawk sensor operators to process and display real-time visual data that is relayed to […] More
Conway Jones Jr., a board member at Concurrent Technologies Corp., has been elected chairman of Alameda County, Calif.’s Veterans Affairs Commission. Jones will run the commission that assists and advise the county’s board of supervisors on needs and issues facing the veterans community, CTC announced Feb. 14. The board plans to build a new $210 million […] More
Rebecca Rhoads, chief information officer and president of the global business services of Raytheon Co., has been inducted into the California State Polytechnic at Pomona, College of Engineering 2014 Hall of Fame. Rhoads was honored Thursday at the university’s National Engineers Week’s Girl Day celebration, Raytheon said Thursday. “If my example and this honor serve for anything, it […] More
DynCorp International raised more than $12,700 in 2013 for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors program by having company employees where red shirts every Friday. TAPS receives a $10 donation for each red polo shirt embroidered with the words “Support the troops- Red Shirt Fridays,” DynCorp said Wednesday. “The Red Shirt Friday campaign has been a great way for […] More
