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  • Lockheed Demos Surface-Launched Anti-Ship Missile Variant
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    Lockheed Demos Surface-Launched Anti-Ship Missile Variant

    Lockheed Martin conducted an initial flight test of a surface-launch variant of its Long Range Anti-Ship Missile Wednesday at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The company said Thursday it used a topside canister with an angled launch platform to deploy the surface-launched LRASM and simulate a ship-launched environment. LRASM, booster adapter and the Mk-114 booster […] More

  • Hortonworks’ Shaun Bierweiler: Open-Source Tech Key to Big Data Mgmt
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    Hortonworks’ Shaun Bierweiler: Open-Source Tech Key to Big Data Mgmt

    Shaun Bierweiler, vice president of public sector at Hortonworks, has said local and state government agencies should adopt open-source technology platforms to handle large volumes of data, StateScoop reported Wednesday. Bierweiler said big data management tools based on open-source work to help government leaders gain access to intelligence data and analytics needed to carry out […] More

  • Lockheed Begins Mobile Rocket Launcher Delivery Under FMS Contract
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    Lockheed Begins Mobile Rocket Launcher Delivery Under FMS Contract

    Lockheed Martin has handed over the first mobile rocket launcher system to the Defense Department under a foreign military sales contract awarded in December 2015. The company produced the launcher and chassis components for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System at its Camden, Arkansas-based facility, Lockheed said Wednesday. The U.S. Army tapped Lockheed to build 12 […] More

  • Accenture Report: First Half of 2017 Saw Increased Use of Deception Tactics, Rise in Ransomware
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    Accenture Report: First Half of 2017 Saw Increased Use of Deception Tactics, Rise in Ransomware

    A new report from Accenture’s security business has found that organizations have experienced a rise in ransomware attacks and use of phishing campaigns and deception tactics such as steganography, anti-analysis code and command-and-control servers during the first half of 2017. The 2017 Cyber Threatscape Report is based on research and analysis conducted by Accenture Security’s iDefense […] More

  • D-Wave to Provide Oak Ridge National Lab Cloud Access to Quantum Computing Platform
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    D-Wave to Provide Oak Ridge National Lab Cloud Access to Quantum Computing Platform

    D-Wave Systems has agreed to provide the Energy Department’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory cloud access to its D-Wave 2000Q quantum computing system in an effort to advance development of hybrid computing applications. D-Wave will collaborate with Tennessee-based ORNL to leverage the quantum computer to help address DOE’s environmental, energy, nuclear and other scientific challenges through […] More

  • BAE Aims to Assess Military Bridging Systems’ Service Life Via Bluetooth-Based Sensor
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    BAE Aims to Assess Military Bridging Systems’ Service Life Via Bluetooth-Based Sensor

    BAE Systems has developed a Bluetooth-based sensor system designed to determine the stress and strain on military bridging platforms. The wireless system uses a set of sensors attached to bridge components to record strain readings for computer analysis and transmit data to warfighters in order to determine bridge parts that need to be replaced or […] More

  • Ex-GSA Officials Tom Sharpe, Kevin Youel Page Establish Consulting Firm Onetegrity
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    Ex-GSA Officials Tom Sharpe, Kevin Youel Page Establish Consulting Firm Onetegrity

    Tom Sharpe, former commissioner of the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service, has established a consulting firm with Kevin Youel Page, former FAS deputy commissioner, FCW reported Tuesday. Sharpe and Page told FCW in an interview that they have registered on the agency’s System for Award Management, established financial operations and held meetings with company executives […] More

  • Sypris Subsidiary Lands Electronic Assembly Production Contracts With Harris
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    Sypris Subsidiary Lands Electronic Assembly Production Contracts With Harris

    Harris has awarded several contracts to a Sypris Solutions subsidiary to build electronic assemblies in support of U.S. military programs and space initiatives. Sypris Electronics will produce and deliver electronic assemblies for two satellite programs designed for use in weather forecasting operations, Sypris said Monday. The first satellite program will work to monitor early storm […] More

  • USCIS Seeks Info on ‘DevSecOps’ Support Sources for Cloud-Based Systems
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    USCIS Seeks Info on ‘DevSecOps’ Support Sources for Cloud-Based Systems

    The Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has asked information on potential vendors that can provide development, security and operations support services, Nextgov reported Monday. USCIS said in a July 12 notice on FedBizOpps it wants information on how companies apply “DevSecOps” to machine learning, analytics, big data and other fields. The […] More

  • Boeing to Deploy Dassault Systems Digital Tool Across Defense, Space Programs
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    Boeing to Deploy Dassault Systems Digital Tool Across Defense, Space Programs

    Boeing will implement a digital platform from Dassault Systemes across defense, space and commercial aviation programs as part of an extended partnership with the latter company. Dassault’s 3DEXPERIENCE platform works to manage product lifecycle and manufacturing operations through process and product simulation and elimination of risks prior to production, Dassault said Tuesday. Boeing will field the […] More

  • Cubic Subsidiary Launches Modules Product Line for Network Communications
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    Cubic Subsidiary Launches Modules Product Line for Network Communications

    A Cubic subsidiary has introduced a line of network communications platforms for government, commercial and military clients. The M3X product line from DTECH Labs is a family of modules designed to support classified and unclassified internet-based voice and data communications worldwide, Cubic said Monday. The M3X-CMP server module, M3X-S24 switch module, M3X-RTR router module and M3X-BPS power module […] More