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OSI Systems‘ security division has been awarded a $15 million contract to provide inspection systems for a government in Middle East for use in border and port security operations. Rapiscan Systems will supply its Eagle vehicle and cargo inspection tools and systems intended for parcel and baggage inspection under the follow-on order, OSI Systems said Tuesday. […] More
Boeing is close to wrapping up the initial tests of a Ka-band offering intended to provide satellite communications to agencies under the Defense Department through Inmarsat’s Global Xpress satellite network. The tests sought to assess the capability of the Inmarsat-5 F2 satcom service to facilitate video and data transmission on military helicopters and mobile terminals, Boeing said Tuesday. The […] More
A new report from International Data Corp. projects the global market for public cloud platforms to reach $70 billion this year as commercial enterprises in different industries look for services to manage their operations. The company said Tuesday banking, process and discrete manufacturing, retail and professional services are among the industries to represent nearly half of the […] More
Cray has received a potential $53 million contract to provide a storage system and a computer intended for large-scale data processing for Australia’s meteorology bureau. The company said Tuesday the agency will use the Cray Sonexion 2000 storage platform and Cray XC40 supercomputer to run weather models. Sonexion 2000 has a storage capacity of at least 12 petabytes and […] More
A new Radiant Insights report predicts the worldwide market for commercial unmanned aircraft systems to be worth $4.8 billion by 2021, a compound annual growth rate of 21.5 percent from 2014 figures. The market research firm said Friday demand for UAS’ navigation and visualization functions will drive growth in the commercial drone market over the next six years. The […] More
Tactical Medical Solutions will provide medical supplies for the Department of Homeland Security as DHS’ primary contractor for a five-year blanket purchase agreement. The company said Monday it will supply SOF Tactical Tourniquet Wide tools and other first aid kits for use across the department. Work will encompass support for DHS components such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and […] More
A new MarketsandMarkets analysis projects the global market for threat intelligence to experience a compound annual growth rate of 14.3 percent through 2020 due to increasing incidents of cyber attacks. Threat monitoring, training, consulting and security intelligence systems and services will reach a market value of $5.9 billion over the next five years as commercial firms increase spending […] More
Northrop Grumman has completed a series of test flights for its open mission systems platform aboard a stealth bomber. The test flight sought to evaluate the OMS architecture’s capability to receive threat data from Gulfstream G550 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft and allow a B-2 Spirit strike bomber carry out an auto-routing operation against a simulated attack […] More
The University of Virginia Health System has teamed up with Mitre to build tools for the analysis of patients’ health data. UVA said Friday Mitre will provide consulting services for UVA as the academic health center works to develop predictive analytics-based systems intended to detect risk of lung failure, hemorrhage and other conditions among patients and send alerts to medical […] More
The New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell has signed an agreement with the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center in an effort to help protect New Jersey-based banks from potential cyber attacks. NJCCIC and FS-ISAC will use a platform dubbed Soltra Edge to facilitate exchanges of threat intelligence between their two security operations facilities […] More
A team led by Lockheed Martin has introduced a new Littoral Combat Ship for the U.S. Navy at a Marinette Marine-owned shipyard in the Menominee River in Wisconsin. The company said Saturday Janee Bonner served as the sponsor for the USS Little Rock and Navy Secretary Ray Mabus delivered the keynote address at the christening ceremony held Saturday. Lockheed […] More
THORAD has introduced a sensor-based platform designed to help enterprises detect and prevent safety and security threats within a facility. The company said Thursday its THORAD platform consists of thermal, radar and optical sensors that work to gather images and uses computer algorithms to perform image analysis. The system also works to provide alerts of safety […] More
