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All components of an organization have a role to play in helping prevent security breaches by employees whether by accident or with intent, according to Mike Crouse, director of insider threat strategies at Raytheon. Crouse spoke to ExecutiveBiz to discuss the nature of the insider threat on the heels of the release of a company-commissioned […] More
Ball Aerospace & Technologies has received a three-year, $4.3 million contract from NASA to develop a High Spectral Resolution Lidar for aerosols, winds and clouds and design that tool to use the Optical Autocovariance Wind Lidar. The HAWC-OAWL product will work to help scientists determine the effects of particular wind profiles and transport of aerosols and water […] More
Raytheon‘s Standard Missile-3 Block IB has recently been deployed by the U.S. Navy and the Missile Defense Agency as part of the Phased Adaptive Approach’s second phase. Taylor Lawrence, president of Raytheon Missile Systems, said Sunday the completion and results of operational testing for the SM-3 Block IB is intended to boost ballistic missile countermeasures. The 2015 deployment of the […] More
IBM will build an open-source hybrid cloud infrastructure for South Korea’s anti-corruption and civil rights commission to centralize operations and consolidate public service phone numbers into one communications channel. The company said Friday that the agency has adopted the IBM zCloud platform for electronic services such as e-People and The 110 Government Call Center, which processes complaints, civil petitions and administrative appeals. […] More
The U.S. military can increasingly look to the contractor workforce as a source for training and augmentation services as the Defense Department eyes control of personnel costs as a means to control the defense budget, according to retired Air Force Col. Scott Seavers. Seavers, who joined Fairfax, Va.-based Salient Federal Solutions as a vice president […] More
A United Technologies Corp.‘s business unit will push forward the design and development of an energy system for the Office of Naval Research‘s Long Endurance Undersea Vehicle Propulsion program. As part of the program’s next phases, UTC Aerospace Systems will create an energy system for an unmanned undersea vehicle using proton exchange membrane fuel cells to replace current […] More
The State Department has received its 4,000th General Dynamics-built Sectera vIPer Universal Secure Phone as part of the agency’s efforts replace legacy Secure Terminal Equipment phones and upgrade voice and data communications for government personnel. General Dynamics C4 Systems designed the Voice over Internet Protocol phones for communication of top-secret and sensitive information and to be interoperable with other government […] More
Harris Corp. has won a $78 million contract to add a mobile tactical Internet to a tactical communications system for an unnamed country based in Central Asia that seeks to bolster its military’s command-and-control capabilities. The country plans to use the expanded Harris Integrated Tactical Area Communications System to enable voice, data and video connectivity in the field, Harris said […] More
Exelis has finished a series of flight tests on a sensor and processing system the company built to detect potentially hazardous substances and gases by pointing in multiple directions. The company’s team in Rochester, N.Y. placed several types of materials around the region to evaluate how the sensor recorded and stored data for processing on board […] More
QinetiQ will continue to help maintain hardware components the company developed for the International Space Station’s Columbus module under a contract extension through the end of this year. The company said Tuesday that it has also been working with Airbus to support the QinetiQ-developed scientific instruments for research inside the module. Airbus acts as a subcontractor and oversees replacement […] More
Lockheed Martin officially welcomed Romania to the group of countries that utilize the F-16 4th generation multi-role fighter, Lockheed said Wednesday. The Romanian Air Force will become the 28th F-16 customer when it receives 12 aircraft from Portugal in a third-party transfer. “We look forward to supporting Romania’s aircraft fleet modernization and establishing an enduring relationship as […] More
Sarah MacConduibh, vice president of MITRE’s air force portfolio, has been named to the Boston Business Journal’s Mass High Tech Women to Watch list for 2014, MITRE said Monday. In her role, MacConduibh is responsible for 1,000 technical staff who work on technical priorities for the Air Force. Some of the focus areas her team works on […] More
