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Orbital ATK has announced plans to expand the engineering operations of its space systems business in Gilbert, Arizona, and expects the project to create up to 155 new jobs. The company said Friday the project will add roughly 60,000 square feet of engineering space to its manufacturing complex for civilian and military satellites. “Orbital ATK has been developing satellites in the Gilbert area for […] More

A team of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory researchers has developed an unmanned aerial vehicle the research team designed to submerge into or launch from deep waters to perform various missions. APL said Thursday its force projection sector and research and exploratory development unit collaborated to build a Corrosion Resistant Aerial Covert Unmanned Nautical System prototype. Lab researchers used […] More

Siemens has unveiled three Cyber Security Operations Centers located in Milford, Ohio, in the U.S. and in Lisbon, Portugal, and Munich, Germany, for industrial facilities protection. The CSOCs will house industry security specialists tasked to monitor facilities around the globe for cyber threats, send out warnings to companies regarding incidents and coordinate possible countermeasures, Siemens said […] More

Evan Slack, desktop virtualization director at Carahsoft, has called for information technology departments to automatically deploy security patches that correspond with access points such as mobile and connected devices. Slack wrote in a blog post published Wednesday organizations should get serious about addressing security gaps amid the development of new devices and applications that access agency networks […] More

Microsoft will collaborate with Dominion Virginia Power and the government of Virginia to build a new solar energy facility in Fauquier County through a public-private partnership. The companies and the government of Virginia expect the facility to commence operations in 2017 and supply the state’s power grid with 20 megawatts of solar energy, Dominion Virginia […] More

CAE has recorded a new milestone of more than 350,000 hours for the NATO Flying Training in Canada program since the initiative began in 2000. The CT-156 Harvard fleet surpassed 240,000 flying hours that represent more than 200,000 flights and the CT-155 Hawk fighter lead-in trainer fleet completed 110,000 flying hours from 95,000 flights, CAE […] More

MarketsandMarkets‘ new report on the global counter-drone systems market states that the anti-drone industry is projected to reach $1.14 billion by 2022 and achieve a 23.89 percent compound annual growth rate from 2017 to 2022. ReportLinker said Monday counter-drone systems, particularly electronics systems, will play an increasingly significant role in the coming years to fight illegal drone activity. Incidences of security breach, […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency plans to enlist scientific professionals to help explore how peripheral nerves of the human body may facilitate cognitive learning. DARPA said Wednesday its Targeted Neuroplasticity Training project aims to develop a technology platform that can help accelerate extensive trainings across the Defense Department. “Recent research has shown that stimulation of certain peripheral nerves, easily and […] More

Iron Mountain has agreed to procure energy from a new wind farm in Ringer Hill, Pennsylvania, to help address current electricity requirements of the information technology firm’s facilities in the mid-Atlantic region. Iron Mountain said Tuesday it aims to save up to $500,000 annually through a 15-year wind power purchase agreement the company signed with New Jersey […] More

Nuance Communications has received the U.S. Army’s Certificate of Networthiness for its Output Manager software that works to address the security, compatibility and sustainability requirements to support the service branch’s document workflow. Mike Rich, Nuance executive vice president and general manager, said in a statement released Tuesday the company’s Document Imaging portfolio added 15 military customers that use AutoStore and […] More

Jacobs Engineering Group has become a member of an organization that represents U.S.-based industry and nonprofit groups to advocate for government investment in space exploration, the company said Tuesday. The Seabrook, Texas-based Coalition for Space Exploration counts close to 30 aerospace industry companies as members and aims to raise awareness and build support for U.S. space exploration programs. “We share the commitment […] More

San Francisco, Calif.-based data wrangling software company Trifacta has formed a partnership with government technology reseller Carahsoft in a push to accelerate access public sector agencies have to the former company’s products. Carahsoft will offer Trifacta’s software to federal agencies that seek to carry out new analytics initiatives and build up scale of analysis, Trifacta said Tuesday. Trifacta served as a […] More