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Frost & Sullivan has projected the Defense Department’s command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance spend to grow 1.4 percent annually from 2014 to 2020. Frost & Sullivan’s report forecasts a growth in usage of commercial off-the-shelf-based computing, storage, security, networking and collaboration tools as the DoD’s demand for virtualized services increases, the market research […] More

Grand View Research has released a report that forecasts the global big data market will reach $72.38 billion by 2022 as the size of data flow across organizations continues to grow. The market will be driven by an evolving consumer demand and tight budgets that will compel organizations to work toward a competitive advantage, Grand View Research said […] More

Visiongain has estimated the global military unmanned ground vehicle market revenue to reach $412.5 million total in 2015. Visiongain the drivers, challenges and trends in the global military unmanned ground vehicle market for its latest report, the company said Nov. 18. The report also features interviews of thought leaders in the industry such as Shahar […] More

William LaPlante, assistant secretary for acquisition of the U.S. Air Force, has said the U.S. could face difficulties in its efforts to simultaneously maintain access to space, advance competition in space launches and cease dependence on Russian-built rocket engines, Reuters reported Tuesday. “I don’t think you can get all three in the next four or […] More

A new report by Research and Markets predicts the global warship and naval vessels market to climb in value through 2019 at a compound annual growth rate of 1.7 percent. The market research firm said Monday demand for naval vessels in the emerging markets of Africa, Asia and South America will drive growth. According to the report, challenges include […] More

Blue Orgin‘s New Shepard rocket technology has completed a launch and landing process during an unmanned flight test Monday at a private range in West Texas, Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos wrote in a blog entry posted after the exercise. He said New Shepard flew at a high altitude through 119 miles per hour crosswinds before the system reignited a BE-3 […] More

Lockheed Martin has awarded grants to three universities in South Korea for the second year of the company’s Republic of Korea Science, Technology, and Research Fund program in that country. The grants will fund research on unmanned vehicle navigation, supersonic flight and analysis techniques for imagery and composite materials, Lockheed said Nov. 16. “These four projects offer […] More

Aerojet Rocketdyne has secured two contracts worth a combined $1.36 billion for the development of technologies to power the Space Launch System rocket and the CST-100 Starliner crew module that Boeing is building for NASA. NASA said Tuesday Aerojet Rocketdyne will build an expendable version of the company’s RS-25 engine for the SLS heavy-lift launch vehicle under a […] More

Data Systems Analysts has received a task order to support geospatial decision support and facilities management systems for the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command. DSA said will help install and maintain geographic information systems and the web-based GeoReadiness Explorer application at multiple facilities in NAVFAC’s southeastern area of responsibility. The GRX platform is designed to merge tabular and spatial data […] More

Harris Corp. has opened a $1.9 million facility that aims to provide a venue for science and engineering students at Florida Institute of Technology to design, build and test new technology platforms. The Harris Student Design Center is located within Florida Institute of Technology’s Melbourne campus, Harris said Friday. Bill Brown, chairman, president and CEO at […] More

The Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce will transition into a new entity named the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce by January as part of its rebranding and restructuring efforts. The chamber said Wednesday the change works to unify the “voice of business” in northern Virginia. “The rebranding and restructuring will allow us to better serve and increase […] More