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MarketsandMarkets has released a new report that forecasts the analytics-as-a-service market to grow 40.3 percent year-over-year to $23.03 billion by 2020 from $4.23 billion in 2015, driven by low total cost of ownership and scalability. The report notes a growing adoption of analytics-as-a-service among large, small and medium businesses worldwide due to the increase in […] More

Boeing received initial on-orbit signals from its Wideband Global SATCOM 7 satellite following the spacecraft’s Wednesday launch at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The company said Thursday it built WGS-7 to deliver 17 percent more communications bandwidth capacity to the U.S. military and allied forces. Dan Hart, vice president of Boeing’s government space […] More

BAE Systems Plc seeks to place a bid for Germany’s planned combat ship contract, Big News Network reported Saturday. The company plans to modify its British Royal Navy Type 26 frigate in order to conform to Germany’s naval ship standards, according to the report. The German Defense Ministry is set to ask industry sources to […] More

BAE Systems and Babcock International want to join a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries–Kawasaki Heavy Industries alliance in pursuit of a $50 billion contract to build submarines for the Australian military, Defense World reported Friday. The two British defense contractors maintain operations in Australia. Defense World quoted a Japanese defense official as saying Mitsubishi seeks information on […] More

Computer Sciences Corp. and HCL Technologies have formed a banking software and services joint venture with the goal of helping clients modernize their platforms. CSC will combine its banking, cards, payments, software and product development with HCL’s product engineering and application implementation services to establish the business, the companies said Thursday. Anant Gupta, president and […] More

Nick Lappos, chairman of the Vertical Lift Consortium, has proposed the creation of a team that would focus on the production of common parts for installation on five different aircraft proposed under the Future Vertical Lift program, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. writes the VLC advises the Defense Department on the FVL […] More

CAE has achieved the highest certification for its full-flight simulator from the Federal Aviation Administration and other aviation regulatory bodies in Europe. The FAA, the Directorate General for Civil Aviation in France and the European Aviation Safety Agency granted the Level D qualification to CAE’s A350 XWB full-flight simulator, the company said Tuesday. “Achieving Level […] More

CenturyLink has embarked on multiple data center expansion projects over the past six months in an effort to address an increasing consumer demand for physical and virtual infrastructure services. The company said Wednesday its global data center capacity has increased by 10.8 megawatts to more than 185 megawatts. “Many of our customers are turning to […] More

Lockheed Martin has completed a demonstration flight with the goal of testing the company’s open mission systems payloads for the U.S. Air Force. The company integrated multiple radios and waveforms into a U-2 Dragon Lady to facilitate communications relay between an F-22, F-18s and a long-range antiship missile surrogate platform, Lockheed Martin said Wednesday. “This […] More

Skyport Systems has launched its partner program to support managed security service providers, technology resellers and system integrators by providing access to education and training materials and marketing resources. The company said Tuesday the SkySecure Partner Program also offers the Skyport Flight Plan evaluation program, sales and technical tools, and demand generation activities as well as utilizes partner […] More

Tractica has predicted in a new report that commercial unmanned aerial vehicle applications will reach $8.7 billion in annual revenue by 2025. The report projects the growing interest in drones from companies, universities and government agencies for commercial applications to drive UAV annual shipments to 2.6 million units by 2025 from 80,000 in 2015, Tractica […] More