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Cisco has released a new report that analyzes threat intelligence and cybersecurity trends and examines how organizations must respond to cyber attacks. The company said Tuesday cyber criminals are expanding their tactics to conduct cyber attacks using methods that Cisco says are hard to detect. “Attackers have become more proficient at taking advantage of gaps […] More

Japan, South Korea and China are emerging as new manufacturing hubs for military naval vessels, a new report from Frost & Sullivan revealed. The analyst said Thursday that shipbuilding would remain a domain of Western Europe, the United States and Russia but that Asia-Pacific countries are tightening their hold on the market as they slowly start […] More

A new MarketsandMarkets report predicts that the market for air traffic control equipment will be worth $5.52 billion by 2020 through a compound annual growth rate of 4.82 percent as air traffic continues to rise. The market research firm said Thursday the growth in demand for air traffic control equipment is due to airport expansions resulting from increased aircraft […] More

Military officials say the Lockheed Martin F-35 program is on schedule to meet U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force targets for initial combat readiness, Reuters reported Thursday. Andrea Shalal writes that U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh have both said that they are confident the fighter jets will be ready by their respective July […] More

Cisco and IBM have forged a partnership with other companies to develop and deliver Internet of Things and machine-to-machine services, PCC Mobile Broadband reported Friday. The LoRa alliance will focus on providing M2M, smart city, sensor network and industrial automation applications through wireless area network standards, according to the report. “In addition to IBM’s support […] More

Research and advisory firm ExecRank has unveiled its annual list of 250 of the “Top CIOs for 2014,” a ranking of chief information officers across all industries that evaluates these leaders across 24 different categories. For this exercise, ExecRank says it developed a series of algorithms over three years to measure executive performance and predict future executive […] More

A new Research and Markets report states that the global market for battlefield management systems will see steady adoption through 2018 to achieve a compound annual growth rate of 4 percent. The firm said Wednesday military and defense organizations are using battlefield management systems to limit the risk of friendly fire and control combat situations. According to the report, these […] More

CGI has been awarded a four-year contract to develop a technology to help British government agencies and contractors screen employees who aim to obtain security clearances. The U.K.’s National Security Vetting Solution platform will be designed to manage more than 200,000 applications a year and check applicant information such as criminal records, address and financial […] More

New analysis from Research and Markets has forecast a 4.52 percent year-over-year growth for the $102 billion C4ISR market from 2014 to 2020. The market report singled out the electro-optics subsector fueling demand for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance equipment in the defense, aerospace and homeland security segments, Research and Markets said Wednesday. Electro-optics is used […] More

Deltek estimates the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has obligated a total of $635 million for information technology contracts from fiscal 2010 to fiscal 2014, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Kathleen Sievers, a senior manager at Deltek, writes NRC reported $107 million in IT contract obligations in FY 2010 and $150 million contract spending last fiscal year. […] More

A new ASDReports market forecast indicates that the global geospatial intelligence market will reach a value of $9.7 billion within the next 10 years, C4ISR & Networks reported Wednesday. Michael Peck reports that the study points to growing international capabilities and technology developments in the areas of digital mapping and modeling. Geographic information systems now have applications beyond command-and-control and intelligence […] More