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Northrop Grumman is developing a new approach that would allow for cargo loading to take place 24 hours before the launch of a spacecraft. The company said Tuesday it is preparing to implement the use of a pop-top, a specialized removable nose cone that would support late loading for Antares and Cygnus spacecraft. Additionally, a mobile […] More
Viasat has received Army Forces Strategic Command authorization to operate a dual-band internet modem on the U.S. military’s Wideband Global Satellite Communications network. ARSTRAT certified the Mobile Broadband Router-4020 platform for military users to connect when they perform airborne missions, Viasat said Tuesday. Ken Peterman, president of Viasat’s government systems business, said that the modem’s architecture allows users […] More
Boundless has obtained certification from the U.S. Army for a desktop-based geographic information system that works to help users create maps and manage geospatial data. The military service issued a Certificate of Networthiness to the Boundless Desktop platform to affirm the software’s potential to help warfighters obtain battlespace awareness, the company said Tuesday. Desktop is designed to generate common operating […] More
The Great Place to Work institute has granted Whitney Bradley & Brown a “Great Workplace” designation for the second consecutive year. WBB said Tuesday 99 percent of employees surveyed view their workplace with great pride, while 98 percent report the company has great work atmosphere, bosses and communication. “We value our employees’ feedback and provide an environment that shows […] More
Hitachi Vantara has unveiled a software platform that works to help customers integrate and analyze data in hybrid cloud environments. Pentaho 8.2Â is designed to operate with the Hitachi Content Platform to support data optimization and storage-related functions, the company said Tuesday. The integrated offering allows data scientists and analysts manage data from structured and unstructured […] More
Microsoft has found that a new spear-phishing campaign that exhibits qualities of previously detected cyber attacks associated with nation-state threat actors homed in on public sector institutions, think tanks and other nonprofit organizations, Politico reported Tuesday. The company said in its blog post published Monday that the hacking campaign also targeted research centers and companies […] More
Big Switch Networks has received Department of Defense certification and Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 validation for the vendor’s suite of cloud and data center networking platforms. The company said Tuesday its Cloud-First Networking portfolio is included in the DoD Information Approved Products List and designed to help government clients comply with requirements under the Modernizing Government Technology Act. […] More
Airbus has awarded Maxar Technologies‘ MDA business a contract to design subsystems for a rover NASA and the European Space Agency plan to use in a joint mission to collect and return samples from Mars to Earth. MDA will aim to develop mobility and sample acquisition systems for potential integration into a “Sample Fetch Rover” that would support […] More
Lockheed Martin and Airbus have agreed to team up to meet the aerial refueling requirements of U.S. defense agency clients. “Reliable and modernized aerial refueling is an essential capability for our customers to maintain their global reach and strategic advantage,” Marillyn Hewson, Lockheed chairman, president and CEO, said in a statement published Tuesday. Hewson noted […] More
General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary will continue to help the U.S. Navy repair non-nuclear submarines under a one-year, $46.2M contract modification. Work will take place in New London, Conn., and covers overhaul, corrective and preventive maintenance, field changes, interim modification and upgrades, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The company will also provide ancillary services and/or supplies […] More
The U.S. Air Force has chosen Ball Aerospace to develop an open-source framework for the Space and Missile Systems Center to process satellite-based intelligence data about foreign missile threats. Ball Aerospace said Tuesday USAF plans to use the Mission Data Processing Application Framework as a data collection testbed under the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution initiative, […] More
ICF has announced plans to officially introduce in early 2019 an integrated business that will deliver marketing, technology and communications support to clients in private and public sectors. ICF said Tuesday John Armstrong, former general manager and North American leader at IBM’s iX business, will oversee ICF Next. Armstrong said ICF Next will leverage its […] More
