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  • Navy OKs SBIR Program to Mature RDRTec Sense and Avoid Radar for Triton UAS
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    Navy OKs SBIR Program to Mature RDRTec Sense and Avoid Radar for Triton UAS

    The U.S. Navy has approved the proceeding of a Small Business Innovation Research program which will further the development of an RDRTec-built airborne collision and avoidance system designed to support the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system. RDRTec said Wednesday the Common Radar Airborne Collision Avoidance System is a C-band radar built to offer sense and avoid along […] More

  • Lockheed Unveils C-130 Aeronautics Product, Service Enhancements
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    Lockheed Unveils C-130 Aeronautics Product, Service Enhancements

    Lockheed Martin has introduced a suite of post-production upgrades to equipment and support services for the C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft. Aeronautics Capabilities Solutions are designed to increase the operational capacity and availability of C-130s, Lockheed said Wednesday. C-130 operators and Lockheed team members can install the updated products via authorized Hercules Service Centers. George Shultz, vice […] More

  • CDW to Supply Laptops for Marine Corps’ Windows 10 Transition Effort
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    CDW to Supply Laptops for Marine Corps’ Windows 10 Transition Effort

    CDW‘s government division has won a $12.7 million delivery order for general purpose laptops to support the U.S. Marine Corps‘ migration to Windows 10 operating system. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will supply 16,033 laptops to the service branch and is scheduled to complete deliveries by March 30, 2018. USMC will obligate the full […] More

  • Kaspersky Lab: Detected ‘Equation’ Malware Not Linked to 2015 Cyber Incidents
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    Kaspersky Lab: Detected ‘Equation’ Malware Not Linked to 2015 Cyber Incidents

    Kaspersky Lab has issued a preliminary report saying the company initially detected the Equation malware in September 2014 and that its advanced persistent threat investigation has not showed any relation to the alleged APT incidents in 2015 up until this year. Kaspersky said Wednesday its findings are based on a review of telemetry logs this […] More

  • Iron Mountain Opens Wichita, Kansas Info Mgmt Facility
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    Iron Mountain Opens Wichita, Kansas Info Mgmt Facility

    Iron Mountain has opened an information management facility in Wichita, Kansas, that will offer document storage and shredding to enterprise customers. The 22,000-square-foot building is designed to store up to 350,000 storage boxes to support businesses in south Central Kansas, Iron Mountain said Wednesday. Jim Dodson, senior vice president and general manager of Iron Mountain’s records management business, […] More

  • Sikorsky Concludes Critical Design Review of Combat Rescue Chopper Training Devices
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    Sikorsky Concludes Critical Design Review of Combat Rescue Chopper Training Devices

    Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary has wrapped up a critical design review of the training systems for the Combat Rescue Helicopter program designed to replace the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of HH-60G Pave Hawk aircraft. The CDR’s completion will pave the way for the HH-60W helicopter’s training systems to enter the assembly, evaluation and testing phase, Lockheed said Wednesday. HH-60W […] More

  • U.S., Canada, EU Certify Honeywell Satcom Tech, Connectivity Service for Helicopters
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    U.S., Canada, EU Certify Honeywell Satcom Tech, Connectivity Service for Helicopters

    U.S., Canadian and European aviation regulatory agencies have approved Honeywell‘s  satellite communication system and cabin connectivity service to facilitate Wi-Fi access onboard multiple helicopter models. Honeywell said Wednesday it received a Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certificate for the use of Aspire 200 satcom technolology on Airbus AS350 and Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters. Transport Canada and the European Aviation Safety Agency […] More

  • VectorNav HQ Gets Int’l Aerospace Standard Accreditation
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    VectorNav HQ Gets Int’l Aerospace Standard Accreditation

    VectorNav Technologies‘ headquarters in Dallas, Texas, has received AS9100 Revision D international aerospace standard accreditation that recognize the inertial navigation system developer’s manufacturing, quality management and customer service processes. AS9100 is based on the International Organization for Standardization’s 9001 certification and established by industry in a push to comply with requirements from the Defense Department, NASA and […] More

  • GSA Issues RFI on Potential Entity Validation Support Sources
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    GSA Issues RFI on Potential Entity Validation Support Sources

    The General Services Administration has asked information on potential vendors that can provide entity validation support services. GSA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Oct. 19 it wants potential sources to provide a unique entity identifier system and validate certain data in support of the Integrated Award Environment/System for Award Management program. IAE/SAM seeks to provide […] More

  • Melanie Hagerty Promoted to VP Role at Cubic
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    Melanie Hagerty Promoted to VP Role at Cubic

    Melanie Hagerty, formerly a chief engineer of Cubic‘s defense business segment, has been promoted to vice president of innovation in a move that takes effect Oct. 28. Cubic said Thursday the 13-year company veteran will be responsible for overseeing the company’s innovation programs and leading product concept development, customer partnership and social system modernization efforts. Hagerty has held […] More

  • Avaya’s Govt Arm, collab9 Form Cloud Unified Comms Partnership; Jerry Dotson Comments
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    Avaya’s Govt Arm, collab9 Form Cloud Unified Comms Partnership; Jerry Dotson Comments

    Avaya‘s government solutions business and collab9 have signed a partnership agreement to offer unified communications services to federal agencies. Avaya said Wednesday its Aura Communication Manager product suite is part of collab9’s unified communications-as-a-service platform certified through the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Jerry Dotson, vice president of Avaya Government Solutions, said the partnership aims to […] More

  • IAI Subsidiary Delivers 3D Air Defense Radar Tech to NATO Member Country
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    IAI Subsidiary Delivers 3D Air Defense Radar Tech to NATO Member Country

    An Israel Aerospace Industries subsidiary has developed a three-dimensional radar system designed to support air surveillance and defense operations in a European NATO member country. IAI said Tuesday its ELTA Systems business produced and integrated an undisclosed quantity of mobile 3D radars into the customer’s national and NATO air and missile defense system. The radar is built to aid […] More