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  • Motorola Solutions to Debut Public Safety Mobile Apps Suite
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    Motorola Solutions to Debut Public Safety Mobile Apps Suite

    Motorola Solutions will launch a suite of mobile applications designed to help public safety personnel communicate and collaborate with each other. The company said Tuesday the portfolio comprises the Messaging, Mapping, WAVE and Telephony apps. Messaging is designed to help first responders share text messages and photos to individuals or talk groups across smartphones and two-way radios. Mapping will work to identify nearby […] More

  • Lockheed to Explore Multi-Domain C2 at Wargame Exercise
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    Lockheed to Explore Multi-Domain C2 at Wargame Exercise

    Lockheed Martin will hold a three-day wargame exercise at its Center for Innovation in Suffolk, Virginia, to demonstrate how the operational integration of air, cyber and space domains can help boost command and control operations. The company said Tuesday it will examine potential gaps and synergies in air, cyber and space planning processes during the exercise as part of efforts to create strategies to […] More

  • DARPA Calls for New Military Tech Concepts
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    DARPA Calls for New Military Tech Concepts

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a virtual Proposers Day on May 3-4 to discuss an upcoming broad agency announcement that will seek proposals for “innovative” military technologies. DARPA said Tuesday its Tactical Technology Office regularly holds Proposers Days to outline technologies that the office is most interested in and to hear about technology ideas from companies and […] More

  • HII Subsidiary Gets NAVSEA Contract for Engineering, Technical, Logistics Support
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    HII Subsidiary Gets NAVSEA Contract for Engineering, Technical, Logistics Support

    A subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries has secured a potential five-year, $39 million contract to provide engineering, technical, logistics, maintenance, installation and alteration support to the Naval Sea System Command‘s Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division. HII said Tuesday the contract covers ship alterations, ship change documents, authorized work items, system repairs, operability testing, certification, inspections, fabrication and drawing and […] More

  • General Dynamics Subsidiary to Help Maintain, Repair Submarines at Naval Base in Connecticut
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    General Dynamics Subsidiary to Help Maintain, Repair Submarines at Naval Base in Connecticut

    General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary has received a $46.2 million contract modification to conduct nuclear-related maintenance and repair efforts for operational submarines at a U.S. Navy base in New London, Connecticut. The Defense Department said Tuesday Electric Boat will also help the Navy manage the service branch’s Nuclear Regional Maintenance Department at the New England Submarine Base. The contract covers project management, technical analysis, […] More

  • Lockheed Licenses B-Temia’s Exoskeleton Tech
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    Lockheed Licenses B-Temia’s Exoskeleton Tech

    Lockheed Martin has secured rights to use B-Temia’s Dermoskeleton technology platform in products intended for military, first responder and industrial applications under a license agreement with the latter. Dermoskeleton works to prevent overstress on the lower legs and back in order to increase the user’s mobility and capacity to carry load, Lockheed said Tuesday. Glenn […] More

  • DARPA Selects Raytheon BBN for Dispersed Computing Research Project
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    DARPA Selects Raytheon BBN for Dispersed Computing Research Project

    Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies subsidiary has won a potential four-year, $10 million contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency develop software applications under DARPA’s Dispersed Computing program. The Defense Department said Tuesday that DCOMP program will explore software instantiations of algorithms and protocol stacks that can utilize dispersed computing platforms to increase the performance of networks and applications. DCOMP also […] More

  • ARServices to Provide Staffing Support for DLA’s Data Center Optimization, R&D Programs
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    ARServices to Provide Staffing Support for DLA’s Data Center Optimization, R&D Programs

    ARServices has received contracts to provide staffing and management support services for the Defense Logistics Agency’s three new projects. The company said Tuesday it will designate 20 subject matter experts and personnel to work on the three programs with DLA across 10 locations. Under the first project, ARServices will help DLA comply with the Office […] More

  • CTC Gets ‘2020 Women on Boards’ Award for Commitment to Gender Diversity; Ed Sheehan Comments
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    CTC Gets ‘2020 Women on Boards’ Award for Commitment to Gender Diversity; Ed Sheehan Comments

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. has received for the second time the Winning Company recognition from the nonprofit organization 2020 Women on Boards in acknowledgement of CTC’s efforts to promote gender diversity on its board of directors. CTC said Tuesday 2020 Women on Boards runs a 10-year campaign that seeks to raise by at least 20 percent the number […] More

  • Carey Smith: Parsons to Expand MDA Mission Support Under Potential $385M Award
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    Carey Smith: Parsons to Expand MDA Mission Support Under Potential $385M Award

    Parsons will provide advisory, technical, engineering and management support services to the Missile Defense Agency‘s ballistic missile defense system under a potential five-year, $385 million contract awarded in March. “This new contract expands Parsons’ support of the MDA’s mission to defend the U.S. and its allies against missile threats,” Carey Smith, Parsons federal group president, said in […] More

  • Symantec: Cyber Espionage Group Used Tools Described in CIA ‘Vault 7’ Leak
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    Symantec: Cyber Espionage Group Used Tools Described in CIA ‘Vault 7’ Leak

    Symantec has found that a cyber espionage group dubbed “Longhorn” has used tools and protocols specified in the Vault 7 leak of alleged CIA hacking devices. The company said Monday Longhorn has used the tools and techniques to launch cyber attacks against an estimated 40 targets in 16 countries across the Middle East, Europe, Asia and Africa. WikiLeaks published more […] More

  • DARPA to Brief Proposers on Hardware Security Program
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    DARPA to Brief Proposers on Hardware Security Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency seeks industry expertise to address security vulnerabilities in electronic hardware and plans to hold an event in Arlington, Virginia, to discuss the project with interested companies. DARPA said Monday its System Security Integrated Through Hardware and Firmware program aims to mitigate seven classes of hardware vulnerabilities listed on the Mitre-administered Common Weakness Enumeration website. Those classes are permissions […] More