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A new Accenture study has found that 74 percent of U.S. citizens said they do not feel confident with government agencies’ capacity to ensure the security and privacy of digital personal data. Accenture said Monday it commissioned Market Strategy Group to conduct an online survey of 3,469 U.S. citizens from September to October 2016 and found that 65 […] More
General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has demonstrated a Raytheon-built radar warning receiver technology on a Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial system at a flight operations facility in Palmdale, California. General Atomics said Monday the ALR-59A RWR was placed in a GA-ASI standard payload pod installed on a Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper to test if the receiver could help drone operators detect potential threats in or […] More
MBDA has conducted air carriage and jettison tests of its anti-ship missile technology onboard a Westland-built naval helicopter from the U.K.’s navy. The Sea Venom/ANL missile tests evaluated the platform’s capacity for integration with the Lynx and Super Lynx helicopters, MBDA said Wednesday. MBDA developed Sea Venom to counter vessels such as fast inshore attack craft, fast attack craft and corvettes from a stand-off range as […] More
Blackboard has launched its learning management system in Amazon Web Services‘ GovCloud (US) region in a push to help government agencies manage online learning programs in a cloud environment. Washington, D.C.-based Blackboard said Monday the availability of Blackboard Learn on AWS GovCloud will support Blackboard’s efforts to obtain Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program accreditation. Blackboard Learn is designed to provide virtual learning support […] More
Triumph Group has secured a $15 million contract from BAE Systems to manufacture gun bodies for M777 Howitzer weapons that the British defense contractor’s U.S. subsidiary will build and deliver to India under a foreign military sales deal. Berwyn, Pennsylvania-based Triumph said Monday its precision components business unit will machine, weld and assemble gun bodies before delivering them to BAE in the […] More
The Defense Department aims to generate at least 5 percent in savings on the cost of the next batch of 130Â Lockheed Martin-built F-35 fighter jets, Reuters reported Monday. Mike Stone writes sources said Lockheed and DoD are in talks over a deal that seeks to save $660 million on the next lot of 100 F-35A […] More
Grant Thornton opened a new office on Thursday at 111 Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas. The office is designed to feature multipurpose space, conference and team rooms, audiovisual functions and collaborative technologies, Grant Thornton said Thursday. Scott King, national managing principal of Grant Thornton’s state and local public sector practice, said the new facility will help bring the company’s Austin team closer […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will conduct a Proposers Day through webcast on April 20 to discuss a program that seeks to verify the accuracy of social science-related modeling methods through the use of computer-based, artificial social simulations. DARPA said Friday the Ground Truth program aims to develop simulated social systems that will work […] More
Orbital ATK has secured orders worth $92 million combined to supply small-caliber rounds to the U.S. Army. The orders cover 7.62 millimeter and 5.56 mm ammunition under the company’s supply contract with the service branch, Orbital ATK said Monday. Orbital ATK will manufacture the ammo at the Lake City Army ammunition facility in Missouri, which […] More
Parsons has begun to host a five-day cybersecurity event at its Columbia, Maryland-based facility in an effort to train representatives from military organizations on information assurance and network security. The National Security Agency’s information assurance capabilities group oversees the Cyber Defense Exercise that kicked off Monday in Maryland, Parsons said Monday. “As cyber attacks become […] More
Lockheed Martin‘s Skunk Works business, Calspan, the U.S. Air Force‘s Test Pilot School and the Air Force Research Laboratory have conducted a manned-unmanned teaming exercise in a push to help increase warfighters’ combat efficiency and effectiveness. Lockheed said Monday the Have Raider II demonstration at Edwards Air Force Base involved an experimental F-16 aircraft which acted as a surrogate […] More
The General Services Administration has awarded CenturyLink a potential five-year, $6 million to provide a hosted contact center and voice over internet protocol service to the agency’s Federal Acquisition Service. CenturyLink said Monday it aims to help FAS manage approximately 800,000 inbound and outbound calls annually through the hosted contact center. The contract has a one-year base value of $1.3 million plus four one-year options […] More
