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  • Lockheed, Tata Sign Agreement to Produce F-16s in India
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    Lockheed, Tata Sign Agreement to Produce F-16s in India

    Lockheed Martin has partnered with Tata Advanced Systems to produce the newest configuration of the F-16 multirole fighter aircraft in India. The agreement seeks to give India the opportunity to manufacture, operate and export F-16 Block 70 as well as support technology supplier jobs in the U.S. and create new manufacturing jobs in India, Lockheed said Monday. F-16 Block […] More

  • VMWare Gets Common Criteria Certification for Network Virtualization Platform
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    VMWare Gets Common Criteria Certification for Network Virtualization Platform

    VMware has earned Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 2+ certification for a technology platform that works to help organizations monitor and manage computer networks. The certification shows that VMware’s NSX network virtualization platform complies with government security standards for deployment, the company said Monday. NSX is designed to help customers from the government and highly-regulated sectors to modernize data centers, […] More

  • CACI, American Cyber Win DoD Award for Mentor-Protege Program
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    CACI, American Cyber Win DoD Award for Mentor-Protege Program

    CACI International and American Cyber have received the Defense Department’s Nunn-Perry Award for their performance as a mentor-protege team. The U.S. Army’s office of small business programs and the Army CIO/G-6 sponsored the partnership between CACI and American Cyber under DoD’s Mentor-Protege Program, CACI said Tuesday. CACI served as a mentor to American Cyber and helped […] More

  • Jean Cain: Noblis Appears in DC Area Top Workplaces for 2017 List
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    Jean Cain: Noblis Appears in DC Area Top Workplaces for 2017 List

    Noblis has been included on The Washington Post’s annual list of 150 top workplaces in the greater Washington, D.C. area for the fourth consecutive year. The nonprofit science and technology company said Tuesday it ranked eighth among large employers selected for the list based on the results of an employee survey Workplace Dynamics conducted for The Post. “Employee satisfaction […] More

  • Lockheed Adds Sierra Nevada to Skunk Works JSTARS Recap Team
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    Lockheed Adds Sierra Nevada to Skunk Works JSTARS Recap Team

    Sierra Nevada Corp. has joined a Lockheed Martin-led industry team that is working on the U.S. Air Force‘s recapitalization effort for the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft. Lockheed’s aeronautics business said Tuesday SNC will be part of the Skunk Works JSTARS Recap team and modify the Global 6000 business jet built by teammate Bombardier in efforts to achieve Air […] More

  • Steve Rubley: Thomson Reuters, Vigilant Solutions to Combine Investigation, License Plate Recognition Platforms
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    Steve Rubley: Thomson Reuters, Vigilant Solutions to Combine Investigation, License Plate Recognition Platforms

    Thomson Reuters will incorporate data from Vigilant Solutions‘ license plate recognition system into an online investigation platform designed to help law enforcement agencies locate assets, people and businesses of interest. Thomson Reuters said Monday it will combine the CLEAR investigation software with Vigilant’s commercial LPR database that consists of more than six billion vehicle detections into a single […] More

  • Northrop, Atlas Elektronik Showcase Unmanned Mine Hunting Tech
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    Northrop, Atlas Elektronik Showcase Unmanned Mine Hunting Tech

    Northrop Grumman and Atlas Elektronik‘s U.K. subsidiary have jointly demonstrated an unmanned mine hunting system during the Belgian Defense Technology and Industry Day trials in Zeebrugge, Belgium. Northrop said Monday its AQS-24B mine hunting sensor was integrated with Atlas Elektronik UK‘s ARCIMS unmanned surface vessel during the tests. Alan Lytle, vice president of undersea systems at Northrop’s mission systems business […] More

  • Iridium Readies 2nd ‘NEXT’ Satellite Batch for June 25 Launch; Matt Desch Comments
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    Iridium Readies 2nd ‘NEXT’ Satellite Batch for June 25 Launch; Matt Desch Comments

    Iridium Communications has initiated final measures to prepare for the June 25 launch of the second batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Get Connected reported Monday. “Once deployed, this batch of satellites will be tested and validated and inserted one-by-one into our existing constellation, replacing our original block one satellites,” said Matt […] More

  • NuRAN Wireless to Supply Software-Defined Radio Tech to NASA Glenn Research Center
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    NuRAN Wireless to Supply Software-Defined Radio Tech to NASA Glenn Research Center

    NuRAN Wireless has been selected by NASA to provide a software-defined radio technology to support research on multi-element arrays at the space agency’s Glenn Research Center in Ohio. The company said Monday its SDR system works to support multiple antennas and maintain phase coherency between the devices. Martin Bedard, co-CEO of NuRAN Wireless, said that company […] More

  • FLIR Systems to Provide EO/IR Sensor Tech for Coast Guard Transport Aircraft
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    FLIR Systems to Provide EO/IR Sensor Tech for Coast Guard Transport Aircraft

    A FLIR Systems subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $17.9 million from the U.S. Navy to supply up to 19 high-definition electro-optical/infrared sensors for the Coast Guard‘s fleet of HC-27J transport aircraft. The Defense Department said Monday that FLIR’s surveillance business will deliver Star SAFIRE 380-HD systems along with cabling, controller units, mounting hardware and software to […] More