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  • DLT, Evident.io Forge AWS Cloud Security Partnership for Govt Clients
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    DLT, Evident.io Forge AWS Cloud Security Partnership for Govt Clients

    DLT Solutions and Evident.io have teamed up to offer a tool designed to help government clients secure their cloud infrastructure. Both companies will provide public sector clients with the Evident Security Platform that works to assess security misconfigurations and detect vulnerabilities in Amazon Web Services public cloud environments through collection and analysis of application programming […] More

  • Research and Markets: Global Military Ammunition Market to Hit 1.52% CAGR in 2016-2026
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    Research and Markets: Global Military Ammunition Market to Hit 1.52% CAGR in 2016-2026

    A new Research and Markets report projects the global military ammunition market to hit a compound annual growth rate of 1.52 percent from 2016 through 2026, buoyed by sustained procurement in defense spending countries. Research and Markets said Thursday that countries involved in conflicts and emerging economies involved in territorial disputes will drive the demand […] More

  • Research and Markets Sets Global Airborne ISR Market CAGR at 3.88% in 2017-2020
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    Research and Markets Sets Global Airborne ISR Market CAGR at 3.88% in 2017-2020

    A new Research and Markets report predicts the global airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance market will hit a compound annual growth rate of 3.88 percent from 2017 through 2021. Research and Markets reported that many countries have started to augment their maritime security systems amid escalating possibilities of terrorist attacks through sea routes and illegal dealings […] More

  • Northrop Gets $63M in Air Force KC-10 Engine Overhaul, Logistics Delivery Orders
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    Northrop Gets $63M in Air Force KC-10 Engine Overhaul, Logistics Delivery Orders

    Northrop Grumman has received a pair of delivery orders worth nearly $63 million combined to provide engine overhaul and logistics support services for the U.S. Air Force’s KC-10 tanker aircraft program. The company will overhaul 10 KC-10 engines in Vancouver, British Columbia, through Dec. 31, 2018 under a potential $45 million delivery order to a previously […] More

  • NIST Vet Mary Saunders Named ANSI Govt Relations, Public Policy VP
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    NIST Vet Mary Saunders Named ANSI Govt Relations, Public Policy VP

    Mary Saunders, associate director for management resources at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, has been named vice president of government relations and public policy at the American National Standards Institute effective March 1, 2017. She currently oversees all NIST-wide institutional support and administrative offices and their functions such as workforce management, information technology, accounting and finance, […] More

  • MBDA, Prodintec, European Defense Agency Partner on New Additive Manufacturing Project
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    MBDA, Prodintec, European Defense Agency Partner on New Additive Manufacturing Project

    The European Defense Agency has partnered with MBDA and the European research center Fundacion Prodintec to explore areas where additive manufacturing can be applied to help boost Europe’s defense industry. EDA said Dec. 22 the project aims to raise awareness and determine feasibility of how additive manufacturing or 3D printing technology applies to military contexts. The […] More

  • DARPA Launches Project to Help Identify Potential Terrorists Through Social Media
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    DARPA Launches Project to Help Identify Potential Terrorists Through Social Media

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a project that looks to develop an automated software designed to monitor publicly available information on social media to identify potential terrorist threats, The National Interest reported Thursday. Michael Peck writes the Force Protection in the Online Information Environment project aims to examine social media content to determine within foreign […] More

  • HPE’s Earl Matthews: Agencies Should Adopt Situational Awareness Model for Cybersecurity
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    HPE’s Earl Matthews: Agencies Should Adopt Situational Awareness Model for Cybersecurity

    Earl Matthews, a vice president at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, has said public sector organizations should evolve from a continuous diagnostics and mitigation approach to a situational awareness model that can foster cybersecurity collaboration. Matthews wrote in a blog article published Sunday in Signal Magazine that a cyber SA model can be based on analysis of sensors, files and web objects as well […] More

  • Getac Receives S410 Notebook Order From US Army; Scott Shainman Comments
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    Getac Receives S410 Notebook Order From US Army; Scott Shainman Comments

    Getac has received an order for 3,750 S410 semi-rugged notebook computers from the U.S. Army‘s product management team for Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care. The MC4 team will adopt the notebooks to capture medical treatment data in operational environments and provide a lifelong electronic health record to service members, Getac said Tuesday. Scott Shainman, president of Getac, said the […] More

  • SuperCom to Help South American Country Implement Land & Geographic Info System
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    SuperCom to Help South American Country Implement Land & Geographic Info System

    SuperCom has won an 18-month, $9 million contract to provide a web-based land and geographical information system to a government customer in South America. The company said Friday it will help the client migrate and implement SuperCom’s cloud-based Land and Geographical Registration and Information Management System. Arie Trabelsi, SuperCom’s president and CEO, said the customer will company will adopt  […] More

  • Airbus to Supply H145M Helicopters to Serbia
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    Airbus to Supply H145M Helicopters to Serbia

    Airbus will produce and deliver nine H145M helicopters and associated logistics support to Serbia’s government under a contract signed with the country’s interior and defense ministries. The defense ministry said Wednesday the helicopters will help the Serbian air force and police conduct transport, search and rescue, combat, medical evacuation, surveillance and security missions. Airbus will also provide spare parts, tools […] More

  • SpaceX Sets Jan. 8 Launch for Iridium NEXT Satellites
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    SpaceX Sets Jan. 8 Launch for Iridium NEXT Satellites

    SpaceX has said it plans to launch on Jan. 8 the first batch of satellites for Iridium Communications’ NEXT constellation after it determined the cause of the Sept. 1 explosion of the Falcon 9 rocket, the Washington Post reported Monday. Christian Davenport writes the Elon Musk-owned company found that the explosion was caused by a pressure vessel in the […] More