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NIC has partnered with Utah and Mississippi to unveil a new series voice-activated state government apps for the Amazon Echo designed to allow users to receive license alerts and take practice exams through the Alexa Voice Services. NIC subsidiary Utah Interactive worked with the Utah’s departments of public safety and technology services to create a voice-based app that works to […] More
Lockheed Martin has completed the encapsulation of a fifth Mobile User Objective System satellite designed for military communications into a launch vehicle fairing platform. MUOS-5 is scheduled to take off June 24 onboard a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V rocket and would be the final satellite to complete the U.S. Navy’s network constellation, Lockheed said in […] More
DTECH Labs, a subsidiary under Cubic Global Defense, will now offer a full two-year extended warranty on all of the company’s ruggedized Mobile Modular Micro-Secure Enclave network communications products. The warranty looks to provide customers with reliable equipment that can be used by customers at any time, Cubic said Wednesday Mike Barthlow, Cubic Mission Solutions vice president […] More
Shape Technologies has received an $8.1 million contract to engineer and produce simulation systems for the training programs and exercises conducted by the U.S. Air Force. The Colorado Springs, Colorado-based company will also support the modeling and simulation branches of the U.S. Strategic Command’s joint exercise and training directorate, the North American Aerospace Defense Command […] More
Orbital ATK‘s cargo ship Cygnus is set to proceed with three in-orbit scientific missions after the spacecraft completed its mission to deliver around 7,900 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station. Cygnus, nicknamed S.S. Rick Husband, departed from the orbiting laboratory Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time after an 81-day stay there, Orbital ATK said Tuesday. The OA-6 mission represents the company’s fifth mission under […] More
Cisco has invested $10 million toward its two-year Global Cybersecurity Scholarship program the company started to address what it estimates as a projected global shortage of 2 million cybersecurity professionals by 2019. The company said Tuesday it will also integrate a new Cyber Ops Certification to its current certification portfolio and update its CCIE security certification to address new skills and education that […] More
Jeremy Myers, a 25-year information technology veteran, has been appointed IT solutions architect at Reston, Virginia-based tactical C4ISR systems and lifecycle support provider iGov. He will support the company’s business development functions and lead its efforts to design enterprise architecture, assess emerging technology and develop advanced concepts in his new position, iGov said Monday. The company noted he […] More
Liquid Robotics has named three new members to its strategic advisory board  U.S. Pacific Command head Timothy Keating, former United Nations Command leader Walter Sharp and Francisco Chavez — a senior scientist and biological oceanographer at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. The unmanned ocean robot manufacturer said Tuesday Keating, Sharp and Chavez will join 18 board advisers from […] More
Brocade and Harris have formed a partnership that will work to help customers adopt cybersecurity strategies in efforts to protect assets. Brocade said Tuesday the team will develop new services that integrate Harris’ cybersecurity technologies and Brocade’s software-defined networking products in support of customers in the government, financial services, healthcare, energy, oil and gas, retail and service […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will conduct a Proposers Day on June 27 in Chicago to discuss the Prometheus program that aims to identify molecular biomarkers that could be used to predict contagiousness of an individual following exposure to a pathogen within 24 hours. “Many infections are spread by people who haven’t yet displayed […] More
An Airbus Defense and Space company has added a NICE-made incident information management platform to that company’s emergency communications processing technology portfolio in an effort to equip public safety answering points with integrated tools. Airbus DS Communications will offer NICE’s NG9-1-1-ready products such as audio recording, text-to-911 logging, screen capture and Inform digital evidence management tools as part of the VESTA suite, NICE said Monday. […] More
Samsung Electronics America and Booz Allen Hamilton have jointly developed a new security assessment offering that works to identify the risks, threats and vulnerabilities of an enterprise’s mobile infrastructure. Booz Allen said Monday the partnership aims to help clients in sectors such as finance, healthcare and retail to address cybersecurity issues and adopt what the firm refers to as a “mobile first” […] More
