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  • Air Force Taps Vencore for Cyber Sensing Tech R&D Services
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    Air Force Taps Vencore for Cyber Sensing Tech R&D Services

    The research subsidiary of Vencore has been awarded a potential four-year, $8.3 million by the U.S. Air Force to help the military service branch research and develop analog sensing technology for monitoring of digital threats. Vencore Labs and the Air Force Research Laboratory will collaborate to build a multi-model analog sensing system through the Leveraging the Analog Domain for Security initiative, the […] More

  • ARN: Brian Fletcher Joins Symantec as Director for Gov’t Affairs in Pacific Region
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    ARN: Brian Fletcher Joins Symantec as Director for Gov’t Affairs in Pacific Region

    Symantec has appointed Brian Fletcher to serve as director for government affairs across Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea and provide support on cybercrime issues and public-private partnerships, ARN reported Monday. Julia Talevski writes Fletcher brings more than 20 years of experience from his work in the Australian government, most recently as director of cybersecurity relationships at […] More

  • Christian Ekhart: Icomedias Develops Microsoft Tech-Based Digitization App for Public Safety Agencies
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    Christian Ekhart: Icomedias Develops Microsoft Tech-Based Digitization App for Public Safety Agencies

    Icomedias has collaborated with Microsoft to create a mobile application designed to help public safety organizations to digitize paperwork, icomedias CEO Christian Ekhart wrote in an article published Thursday on Microsoft’s website. Ekhart said the HYBRID.FORMS application is built upon Microsoft-built technology products such as Windows 10, SQL Server, SharePoint and Office 365. The app will work to help first responders complete forms electronically using tablets and […] More

  • Air Force Unveils Weapon Systems Anti-Tamper Program
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    Air Force Unveils Weapon Systems Anti-Tamper Program

    The U.S. Air Force has asked industry to submit white papers for a five-year, $49 million program that aims to develop anti-tamper platforms designed to protect weapon systems from technology theft, reverse engineering and other threats, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Thursday. John Keller writes the service branch issued the broad agency announcement in support of […] More

  • First European Aegis Ashore Site in Romania Begins Missile Threat Monitoring Functions
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    First European Aegis Ashore Site in Romania Begins Missile Threat Monitoring Functions

    The first European Aegis Ashore site has begun scanning for potential ballistic missile threats in the skies of southern Europe. The inauguration of the Aegis Ashore site at Deveselu air base in Romania — which utilizes Lockheed Martin‘s Aegis Combat System — completes phase two of the European Phased Adaptive Approach for allied ballistic missile defense, the company said Thursday. Brendan […] More

  • Unisys’ Mark Forman: Hybrid, 4-Tier Architecture Facilitates Government Workforce Mobility
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    Unisys’ Mark Forman: Hybrid, 4-Tier Architecture Facilitates Government Workforce Mobility

    Mark Forman, global public sector head at Unisys, has said the adoption of a four-tier architecture could help government agencies facilitate mobility among their staff and change the way they deliver services to citizens. Forman wrote in a Government Technology article published April 15 that such architecture employs a hybrid model of analog and digital systems. […] More

  • Navy Transports 1st Seahawk Helicopters to Denmark
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    Navy Transports 1st Seahawk Helicopters to Denmark

    The U.S. Navy has delivered three MH-60R Seahawk helicopters to Denmark as part of the second foreign military procurement of the multi-mission helicopters built by Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary. The MH-60Rs were transported from Sikorsky’s William P. Gwinn Airfield aboard two C-17 aircraft bound for Karup air base in Denmark, the Navy said Wednesday. Denmark’s navy will […] More

  • Navy Vet Andy Von Stauffenberg Opens Unmanned, Robotics Systems Integration Company
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    Navy Vet Andy Von Stauffenberg Opens Unmanned, Robotics Systems Integration Company

    Andy Von Stauffenberg, a former U.S. Navy aviation electrician and Northrop Grumman engineer, has launched VStar Systems — a systems integration company that specializes in robotics and unmanned aerial systems for government and commercial clients. In a VStar press release posted Thursday, Stauffenberg said he established the company in 2015 to offer integration services for UAV customers. “There are hundreds of […] More

  • Battelle to Exhibit Anti-UAS Device at Navy League Event
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    Battelle to Exhibit Anti-UAS Device at Navy League Event

    Battelle will present one of its anti-unmanned aircraft systems devices and several other technology platforms at the Navy League’s Sea Air Space Show from May 16 to 18 in Maryland. The nonprofit’s man-portable DroneDefender device works to disrupt small UAS devices through radio control frequency before the drones present a threat to military and civilian activities, Battelle said Tuesday. […] More

  • General Atomics Eyes Expanded Operations With New Facility in Huntsville, Alabama
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    General Atomics Eyes Expanded Operations With New Facility in Huntsville, Alabama

    General Atomics unveiled its new facility at Cummings Research Park in Huntsville, Alabama, on May 6 in support of efforts to expand its operations in the region. Scott Forney, president of General Atomics’ electromagnetic systems group, said in a release posted Thursday the company’s expansion in the Huntsville area works to drive technology development by developing and building on business associations and community relationships. “Huntsville represents […] More

  • Intelsat Taps SSL to Deliver a Communications Satellite for Broadband Networking and Video Distribution
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    Intelsat Taps SSL to Deliver a Communications Satellite for Broadband Networking and Video Distribution

    Intelsat has selected Space Systems Loral to provide a high-power communications satellite for broadband networking and video distribution services in Africa, Europe and Asia. The Intelsat 39 will replace the SSL-built Intelsat 902 satellite launched in 2001 and feature both C-band and Ku-band transponders and use the SSL 1300 platform to support various applications such as electric propulsion, […] More

  • Lockheed Delivers 2 C-130J Variants to Coast Guard, Air Force
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    Lockheed Delivers 2 C-130J Variants to Coast Guard, Air Force

    Lockheed Martin has dispatched two variants of the company’s C-130J Super Hercules airlifter to the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Air Force. The company said Thursday that the Coast Guard received the search-and-surveillance HC-130J Tuesday after that aircraft underwent post-production modifications at a Lockheed facility in Greenville, South Carolina while the MC-130J was delivered Friday to the Air Force Special […] More