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  • Ed Sayadian: NextGen Aviation Improvement Programs Need Long-Term Investments
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    Ed Sayadian: NextGen Aviation Improvement Programs Need Long-Term Investments

    Ed Sayadian, president of mission networks at Harris Corp., has said Congress should continue to advance long-term investments in the Federal Aviation Administration’s NextGen programs and other aviation modernization initiatives. “Without this investment, the significant and important modernization gains will be threatened, subjecting passengers to unnecessary delays and sustaining aviation operations that are less environmentally […] More

  • Vencore, Havas Health Sign Analytics Tech Marketing Pact; Mac Curtis Comments
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    Vencore, Havas Health Sign Analytics Tech Marketing Pact; Mac Curtis Comments

    Vencore has partnered with Havas Health to market data analytics technology that aims to help pharmaceutical companies identify people with rare diseases. Mac Curtis, Vencore CEO and an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2016, said Friday the partnership will allow the company “to expand its reach and make a life-changing, and in some cases life-saving, impact on patients who suffer from ailments that have […] More

  • CACI, FAA, DHS Evaluate Drone Detection Technology at Commercial Airports
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    CACI, FAA, DHS Evaluate Drone Detection Technology at Commercial Airports

    CACI International, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Homeland Security have conducted research on technologies that work to detect unmanned aircraft systems in commercial airports. FAA said Thursday the program seeks to address safety and security concerns regarding unauthorized UAS flown near airports and manned airplanes. The agency noted that it receives more than 100 reports a month […] More

  • Thales-Ultra Electronics ATS Team Lands GSA Contract to Update DoD Link-16 Pulse Deconfliction Server
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    Thales-Ultra Electronics ATS Team Lands GSA Contract to Update DoD Link-16 Pulse Deconfliction Server

    Thales will work with Ultra Electronics Advanced Tactical Systems to provide a software platform and update the Defense Department’s Link-16 Pulse Deconfliction Server under a contract awarded by the General Services Administration. The Thales-built Web Reference Architecture software will work to help DoD schedule the operations of Link-16 terminal radios and related systems in compliance with spectrum certification requirements, Thales said […] More

  • FBI, LAPD Investigate Cyber Attack at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
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    FBI, LAPD Investigate Cyber Attack at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital

    The Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center cooperates with the FBI and the Los Angeles Police Department to identify the hackers responsible for a cyber attack that disrupted the hospital’s access to electronic health records, Defense One reported Wednesday. Kaveh Waddell writes the hospital’s medical personnel are not able to access data such as the treatment history of patients […] More

  • Five Companies Win Army Weapons Part Production FMS Contract
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    Five Companies Win Army Weapons Part Production FMS Contract

    The U.S. Army has awarded five companies a $49 million contract to produce nonstandard weapons components for several international clients under a foreign military sales agreement. Culmen International, Defense Technology, Multinational Defense Services, Sierra Four Industries and UDC USA will perform work through Feb. 18, 2021, the Defense Department said Thursday. The companies will produce […] More

  • TCS Expands Reach of Text-to-911 Service; Lynne Houserman Comments
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    TCS Expands Reach of Text-to-911 Service; Lynne Houserman Comments

    TeleCommunication Systems has deployed its text-to-911 messaging service to more than 700 public safety answering points located in 38 U.S. states and territories. The text-to-911 system works to help users send emergency messages to PSAPs via text telephone, direct Internet protocol and hypertext transfer protocol secure methods, TCS said Thursday. Lynne Houserman, senior vice president of […] More

  • General Atomics to Supply Reaper Drones to Spain; Linden Blue Comments
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    General Atomics to Supply Reaper Drones to Spain; Linden Blue Comments

    Spain’s defense ministry has placed an order for four General Atomics-built Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles through a $243 million foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. The contract also covers MTS-B electro-optical/infrared sensors, two Block 30 ground control stations, line-of-sight datalink platforms and Block 20A Lynx multi-mode radar for the Spanish armed forces, General […] More

  • Bloomberg: Lockheed Eyes F-16 Manufacturing in India
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    Bloomberg: Lockheed Eyes F-16 Manufacturing in India

    Lockheed Martin has made an offer to India for the manufacture of F-16 fighter jets in the country in an effort to help upgrade the Indian defense sector, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Phil Shaw, CEO of Lockheed’s Indian unit, said the company’s CEO and President Marillyn Hewson opened the deal’s possibility to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in […] More

  • Airbus to Build ‘Pseudo-Satellite’ for UK Defense Ministry
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    Airbus to Build ‘Pseudo-Satellite’ for UK Defense Ministry

    Airbus Defense and Space has received an order for two Zephyr 8 pseudo-satellites from the U.K. Defense Ministry to help provide land and sea surveillance to the client. The solar-powered Zephyr 8 high-altitude craft operates as guided by a ground controller in order to deliver surveillance, hosting communications links support, Airbus said Thursday. Airbus Defense […] More

  • Defense News: Raytheon to Pursue Air Force T-X Program with Alenia, CAE
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    Defense News: Raytheon to Pursue Air Force T-X Program with Alenia, CAE

    Raytheon will confirm on Monday its partnership with Alenia Aermacchi and CAE to compete for the U.S. Air Force‘s T-X trainer replacement contract, Defense News reported Tuesday. Aaron Mehta and Lara Seligman write Raytheon likely will hold a prime role on the team, which will propose a variant of Alenia’s M-346 aircrew training system for the competition. General […] More

  • Stefan Ries, Steve Singh Named to SAP Executive Board
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    Stefan Ries, Steve Singh Named to SAP Executive Board

    Stefan Ries, chief human resources officer at SAP, and Concur Technologies CEO Steve Singh, will join SAP’s executive board effective April 1. Ries, a 14-year SAP veteran, will also serve as labor relations director in addition to his role as CHRO and member of the global managing board of the software company, SAP said Thursday. Prior […] More