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  • Tony Frazier: New DigitalGlobe Community to Utilize Crowdsourced GEOINT for Nat’l Security
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    Tony Frazier: New DigitalGlobe Community to Utilize Crowdsourced GEOINT for Nat’l Security

    Tony Frazier, senior vice president for government solutions at DigitalGlobe, has outlined his views on the impact of crowdsourcing on innovation and learning in the geospatial intelligence sector. Frazier wrote in a blog entry posted Thursday that the company’s Tomnod community and USGIF GEOINT Hackathon competition are indicative of crowdsourcing’s disruptive role in the market. He noted that Tomnod […] More

  • Boeing, Carnegie Mellon Open Aerospace Data Analytics Lab; Nancy Bailey Comments
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    Boeing, Carnegie Mellon Open Aerospace Data Analytics Lab; Nancy Bailey Comments

    Boeing has established an aerospace data analytics laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University as part of a new academic research initiative in which the company will invest $7.5 million over a three-year period. Carnegie Mellon said Thursday the initiative aims to extract value out of data gathered from aircraft design, construction and operation. Jaime Carbonell, a computer science […] More

  • Northrop Completes Incident Mgmt System Test; Ed Sturms Comments
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    Northrop Completes Incident Mgmt System Test; Ed Sturms Comments

    Northrop Grumman has completed a proof-of-concept test for the company’s tactical incident management system in collaboration with the Los Angeles Police Department. Northrop demonstrated the system for eight days during the Special Olympics World Games, Northrop said Thursday. “The pilot program was started to work closely with the LAPD to better understand their mission and tailor […] More

  • Mac Curtis: Vencore to Provide IT Support for Federal Protective Service
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    Mac Curtis: Vencore to Provide IT Support for Federal Protective Service

    Vencore has been awarded a potential five-year, $43 million contract to help the Federal Protective Service manage the agency’s information technology operations and systems. The company said Thursday it will also provide technical program management and professional services to FPS offices across U.S. states and territories. Mac Curtis, president and CEO of Vencore, said the […] More

  • Max Peterson: AWS Cloud to Support IJIS Institute Programs
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    Max Peterson: AWS Cloud to Support IJIS Institute Programs

    Amazon Web Services has become a member of the nonprofit IJIS Institute and will provide leadership, expertise and financial support for the institute’s national information sharing and safeguarding efforts. The IJIS Institute said Thursday its programs are aimed at the law enforcement, homeland security and public safety sectors. “We’re looking forward to taking advantage of the opportunity IJIS […] More

  • Neustar Survey: Businesses Focus Security Investments on DDoS Protection
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    Neustar Survey: Businesses Focus Security Investments on DDoS Protection

    A new survey from Neustar says more than half of respondent companies have invested more in security tools to counter distributed denial-of-service attacks as compared to the previous year. The report highlights trends such as the attackers’ growing focus on what Neustar describes as “targeted, smaller” attacks intended to disrupt a company’s network while installing malware that is designed to steal […] More

  • HII Subsidiary Awarded Navy Logistics Support Contract
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    HII Subsidiary Awarded Navy Logistics Support Contract

    A subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries will provide integrated logistics support to the U.S. Navy under a potential five-year, $36.7 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Huntington Ingalls said Thursday AMSEC will support the Navy’s work to develop, maintain and manage hull, mechanical and electrical technical data. The contract also covers electronic publishing support, systems engineering, supply support, training and curriculum development work. AMSEC will perform work in California, Hawaii, Pennsylvania, […] More

  • Boeing-Lockheed JV Carries Out 100th Launch
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    Boeing-Lockheed JV Carries Out 100th Launch

    A United Launch Alliance-built rocket launched early Friday morning to mark the 100th mission carried out by the joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, NASASpaceflight.com reported Friday. An Atlas V rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to carry the Morelos-3 communications satellite into space, William Graham writes. The Atlas V contains an RL10 engine-powered Centaur upper stage, […] More

  • SAP, NTT Group Form Enterprise Cloud Partnership; Kevin Ichhpurani Comments
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    SAP, NTT Group Form Enterprise Cloud Partnership; Kevin Ichhpurani Comments

    SAP and NTT Group have extended their alliance to provide enterprise cloud services to customers. The partnership is intended to offer the joint NTT and Dimension Data cloud platform and NTT‘s information technology infrastructure services to customers in South Africa and the Asia-Pacific region, NTT said Thursday. “NTT Group provides SAP with a critical component of enterprise-grade cloud services […] More

  • Cubic Lands Air Force Combat Training Tool Contract; Bill Toti Comments
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    Cubic Lands Air Force Combat Training Tool Contract; Bill Toti Comments

    Cubic‘s global defense segment has been awarded a contract to build a live, virtual and constructive tool for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing. Cubic said Thursday it will perform contract work on the LVC system intended for airborne combat training under the Secure LVC Advanced Training Environment Advanced Technology Demonstration program. AFRL’s […] More

  • Allegheny Opens Tysons Metro Center Headquarters; Arria Hines Comments
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    Allegheny Opens Tysons Metro Center Headquarters; Arria Hines Comments

    Allegheny Science & Technology has opened a Tysons Metro Center headquarters in an effort to respond to the growing customer needs in Washington. Allegheny leased the facility to serve as its National Capitol Regional base, where the company’s corporate business development, proposal and recruiting operations will be located, Allegheny said Wednesday. “It’s an exciting time for […] More

  • Gulu Gambhir: Leidos, Virginia Tech to Research Big Data Usage for Healthcare Field
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    Gulu Gambhir: Leidos, Virginia Tech to Research Big Data Usage for Healthcare Field

    Leidos has entered into a partnership with Virginia Tech for research on the use of big data from electronic health records to improve patient care and drive down healthcare costs. The company said Thursday the team will utilize technical data from healthcare providers to develop methods that address the sector’s challenges in terms of cost and the […] More