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Raytheon will present a collegiate cyber defense competition in San Antonio beginning on April 22 to test the skills of the 10 collegiate teams in combating online attacks. The Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security said Friday announced the 10 finalists for the three-day National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition Championship. According to Raytheon, this competition is […] More
BAE Systems has received a $55.1 million contract with the Defense Department to build a suite of mine neutralizers with explosive warheads for the U.S. Navy to launch from helicopters. The company will manufacture the Archerfish remotely-controlled underwater vehicles and fiber-optic spools for the Navy as the service branch seeks to also create communication links between the […] More
A new survey conducted by computer security company Thycotic at the annual RSA conference says a majority of 200 security industry respondents believe the U.S. is vulnerable to cyberterrorism. The company said Tuesday the study found 63 percent of security professionals believe terrorists can launch a major cyber-attack on the U.S. within a year, while 92 percent believe most U.S. companies […] More
General Dynamics‘ U.K. land systems subsidiary and its partners completed live firing tests of a stabilized cannon and chain gun mounted on the U.K. army’s General Dynamics-built armored fighting vehicle. The team tested the CTA International-developed 40-millimeter cannon system integrated on the Ajax vehicle platform to record the recoil and blast stresses and other aspects of the firing, General Dynamics said Wednesday. The […] More
Earl Matthews, a vice president at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, has said agencies and companies should create a workplace culture that will encourage employees to be more aware of cybersecurity risks at the organizations, GCN reported Wednesday. Derek Major writes Matthews, VP of enterprise security solutions for HPE’s U.S. public sector business, told FireEye‘s Insider Threat Summit Tuesday he believes that a cybersecurity […] More
Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, Inmarsat senior vice president of government strategy and policy in the U.S. government business, has listed diversity, distribution and protection of space assets as the key attributes of satellite communications resilience. Cowen-Hirsch writes in a Space News article published Mar. 28 using combined features of commercial and military satcom systems can diversify communication paths and assist interoperability in the event […] More
Lockheed Martin is looking into alternative uses for a habitat module it is developing for NASA‘s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships program focused on research-and-development projects to identify new technologies, Space News reported Wednesday. Bill Pratt, NextSTEP program manager at Lockheed, told the publicaiton its cislunar habitat could be used to support other countries and companies that are looking to embark […] More
SES Government Solutions has received two follow-on contracts from the U.S. Army‘s Intelligence and Security Command to provide satellite services for a global network used to transmit voice, video and data. Reston, Virginia-based SES GS said Thursday it will support the TROJAN Network that includes terminals and ground infrastructure for uniformed Army personnel and decision makers at the […] More
World Wide Technology will work with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to provide on-demand data storage support for enterprise environments of the Defense Information Systems Agency under a potential six-year, $427 million contract. The Enterprise Storage Services II contract awarded to WWT has a base term of four years and two option years, WWT said Wednesday. WWT […] More
Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary Comtech PST has been awarded a $1.3 million contract by an international customer to provide broadband radio-frequency microwave amplifiers for a communications jamming system. The communications products and services company said Wednesday the amplifiers work to provide broad frequency coverage for jamming systems through broadband solid-state switching and transistor technology. Stanton Sloane, Comtech president and CEO, said Comtech PST’s broadband amplifiers […] More
Dell‘s security unit has updated its operating system that works to provide SSL virtual private network access to applications, data and resources for remote workers who use mobile devices. The new SonicWall Secure Mobile Access version looks to help industry and government clients secure their networks across all data type, device and remote worker location, Dell said Wednesday. Dell […] More
BAE Systems has released a study that profiles six types of cyber criminals in an effort to help businesses understand the motivations of network threat actors and develop defense strategies against them. BAE released the Unusual Suspects research, which is based on an analysis of cyber attacks launched against companies worldwide, to coincide with the […] More
