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The U.S. Air Force‘s upgraded hardware at the Robins Air Force Base C-5 System Integration Lab works to accommodate Lockheed Martin‘s own upgrades to the C-5 Galaxy‘s color weather radar and core mission computer. Jenny Gordon reports Wednesday on the Air Force website that the service designed, installed or modified hardware such as the lab’s electronics enclosure, antenna fixture […] More
A new Intel Security report has found a 127 percent growth in ransomware samples between the second quarter of 2014 and 2015 due to the emergence of CryptoWall, CTB-Locker and other forms of malware that restrict access to computer systems. The McAfee Labs Threats Report says computer networks with MacAfee security software encountered at least 19.2 million infected […] More
Jim Noe, formerly president of Eon LLC, has joined Constellis Group as senior vice president of training and mission support. Noe was most recently responsible for the acquisition and integration of three companies into a single operating division at Eon, Constellis said Monday. Constellis Group is the parent company of ACADEMI, Edinburgh International, Olive Group, Strategic Social […] More
Raytheon and Naval Sea Systems Command executives visited LCR Embedded Systems’ Norristown, Pennsylvania-based headquarters on Aug. 11 to check on LCR’s engineering, electronics design and manufacturing operations. LCR said Monday it collaborated with Raytheon to develop the hardware component of the AN/SPY-1 radar for the Navy’s Aegis Combat System installed on surface ships. Nissen Isakov, president […] More
Jacobs Engineering Group has been awarded a $26 million contract to oversee the engineering and construction of New Jersey Turnpike’s roadwide guide sign. The company has already begun to replace roadway sign panels, install new sign structures, relocate existing cantilever sign structures, build the foundations for new and relocated structures and install roadway safety features, […] More
QTS aims to grow its offerings for federal government and commercial enterprises to manage hybrid information technology environments through its $326 million acquisition of Carpathia that closed in June, two QTS executives have told ExecutiveBiz. Those environments present the combined company with an opportunity to shift agencies away from a “one-size-fits-all†approach for their IT […] More
RSA and Gigamon have partnered to offer the GigaSECURE security delivery platform and RSA Security Analytics product to customers that seek visibility into software-defined data centers and other virtual network environments. Gigamon said Monday visibility into network traffic helps generate actionable intelligence to support network protection measures. “Customers need pervasive visibility into virtual East-West traffic in order to […] More
Lockheed Martin has invested in Peloton Technology in an effort to help further develop and commercialize the latter company’s truck platooning technology. Peloton said Monday it raised $17 million in a recent funding round from Lockheed and several other investors, including Intel Capital and Denso International America. Peloton’s technology employs a radar-based active braking system, […] More
Northrop Grumman, ViaSat and Optus have partnered to offer a technology for Australian armed forces to leverage a wideband global satellite communications network. The alliance proposed to give the Australian military access to the Satcom Operations and Planning Element, a Northrop-built network management system designed to integrate with WGS, Northrop said Monday. Ian Irving, chief […] More
Iridium Communications has spent $3 billion on its program to launch 66 satellites that will work to offer airline companies satellite-based air traffic surveillance services, CEO Matt Desch told The Globe and Mail for an article published Sunday. Eric Atkins writes those satellites will carry instruments to collect information such as aircraft speed and location in an effort to help airlines manage fuel usage and flight […] More
FireEye and a Cybergy Partners subsidiary have teamed up to combine their technology offerings and services in an effort to help government and commercial enterprises protect their information technology infrastructures from cyber threats. FireEye will work to integrate its Multi-Vector Virtual Execution tool and Mandiant’s endpoint security and incident response services with Cybergy Labs’ SmartFile system under […] More
A new Boeing-made satellite lifted off Friday from Kazakhstan onboard an International Launch Services-built Proton Breeze M space vehicle to become part of Inmarsat’s Global Xpress satellite communications network. Rupert Pearce, CEO of Inmarsat, said Thursday the new GX satellite joins a constaellation that works to help customers quickly introduce new applications and offer remote mobile broadband services to […] More
