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Airbus’ defense and space business has teamed up with satellite Internet provider OneWeb to launch a new joint venture that will work to develop a constellation of 900 satellites designed to provide Internet communications services worldwide. Brian Holz, vice president of space systems at OneWeb, will serve as CEO of OneWeb Satellites joint venture, Airbus said […] More
Raytheon has tested the in-flight performance of the company’s Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle during a Missile Defense Agency demonstration intended to gather data on the capability of the vehicle’s thrusters. The redesigned EKV’s thrusters have been modified to control the impact with incoming threats while outside of the Earth’s atmosphere, Raytheon said Thursday. “Testing is critically important to […] More
A new PwC survey says 91 percent of business organizations have implemented the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Cybersecurity Framework and other risk-based security guidelines in an effort to detect and mitigate cyber threats. PwC polled at least 10,000 C-suite executives of information technology and security firms from more than 127 countries from May 7 through June […] More
The Air Force Research Laboratory is seeking ideas from vendors on how to integrate high-powered microwave technology into cyber and electronic warfare operations, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Wednesday. John Keller writes the U.S. Air Force plans to award up to $10 million in task order contracts for research, development, analysis and demonstration of High Power Electromagnetics […] More
The U.S. Army Contracting Command has issued a request for information on a consortium with the capability to research and develop prototypes of cyber platforms designed to protect vehicles from cyber attacks. The service branch said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Dec. 29 that the consortium will build prototypes in support of the Tank Automotive […] More
The U.S. Air Force‘s Remote Sensing Systems Directorate has completed the 14-day Block 10 integrated test and evaluation readiness soak on the Space Based Infrared System‘s ground segment, the service branch reported Jan. 21. The directorate conducted the test at Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado beginning Jan. 5 to check the system’s readiness and […] More
A subsidiary of Textron (NYSE: TXT) has received a potential five-year, $49.8 million contract to modernize a technology platform that the U.S. Navy uses to conduct electronic warfare systems integration tests. AAI Corp. will perform EW systems integration test environment upgrades for the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division’s electronic combat simulation and evaluation laboratory, the Defense Department said […] More
NATS has chosen Lockheed Martin as a systems integration partner as the companies seek to explore new air traffic management technology services for the British aviation market. Lockheed said Thursday it will help the British company to identify, integrate and implement service offerings based on concepts from the Single European Sky ATM Research initiative. “The program to deploy […] More
Vishal Chawla, a nearly 12-year veteran of Deloitte, has been appointed managing principal of the cyber risk advisory services practice at Grant Thornton. Grant Thornton said Thursday that Chawla will be based at a company office in McLean, Virginia, and work with clients across the U.S. “Cybersecurity threats are growing, the industry is ever-changing, and Vishal joins […] More
Smiths Detection has been awarded a five-year, $1.27 million contract to supply a radiation detection system to the Department of Homeland Security. The company will deliver its RadSeeker handheld radioisotope detector and identifier to DHS’ Domestic Nuclear Detection Office under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, Smiths Detection said Wednesday. “Under a competitively-awarded contract RadSeeker was developed in cooperation with the […] More
Strategy and Management Services has been awarded a contract to provide support to the Agriculture Department’s Agricultural Marketing Service, Dairy Programs. The company said Wednesday the contract includes the development and execution of a strategic plan to augment the marketing of milk and dairy products in the country. SAMS will conduct a comparative analysis of the […] More
Inmarsat has obtained a license from a United Arab Emirates-based telecommunications regulator to market the company’s mobile communication satellite service offering to the region’s public and private sectors. The General Authority for Regulating the Telecommunication Sector granted the public satellite service license to Inmarsat, the company said Wednesday. A license signing ceremony occurred at the UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi. […] More
