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Harris Corp. and ViaSat will increase production of the Small Tactical Terminal for U.S. soldiers under a one-year, $10 million follow-on contract, bringing the total deal value to at least $25 million since the original award in 2010. Harris said Monday it co-developed the product with ViaSat to provide soldiers access to tactical communications using a compact and […] More
IBM has introduced a line of Power Systems servers designed to help adopters of SAP Hana in-memory database management system to quickly process big data workloads. “The commodity servers used today by many organizations are increasingly stretched to their limits by new workloads, in the cloud or on premises,” Doug Balog, IBM Power Systems general […] More
Chris Smith, vice president of technology at AT&T‘s government solutions unit and a former chief information officer from the Agriculture Department, has described his outlook on current developments in cyber-related legislation in a Federal News Radio interview. In that conversation posted Monday on Federal News Radio that he sees progress in movement toward legislation of cyber information sharing and the overhaul of […] More
Hughes Network Systems LLC has introduced a portable broadband global area network terminal that is intended to address customers’ requirements for communications on the move. The Hughes 9211-HDR combined portable/mobile satellite terminal is designed to dock with a class 10 and class 11 mobile antenna, Hughes said Tuesday. “Imagine using a 9211-HDR as a portable […] More
Harris Corp. has completed testing and verification of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series ground segment ahead of the satellite’s delivery to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The company said Monday the tests checked the GOES-R ground system’s capability to generate weather data for NOAA and interface with the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System of the National Weather […] More
Omar Balkissoon, co-founder and CEO of OGSystems, said Monday the company has used an investment from venture capital firm General Catalyst to develop new technology products for defense and intelligence customers. “We… are responding to the Pentagon and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s call for action to innovate and increase research and development activities addressing the […] More
Noblis has received Capability Maturity Model Integration Level 3 appraisal from Carnegie Mellon University’s CMMI Institute. The CMMI framework is designed to assess how companies run systems used to achieve improvements in organizational performance. Amr ElSawy, Noblis president and CEO, indicated that the CMMI-DEV v1.3 rating helps affirm the strength of the company’s workforce and processes. “The […] More
Huntington Ingalls Industries President and CEO Mike Petters joined nearly 1,000 guests during the christening of the John Finn (DGG 113) guided missile destroyer at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, May 2. The 29th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer was named after the World War II Medal of Honor recipient who died in 2010 at the age of […] More
The ThreatScape suite from iSight Partners is now available to clients of Tripwire‘s security software under the latter’s Adaptive Threat Protection program. ThreatScape’s inclusion allows Tripwire Enterprise access to the API’s cloud-based “indicators of compromise,” where intelligence to speed up threat detection and alerts analysis could be derived, Tripwire said Thursday. The combination also offers customers the ability to contextualize alerts, identify suspect file changes […] More
The State Department is seeking potential small business sources of support services for the financial management, compensation, travel and budget and planning systems of the Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services. In a notice posted April 21 on FedBizOpps, the department said it is looking for system analysis, implementation and support services for […] More
Textron has introduced an unmanned systems training course catalog designed for both military and commercial customers. The coursework covers topics such as basic aviation and information technology, platform-specific operations and mission and maintenance considerations, Textron said Monday. John Hayward, a Textron senior vice president and general manager, said the catalog is designed to “equip students with […] More
Cisco executive Steve Steinhiber has said business opportunities in the Internet of Things are creating new partner types and changing current channel partners for the company, IT World Canada News reported Friday. Steinhiber, Cisco’s vice president of industry solutions group and ecosystems, expects an increase in the company’s number of multipartner deals as a result of the changes in […] More
