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  • Raytheon|Websense Poll: 31% of Security Execs Confident in Their Firm’s Network Security
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    Raytheon|Websense Poll: 31% of Security Execs Confident in Their Firm’s Network Security

    A Raytheon|Websense-commissioned survey has found that only 31 percent of enterprise security executives have confidence in the security of their company’s data network infrastructure. Research Now polled 100 U.S. security officers in March and found that only 28 percent think their security metrics communications are effective, Raytheon|Websense said Wednesday. Less than 35 percent of respondents […] More

  • Lockheed Orders 250 Cubic Air Combat Training Systems for F-35; Bill Toti Comments
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    Lockheed Orders 250 Cubic Air Combat Training Systems for F-35; Bill Toti Comments

    Lockheed Martin has ordered a set of air combat training systems for the F-35 fighter jet from Cubic under a new low rate initial production contract. Cubic will deliver additional 250 JSF P5 systems to Lockheed under the contract, Cubic said Wednesday. The company will perform engineering work for the training systems in San Diego and Fort Walton Beach, […] More

  • Tom Keane: Microsoft’s Azure Govt Cloud Adds 4 Federal Certifications
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    Tom Keane: Microsoft’s Azure Govt Cloud Adds 4 Federal Certifications

    Microsoft has received additional federal certifications for its Azure Government cloud computing platform after evaluations of the product’s data security features for U.S. public sector organizations. Tom Keane, partner director for Microsoft Azure program management, wrote in a blog post published Tuesday the platform obtained a moderate provisional authority-to-operate status under the Federal Risk and Authorization […] More

  • Capstone Extends Analysis Work for US Navy Air, Port Operations; John McNally Comments
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    Capstone Extends Analysis Work for US Navy Air, Port Operations; John McNally Comments

    Capstone Corp. has been awarded a task order to continue its analysis work on the U.S. Navy’s air and port operations mission requirements. The company will use operations research modeling, simulation and group decision conferencing techniques to carry out the task, Capstone said Monday. “Selection to continue supporting this task reflects the confidence and trust of […] More

  • Lockheed Embarks on New Surveillance Aircraft R&D Program
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    Lockheed Embarks on New Surveillance Aircraft R&D Program

    Lockheed Martin‘s Skunk Works unit is developing a high-altitude, long-endurance aircraft that would look as an upgraded version of the company’s U-2 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaisance platform, Flightglobal reported Monday. James Drew writes Skunk Works envisions the future RQ-X/UQ-2 having an unmanned and a manned operational mode, an F118 engine and multiple sensors. “Think of […] More

  • Northrop, IRT Partner to Develop Public Safety Incident Mgmt Tool
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    Northrop, IRT Partner to Develop Public Safety Incident Mgmt Tool

    Northrop Grumman has collaborated with Incident Response Technologies to build a new tool for public safety organizations to manage critical situations. IRT said Tuesday that Northrop’s Tactical Incident Management System is based upon IRT’s cloud-based Rhodium incident management software. The platform works to help law enforcement personnel plan, manage and track events as well as […] More

  • Lockheed Receives First Materion-Built Cast Components for F-35 EOTS; W. Glenn Maxwell Comments
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    Lockheed Receives First Materion-Built Cast Components for F-35 EOTS; W. Glenn Maxwell Comments

    Materion Beryllium & Composites has handed over an initial batch of aluminum-beryllium casting products to Lockheed Martin after the Materion Corp. subsidiary secured first-article inspection approval. Lockheed will integrate the Materion-made AlBeCast aluminum-beryllium components with its Electro-Optical Targeting System onboard F-35 fighter jets, Materion said Tuesday. Lockheed’s EOTS has infrared sensors designed to help F-35 pilots carry out reconnaissance operations […] More

  • IRS Wants Info on Contact Center SaaS Offerings
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    IRS Wants Info on Contact Center SaaS Offerings

    The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is requesting information about potential providers of a software-as-a-service platform designed for contact center operations. IRS said Aug. 10 in a FedBizOpps notice that it seeks a vendor who can deliver SaaS that complies with the agency’s information technology security and data privacy policies. The agency also wants to know […] More

  • Madeline Weiss: Info Mgmt Council Wants Non-Government Entity as Cyber Hub
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    Madeline Weiss: Info Mgmt Council Wants Non-Government Entity as Cyber Hub

    Madeline Weiss, director of the Society for Information Management’s Advanced Practices Council, has said the industry group wants a non-government organization to serve as a cyber hub for information sharing practices, FierceGovernmentIT reported Monday. Dibya Sarkar writes the goal is to establish a cybersecurity information center designed to both gather and analyze cyber threat indicators. […] More

  • MarketsandMarkets: UCaaS Market to Hit $25B by 2020
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    MarketsandMarkets: UCaaS Market to Hit $25B by 2020

    A new MarketsandMarkets report predicts that the market for unified-communications-as-a-service will grow at a 10.5-percent compound annual growth rate to reach a market value of $24.88 billion in 2020. The company said Monday the market is currently worth $15.12 billion, driven by the increasing use of communications solutions that integrate desktop, video, voice and messaging applications. According […] More

  • Teal Group: UAV Production to Reach $93B in 10 Years
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    Teal Group: UAV Production to Reach $93B in 10 Years

    A new Teal Group report forecasts production of unmanned aerial vehicles to reach a total of $93 billion in the next 10 years. Philip Finnegan, Teal Group’s director of corporate analysis and an author of the study, said Friday the market research firm’s 2015 UAV study “calculates the UAV market at 72 percent military, 23 percent consumer, 5 […] More

  • Eileen Rivera Named Harris Senior Marketing Executive
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    Eileen Rivera Named Harris Senior Marketing Executive

    Eileen Rivera, formerly vice president of global marketing and communications for healthcare services at Harris Corp., has been appointed global marketing and communications executive of the company. She was most recently responsible for Harris’ marketing and branding programs meant to promote the company’s commercial healthcare services in the U.S. and worldwide. Rivera previously served as president […] More