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Stewart Ewing, executive vice president and chief financial officer at CenturyLink, said the company continues to consider potential mergers and acquisitions that would grow its business services portfolio, FierceTelecom reported Tuesday. “We’re trying to build out the portfolio for the cloud platform and for the IT services platform that we hope to grow so I think you’ll see […] More

A new Research and Markets report states that the global market for C4ISR systems is worth $121.5 billion as of 2014 and will see nominal growth through the forecast period ending in 2024. The use of unmanned systems and active electronically scanned array technology, border and coastal surveillance operations in Latin America and the rise of asymmetric warfare are among […] More

CGI has been awarded a five-year, $27.3 million contract to help North Wales Police design, build and operate a new information and communications technology system. The North Wales Police ICT modernization effort is part of the agency’s strategy to transform service delivery and operational activities, CGI said Tuesday. Under the contract, the company will also […] More

IXI Technology has been awarded a contract to provide a tactical data conversion platform for electronic warfare systems onboard U.S. Navy ships. The Navy chose IXI’s Data I/O Converter to translate information stored in the legacy Naval Tactical Data System into a format intended to support the military branch’s AN/SLQ-32(V) shipboard EW system, IXI said […] More

A new report from ASDReports expects advancements in sensor technologies to influence the military electro-optic/infrared systems market in the coming years. The market analyst said EO/IR systems will register a year-over-year growth of 7.71 percent to become a $16.35 billion industry by 2020, driven by increased use in surveillance operations and as part of a close in weapons system. […] More

TechNavio forecasts a 9.86 percent compound annual growth rate for the global homeland security market from 2014 through 2019 as public sector demand for identification and security checking systems is poised to increase. TechNavio’s new report calculated the market size for the forecast period by considering revenues generated from six segments: border, aviation and maritime security, […] More

ASDReports projects communication equipment to dominate the air traffic control equipment market between 2014 and 2020 and expects China to hold the biggest market share throughout the forecasted period. The report predicts the construction of new airports, airport upgrades, increase in passenger and freight traffic, escalating aircraft movements, technological advancements and safety requirements to drive the market […] More