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Cisco has released a new report that analyzes threat intelligence and cybersecurity trends and examines how organizations must respond to cyber attacks. The company said Tuesday cyber criminals are expanding their tactics to conduct cyber attacks using methods that Cisco says are hard to detect. “Attackers have become more proficient at taking advantage of gaps […] More
BAE Systems has introduced a thermographic weapon sight platform designed to help military users recognize threats when they conduct surveillance missions during the day or night. The Universal Thermal Clip-On XII device is built with a 12-micron thermal imaging camera to allow operators to observe target locations that are surrounded by fog, dust or smoke, […] More
Dave Dunning, executive vice president of business development and strategy at Fluor Corp. for the past two years, plans to retire on June 1 after a 37-year career at the company. He has led corporate strategic planning, business development, sales, communications and advocacy functions over the past two years, Fluor said Friday. Jose Bustamante, senior […] More
ICF International is set to sponsor a new speaker series as part of a longstanding cooperation agreement with George Washington University. The panel discussions, which will start on Jan. 21, will focus on federal health issues and programs and their impact on the public and private sectors, education and industry, ICF said Friday. The first […] More
Leon Panetta, former Pentagon and CIA chief, has been elected to the board of directors at Oracle. The yearlong appointment, which brings the number of Oracle’s board members to 12, was made via unanimous decision at the company’s annual shareholders meeting, Oracle said Monday. “Panetta is a dynamic leader with a distinguished record of public service at the […] More
Japan, South Korea and China are emerging as new manufacturing hubs for military naval vessels, a new report from Frost & Sullivan revealed. The analyst said Thursday that shipbuilding would remain a domain of Western Europe, the United States and Russia but that Asia-Pacific countries are tightening their hold on the market as they slowly start […] More
Northrop Grumman’s electronic systems business unit has been awarded a contract worth at least $12 million with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a supply chain hardware authentication system. The system will work to verify the trustworthiness of an electronic component and identify counterfeit parts in the supply chain, the Defense Department said Tuesday. […] More
A new MarketsandMarkets report predicts that the market for air traffic control equipment will be worth $5.52 billion by 2020 through a compound annual growth rate of 4.82 percent as air traffic continues to rise. The market research firm said Thursday the growth in demand for air traffic control equipment is due to airport expansions resulting from increased aircraft […] More
Leaders from IBM and Epic visited Oregon Health & Science University to evaluate how the school could support the consortium’s bid for a multibillion dollar contract to modernize the Defense Department‘s healthcare management systems, the Portland Business Journal reported Thursday. Elizabeth Hayes writes the university’s simulation center could serve as a training facility for DoD can practice protocols for the future electronic health record system if the […] More
Pragmatics has been awarded more than $10 million in multiple task orders during the last six months to modernize the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s applications. The company will work to maintain applications, develop software and manage content under the contract with the Commerce Department, Pragmatics said Wednesday. “Since 2012, we have leveraged agile development practices […] More
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory will develop a retinal prosthesis system with $4 million in funding from Mann Fund. The lab will will work with Second Sight Medical Products Inc. to embed vision and eye tracking sensors into the glasses for the system to identify obstacles, doorways, hallways and objects within a household, Johns Hopkins APL said […] More
QTS has partnered with Carahsoft Technology Corp. to offer U.S. government customers access to QTS’s information technology service offerings through a General Services Administration acquisition program. QTS said Thursday its data center, colocation and cloud offerings have been added to Carahsoft’s GSA Schedule 70 contract. The QTS 3Cs suite includes a FedRAMP-certified platform designed to […] More
