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  • Lockheed Martin, Illumina Form Genomics Service Alliance; Horace Blackman, Jay Flatley Comment
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    Lockheed Martin, Illumina Form Genomics Service Alliance; Horace Blackman, Jay Flatley Comment

    Lockheed Martin and Illumina have partnered to jointly develop genomics services in an effort to deliver personalized healthcare to the public. Lockheed will combine its information systems and integration resources with Illumina’s genetic sequencing tools in the project that aims to help countries consolidate genomics into their national health systems, Lockheed said Monday. “We envision the advantages […] More

  • Jeff Barr: AWS Updates Cloud Portfolio for US Govt Market
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    Jeff Barr: AWS Updates Cloud Portfolio for US Govt Market

    Amazon Web Services has added multiple services to the company’s suite of cloud computing offerings designed to help U.S. government clients manage sensitive data in cloud environments. The AWS GovCloud (US) portfolio now includes the Glacier storage service, CloudTrail log management documentation and VM Import system for virtual machine migration, AWS chief evangelist Jeff Barr […] More

  • Chris Marzilli: General Dynamics Combines Offerings for Navy Missions
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    Chris Marzilli: General Dynamics Combines Offerings for Navy Missions

    General Dynamics’ new mission systems unit showcased its naval portfolio at this year’s Surface Navy Association National Symposium in Arlington, Virginia. Chris Marzilli, president of the unit, said Monday the restructured group aims to strengthen GD’s targeted technology, service and other product offerings for its defense clients. General Dynamics created the mission systems unit through […] More

  • Jacobs Wins USACE Design, Engineering Award for Fort Bragg Training Center
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    Jacobs Wins USACE Design, Engineering Award for Fort Bragg Training Center

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has given its highest design award to Jacobs for the company’s work on the $28 million Mission Training Complex at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Jacobs conceptualized, engineered and oversaw construction of the 137,000-square-foot LEED facility, which received merit and excellence awards in 2013 from the American Institute of Architects, Jacobs said Tuesday. The […] More

  • ASDReports: GEOINT Market to Grow Over 10 Years Beyond C2, Intelligence
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    ASDReports: GEOINT Market to Grow Over 10 Years Beyond C2, Intelligence

    A new ASDReports market forecast indicates that the global geospatial intelligence market will reach a value of $9.7 billion within the next 10 years, C4ISR & Networks reported Wednesday. Michael Peck reports that the study points to growing international capabilities and technology developments in the areas of digital mapping and modeling. Geographic information systems now have applications beyond command-and-control and intelligence […] More

  • Visiongain: Military Land ‘Vetronics’ Market to Stall in 2015, Pick Up After 2017
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    Visiongain: Military Land ‘Vetronics’ Market to Stall in 2015, Pick Up After 2017

    A new report by Visiongain indicates a slowdown in defense spending on military land vehicle electronics over the next year due to the end of ground troop deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq. The market will stall in North America and most of Europe, but Visiongain said Tuesday that modernization programs in Australia and France will help the market reach […] More

  • Research and Markets: Cloud to Drive Defense Logistics Information Systems Market Through 2019
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    Research and Markets: Cloud to Drive Defense Logistics Information Systems Market Through 2019

    A new Research and Markets report forecasts the defense logistics information systems market in the U.S. to grow at an annual compound rate of 3.56 percent by 2019. The market will see growth in the adoption of cloud computing and service-oriented architecture-based services between 2014 and 2019, Research and Markets said Monday. Research and Markets cites […] More

  • Booz Allen Lands $79M in FY 2015 4Q Contracts for Military Health Services
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    Booz Allen Lands $79M in FY 2015 4Q Contracts for Military Health Services

    Booz Allen Hamilton has received 25 contracts worth almost $79 million combined to provide military health services at the U.S. Defense Department during the last quarter of fiscal year 2015. The contracts cover work in areas such as healthcare analytics, medical data privacy and security, behavioral health and wellness, combat care and health engagement, Booz Allen […] More

  • NASA Puts Space Launch System Engine Through 1st Hot-Fire Test
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    NASA Puts Space Launch System Engine Through 1st Hot-Fire Test

    NASA has completed an initial, 500-second hot-fire test on the RS-25 engine for Boeing‘s Space Launch System at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi in preparation for the rocket’s future missions to deep space. The space agency said Friday its engineers checked the inlet pressure conditions and engine controller unit and will continue with further tests in April. “We’ve made modifications […] More

  • Lockheed Picks Marotta’s Power Converters for DoD Anti-Ship Missile System
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    Lockheed Picks Marotta’s Power Converters for DoD Anti-Ship Missile System

    Lockheed Martin has subcontracted Marotta Controls to build power conversion units for an air-launched missile technology intended to help U.S. military users locate and defeat enemy vessels. Marotta said Friday it will produce multiple power converters for integration into the Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile‘s avionics system. LRASM is a collaborative project of the Defense Advanced Research […] More

  • Raytheon Puts AESA Radar Function Through Flight Test; Roy Azevedo Comments
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    Raytheon Puts AESA Radar Function Through Flight Test; Roy Azevedo Comments

    Raytheon has completed a flight test of its APG-79(V)X AESA radar system fitted to F/A-18C/D Hornet jets to check detection, SAR mapping and air-to-air/air-to-ground functions. The company said Monday the radar system will aim to help extend the tactical advantage and relevance of the F/A-18C/D. The APG-79 system joins Raytheon’s APG-63(V)3 and APG-82(V)1 radars and also flies on the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler jets, […] More

  • Boeing Preps Launch of Stacked Satellites With Electric Propulsion
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    Boeing Preps Launch of Stacked Satellites With Electric Propulsion

    Boeing has produced a set of 702SP small-platform satellites that will use an all-electric propulsion system when they are launched to space in February as a stacked pair. SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 rocket will carry the ABS-3A and EUTELSAT 115 West B satellites to space together next month, Boeing said Friday. Besides 702SP, the company said it also released the 702MP and 502 […] More