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  • General Dynamics, ST Kinetics Subsidiary to Jointly Build Air Burst Ammunition; Tim McAuliffe Comments
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    General Dynamics, ST Kinetics Subsidiary to Jointly Build Air Burst Ammunition; Tim McAuliffe Comments

    General Dynamics and a subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Kinetics have partnered to build an air burst ammunition for U.S. military clients. Advanced Material Engineering and General Dynamics will collaborate to integrate a time-based fuse technology into the 40mm airburst to program the detonation time, General Dynamics said Wednesday. “By integrating programmable ammunition with innovative products, such as our next-generation fire control system, we […] More

  • Robert Griffin: IBM Offers Mobile Police Data Access to Support Crime Prevention
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    Robert Griffin: IBM Offers Mobile Police Data Access to Support Crime Prevention

    IBM has released a mobile application for its i2 COPLINK offering, which works to expand on the company’s software that supports access to law enforcement data for analysts, investigators or officers in the field. I2 COPLINK Everywhere links with the i2 COPLINK database to enable police officers to use handheld devices to access, check and compare information such as vehicle license plates, […] More

  • Northrop Readies Full-Scale Production for Latest Laser Tech; Jeff Palombo Comments
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    Northrop Readies Full-Scale Production for Latest Laser Tech; Jeff Palombo Comments

    Northrop Grumman will soon roll out its latest laser technology under its Viper portfolio that has been specifically developed for directed infrared countermeasure systems. The company said Wednesday that its laser systems group spent five years to update to Viper 2.1 and is now getting ready for full-scale production from its Apopka and Rolling Meadows […] More

  • Daniel Keene: CGI Awarded Los Angeles ERP Modernization Contract
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    Daniel Keene: CGI Awarded Los Angeles ERP Modernization Contract

    CGI has been selected to update Los Angeles City’s supply and financial management systems under a four-year, $19.6 million contract. The legacy systems will be replaced with the latest version of CGI Advantage, the company said Thursday. CGI Advantage is an enterprise resource planning suite that works to help local governments streamline processes in procurement […] More

  • Unisys to Help Manage Consumer Info Via AWS Cloud; Steve Kousen Comments
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    Unisys to Help Manage Consumer Info Via AWS Cloud; Steve Kousen Comments

    Unisys has been awarded five-year, $7 million contract to provide Amazon Web Services‘ cloud services for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau‘s consumer safety information initiative. The CFPB intends to scale its information technology resources via the AWS cloud in order to fulfill consumer demand for safety information, Unisys said Thursday. “We look forward to helping CFPB provide critical information to consumers while enforcing the country’s […] More

  • BAE Awarded DARPA Framework Contract on Adaptable Military Comms
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    BAE Awarded DARPA Framework Contract on Adaptable Military Comms

    BAE Systems will develop a blueprint for a future-proof networked communications system under a $3.2 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Work on the open system architecture is part of the agency’s Communications in Contested Environments initiative, which seeks to come up with flexible, rapidly deployable equipment that can adapt to changing […] More

  • Battelle, ID Quantique Quantum Computing Defense Working Group; Don Hayford Comments
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    Battelle, ID Quantique Quantum Computing Defense Working Group; Don Hayford Comments

    Battelle and ID Quantique have formed an industry alliance group in a move to combat potential security threats posed by adversarial quantum computers. The Quantum-Safe Security Working Group will work to educate, adopt and apply quantum key distribution and post-quantum cryptography to help government agencies and enterprises protect their critical infrastructures, Battelle said Wednesday. “Forming the QSS working group will allow us […] More

  • Radiant Insights: Biometrics Tech Market’s Value to Reach $17B in 5 Years
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    Radiant Insights: Biometrics Tech Market’s Value to Reach $17B in 5 Years

    A Radiant Insights report says demand for technologies designed to protect information and control data access will drive growth in the biometric systems market over the next five years. The worldwide biometrics industry is projected to have a market value of $16.7 billion by 2019, an increase from the $5.2 billion recorded in 2012, Radiant […] More

  • Christina Peters: IBM Receives Cloud Data Privacy Engine Patent
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    Christina Peters: IBM Receives Cloud Data Privacy Engine Patent

    IBM has obtained a U.S. patent for a computing engine designed to help organizations secure cross-border transfers of personal information in cloud environments while complying with data transfer laws. The technology is intended to alert enterprise users of any privacy issue when they move data between two countries and to offer possible solutions based on […] More

  • Lockheed Opens Navy Innovation Center to External Research; Jim Sheridan Comments
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    Lockheed Opens Navy Innovation Center to External Research; Jim Sheridan Comments

    Lockheed Martin has opened a new innovation center for the research and development of technologies for the U.S. Navy in a push to continue work on new products for the branch. The Surface Navy Innovation Center will serve as a research, development and demonstration facility for industry, government and academia researchers to develop new combat systems, Lockheed said Wednesday. “The SNIC establishes […] More

  • Leidos Completes Maritime Autonomy System Tests on DARPA Unmanned Vessel
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    Leidos Completes Maritime Autonomy System Tests on DARPA Unmanned Vessel

    Leidos has concluded a 42-day test of its maritime autonomy system under the Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The company said Tuesday it equipped a surrogate vessel with the autonomy software and associated sensors to perform maneuvers and ACTUV mission functions to evaluate its compliance with the International Maritime Organization’s collision regulations. Leidos conducted […] More

  • Craig Cooning: Boeing to Use ‘Space Program’ Approach for Missile Defense System
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    Craig Cooning: Boeing to Use ‘Space Program’ Approach for Missile Defense System

    Boeing is planning to utilize systems engineering controls from military space programs for its $41 billion Ground-based Midcourse Defense system in response to reviews on the design’s reliability, Reuters reported Tuesday. Andrea Shalal writes that the company is coordinating with Missile Defense Agency Director Vice Adm. James Syring to revamp GMD by adopting a “space program” approach. “There’s a higher […] More