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Verizon‘s Digital Media Services arm is launching a beta version of its Web application firewall that is designed to protect Web applications and websites from cyber threats using rule sets deployed to the cloud. The company said Wednesday that it is deploying Verizon WAF to the cloud instead of on-premise in order to help users navigate command-and-control tools for access, […] More
General Dynamics’ C4 Systems division has updated the soldier network extension of the company’s tactical network backbone for the U.S. military by considering feedback from soldiers. The 101st Airborne Division troops connected their laptop computers and radios to the Warfighter Information Network – Tactical Increment 2 Soldier Network Extension during Afghanistan’s elections in April, General Dynamics said […] More
United Launch Alliance has completed the critical design review phase of work to evaluate a launch site in Florida that Boeing’s Crew Space Transportation -100 spacecraft will launch from. The CDR was supported by Boeing, NASA and the Air Force and sought to evaluate the CST-100 crew module’s and emergency systems, ULA said Tuesday. “This was a critical milestone to […] More
Northrop Grumman will start construction work this month on a $20 million, 25,000-square-foot facility in Linthicum, Maryland to carry out space payload integration programs and focus on space systems assembly, integration and testing. The facility is scheduled to begin building this month and finish by summer 2015, Northrop said Tuesday. Sen. Ben Cardin, Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger and Rep. John Sarbanes will […] More
A General Dynamics subsidiary has handed a video exploitation system over to the Victoria Police. The police authority will use General Dynamics Mediaware’s D-VEX tool to catalog and analyze video from airborne operations, facilitate agencies collaboration and support intelligence reporting, General Dynamics said Wednesday. “We look forward to working with the Victoria Police to address […] More
Booz Allen Hamilton Vice President Tim Andrews and Principal Joachim Roski have written an article for the Health Affairs journal discussing potential health policy changes to address big data’s opportunities and challenges in the industry. The company said Tuesday “Creating Value in Health Care Through Big Data: Opportunities and Policy Implications” appears in the journal’s July issue, with Alvarez & Marsal‘s George Bo-Linn contributing […] More
A Northrop Grumman Block 30 Global Hawk unmanned aerial system was evaluated in NATO’s recent 10-day Unified Vision 2014 trial of the alliance’s joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance portfolio. U.S. European Command flew the Global Hawk over three days from Orland Main Air Station in Norway alongside trials for satellites, naval vessels, ground sensors and other ISR […] More
Leidos has been awarded a prime contract by the Wichita Airport Authority, formerly known as Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, to install information technology and communications systems for a new airport terminal. Contract work will take place over up to 12 months and the company will design, install and integrate network security for the new facility, Leidos said […] More
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy have demonstrated an Aegis combat system in a series of three tests for Standard Missile-6 long-range engagement. The Baseline 9 air and missile defense system onboard the USS John Paul Jones worked to identify and destroy targets during the over-the-horizon tests, Lockheed Martin said Tuesday. Jim Sheridan, director of […] More
IBM is donating $100 million in big data and analytics software and establishing programs at 100 universities in China as part of the IBM U-100 project to foster a future workforce skilled in big data and analytics. The company said Tuesday that U-100 is an extension of the existing partnership between the company and China’s education ministry and aims to train 40,000 […] More
The U.S. Air Force operated its military-code GPS signal in a jamming environment by using a Raytheon-designed receiver as the branch sought to test navigation and jamming levels. Raytheon’s Miniaturized Airborne GPS Receiver 2000 carried out satellite tracking and navigation functions during the exercise at White Sands Missile Range, the company said Wednesday. Testing work occurred during […] More
Accenture has made a series of changes in its technology organization by appointing Paul Daugherty as chief technology officer and Bhaskar Ghosh as group chief executive for technology delivery, with each move set to take effect in September. The company said Tuesday that Martin Cole will retire on Aug. 31 as group chief executive for technology. “I am delighted to […] More
