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  • Northrop-Built Comm Payload on AEHF Satellite Passes On-Orbit Test; Stuart Linsky Comments
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    Northrop-Built Comm Payload on AEHF Satellite Passes On-Orbit Test; Stuart Linsky Comments

    Northrop Grumman‘s communications payload for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite has passed on-orbit testing conducted by the U.S. Air Force and deemed able to configure communications networks with ground terminals. The company said Tuesday the payload on the AEHF-3 began signal transmission in January as the satellite reached geostationary orbit alongside other satellites in a constellation named the “ring of […] More

  • Rob Gatto: Neustar Picks Aerospike In-Memory Database for ID, Data Mgmt Offering
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    Rob Gatto: Neustar Picks Aerospike In-Memory Database for ID, Data Mgmt Offering

    Neustar has moved to combine its identity and data management offering with an Aerospike-developed in-memory NoSQL database. Marketers have an integrated online and offline view into real-time customer and media insights through Neustar’s PlatformOne tool in order to develop services on demand, Aerospike said Tuesday. Neustar intends for the Aerospike database to manage large volumes […] More

  • Chris LaPoint on Info Security and Automation in Government IT
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    Chris LaPoint on Info Security and Automation in Government IT

    Information security may be one of the key areas in government information technology that needs automation through continuous monitoring, Chris LaPoint, SolarWinds vice president of product management, said Monday. He cited SolarWind’s latest public sector survey, which found that many agency IT departments do not consider infosec as a top skill slated for possible automation […] More

  • xG Technology to Team With SAIC On $497M Army Comm Vehicle
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    xG Technology to Team With SAIC On $497M Army Comm Vehicle

    xG Technology has been selected as subcontractor to provide communications and network services to the U.S. Army under a potential $497 million contract vehicle. The company will team with SAIC, one of the prime contractors, under the five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract awarded by the Army’s Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center, xG announced Tuesday. xG Technology will strive to provide […] More

  • Boeing, Orbital Finish Last 2 Satellites for Mexico; Ron Dukat Comments
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    Boeing, Orbital Finish Last 2 Satellites for Mexico; Ron Dukat Comments

    Boeing and Orbital Sciences Corp. have finished building three satellites that will be used to support police, military and emergency services in Mexico as part of the Mexsat project, the Orange County Register reported Monday. William D’Urso writes Boeing has completed two 702HP geomobile satellites named Centenario and Morelos-3, while subcontractor Orbital made one GEOStar-2 satellite named Bicentenario for […] More

  • France Picks Thales to Build Internet Setup for Gov’t Users
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    France Picks Thales to Build Internet Setup for Gov’t Users

    Thales has been selected by the French prime minister’s office to implement service platforms to offer secure Internet connections for nearly one million future users of the French government. The company plans to build the IT setup, provide managed services and carry out round-the-clock network supervision, the company said Thursday. According to Thales, the service platforms will work to enable connections […] More

  • Oracle Introduces New Virtual Compute Appliance; Wim Coekaerts Comments
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    Oracle Introduces New Virtual Compute Appliance; Wim Coekaerts Comments

    Oracle has unveiled a new integrated infrastructure product that will aim to consolidate data workloads into tolerant and manageable platform for users. With the Virtual Compute Appliance, the company intends for customers to get a product that will integrate compute, network and storage infrastructure into one system, Oracle said Tuesday. According to Oracle, application and service deployment is […] More

  • Lockheed, Chinese Nuclear Power Company to Build Reactor Safety Systems; Jim Gribschaw Comments
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    Lockheed, Chinese Nuclear Power Company to Build Reactor Safety Systems; Jim Gribschaw Comments

    Lockheed Martin and China’s State Nuclear Power Automation System Engineering Company will collaborate to manufacture prototype protection systems for the country’s third-generation nuclear power plant reactors by using field programmable gate array technology. The FPGA-based nuclear safety instrumentation and control platform will work to monitor and identify potential system failures and be part of a new deployment or an […] More

  • SAIC Bolsters Cyber Portfolio for Public, Private Sectors; Doug Wagoner Comments
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    SAIC Bolsters Cyber Portfolio for Public, Private Sectors; Doug Wagoner Comments

    Science Applications International Corp. has expanded its cyber offerings that aim to address data security threats facing U.S. government and commercial organizations. The company employs more than 350 cybersecurity staff who provide information technology consulting, engineering and operations support to customers in the public and private sectors, SAIC said Monday. “We utilize our cyber experience […] More

  • Verizon Unveils ‘Smart Credential’ Enterprise Security Service; Johan Sys Comments
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    Verizon Unveils ‘Smart Credential’ Enterprise Security Service; Johan Sys Comments

    Verizon has released a cloud-based credentialing service to clients in the U.S., European and Asia-Pacific regions that want to consolidate their physical and virtual worlds to help prevent data breaches. “Smart Credential” offers a single identity that will work to secure access to buildings and facilities, provide logical access to workstations and networks, provide authentication to online […] More

  • Raytheon Completes Blimp-Borne Radar for Army; Dave Gulla Comments
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    Raytheon Completes Blimp-Borne Radar for Army; Dave Gulla Comments

    Raytheon has completed a blimp-borne radar system for the U.S. Army to use as a line of defense against incoming threats. The JLENS airborne radar system floats at altitudes of up to 10,000 feet and is built to defend assets and infrastructures against manned- and unmanned- aircraft and missiles,the company said Tuesday. The Army has acquired two of its […] More

  • Mary Ann Hopkins: Parsons-BHEF Team Aims to Help DC Region Build Cyber Workforce
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    Mary Ann Hopkins: Parsons-BHEF Team Aims to Help DC Region Build Cyber Workforce

    Parsons is collaborating with the Business-Higher Education Forum to create a Greater Washington Cyber Network of cybersecurity professionals from academia, industry and government from Maryland, Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. The company said Friday the network will be an expansion of the BHEF Undergraduate Cybersecurity Network of the University System of Maryland. The expanded network aimsto bring more opportunities for business disciplines and policies supporting […] More