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  • Raytheon, Thales to Update TOW Weapon System; Michelle Lohmeier Comments
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    Raytheon, Thales to Update TOW Weapon System; Michelle Lohmeier Comments

    Raytheon and Thales have entered into a development and production agreement to update the former’s tube-launched, optically tracked, wireless-guided, anti-armor weapon system, with Thales investing $20.2 million for the endeavor. Raytheon said Monday the collaboration will involve 27 months of design and development work and five years of production for two new missile subassemblies to boost system fuze […] More

  • Canada to Install Lockheed Sensors on Land Vehicles; Dana Rocca Comments
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    Canada to Install Lockheed Sensors on Land Vehicles; Dana Rocca Comments

    The Canadian defense department has purchased eight Lockheed Martin-built Gyrocam sensor systems under a foreign military sales contract with the U.S. Marine Corps, planning to equip vehicles with the technology. Lockheed has received three orders from international customers for the sensors, including one to support Canadian Armed Forces route opening capability teams and another from Selex ES for […] More

  • Carpathia’s Stu Fleagle on Security, Compliance in Applications and Systems
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    Carpathia’s Stu Fleagle on Security, Compliance in Applications and Systems

    Agencies need constant monitoring controls and practices at the planning stage to be able to enjoy worry-free sharing of data, Stu Fleagle, vice president at Carpathia Government Solutions, said Tuesday. “Information security cannot be an afterthought when building applications and systems. If it is, it’s too late,” Fleagle said. “Similarly, if you are thinking about being […] More

  • Terracotta’s Gagan Mehra: In-Memory Tools Could Help Manage ‘Internet of Things’ Data
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    Terracotta’s Gagan Mehra: In-Memory Tools Could Help Manage ‘Internet of Things’ Data

    The advent of the Internet of Things has already generated tons of data that enterprises are struggling to both make sense of and use, Gagan Mehra, Terracotta chief evangelist, wrote on parent company Software AG’s blog. He suggests that in-memory data management tools could help make sense of the high volume in an era where […] More

  • Cisco Appoints New India Leadership Team to Manage Sales, Engineering, Strategy; Irving Tan Comments
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    Cisco Appoints New India Leadership Team to Manage Sales, Engineering, Strategy; Irving Tan Comments

    Cisco has appointed Dinesh Malkani, Amit Phadnis and V.C. Gopalratnam to oversee the company’s business in India, covering engineering, sales, information technology and support functions, in support of the country’s national transformation efforts. The company said June 5 Malkani will serve as president of sales, Phadnis as president of engineering and site leader and Gopalratnam as president of strategy, planning […] More

  • Brent Harvey Named Parsons Internal Audit Manager; Chuck Harrington Comments
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    Brent Harvey Named Parsons Internal Audit Manager; Chuck Harrington Comments

    Brent Harvey, a 23-year veteran at Parsons and former global business development director for its environment and infrastructure business, has been named the company’s manager of internal audit. Harvey will oversee the management and operations of Parsons’ internal audit department out of the company’s office in Charlotte, North Carolina, Parsons said Thursday. “Brent brings a wealth of industry […] More

  • SAIC’s Tony Moraco, Laura Kennedy Named to Defense Industry Business Ethics Association
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    SAIC’s Tony Moraco, Laura Kennedy Named to Defense Industry Business Ethics Association

    Science Applications International Corp CEO Tony Moraco and Chief Ethics Officer Laura Kennedy have been appointed to lead the Defense Industry Initiative on Business Ethics and Conduct’s steering committee and working group, respectively. The company said Monday Moraco and Kennedy will succeed Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson and Vice President of Ethics and Sustainability Leo Mackay Jr. in their respective positions on […] More

  • Iron Mountain Opens Global Delivery Center in India
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    Iron Mountain Opens Global Delivery Center in India

    Iron Mountain has expanded its global in-house delivery center in Bangalore, India to span more than 56,929 square feet of space in a hub that has nearly 450 employees. Iron Mountain Services’ GIDC is located at the Bagmane World Technology Center in Mahadevpura and works to provide customers software development and information technology services, the company said […] More

  • Jack London Receives TechAmerica Corporate Leadership Award; Ken Asbury Comments
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    Jack London Receives TechAmerica Corporate Leadership Award; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International Executive Chairman Jack London has been selected to receive the TechAmerica Foundation’s corporate leadership recognition. The award is meant to acknowledge London’s contributions to the technology sector, CACI said Monday. “We congratulate Dr. London on receiving the corporate leadership award from TechAmerica Foundation,” said Ken Asbury, CACI president and CEO. “For more than 40 […] More

  • IBM to Sell Arxan’s App Protection Services; Mike Dager Comments
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    IBM to Sell Arxan’s App Protection Services; Mike Dager Comments

    IBM will sell the mobile application protection services of Arxan Technologies to clients through IBM’s security product portfolio, the companies announced Tuesday. Arxan Application Protection for IBM Solutions is built to function with run-time protection, self-defense and tamper-resistance features inside mobile applications that work to run on all major platforms by detecting and defending attacks. “Blocking hacking attacks […] More

  • Gary Langford: DigitalGlobe, Eagle Technology Group to Offer NZ Customers Geospatial Tools
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    Gary Langford: DigitalGlobe, Eagle Technology Group to Offer NZ Customers Geospatial Tools

    DigitalGlobe and New Zealand-based systems integration provider Eagle Technology Group have signed a reseller agreement to offer DigitalGlobe’s products and services in the country. Eagle Technology Group also works in Asia-Pacific countries such as Fiji and Papua New Guinea and aims to expand DigitalGlobe’s footprint throughout the APAC region, DigitalGlobe said Thursday. Gary Langford, CEO of Eagle […] More

  • Boeing, Ball Aerospace Join Northrop in USAF GPS Satellite Research Program
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    Boeing, Ball Aerospace Join Northrop in USAF GPS Satellite Research Program

    Boeing and Ball Aerospace & Technologies have won contracts worth $4.5 million and $2.2 million, respectively, to develop L-band radio frequency power amplifiers for GPS satellites, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Friday. John Keller writes the technology is intended to make the satellites more compact and power efficient as part of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate program. Ball Aerospace […] More