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A Deloitte analysis of 100 global aerospace firms has showed that commercial aircraft sector profitability jumped 16.3 percent in 2013, while revenues soared 8.9 percent. Global aircraft production last year was 31 percent higher than 2010 output levels and had more than double the production rate of a decade ago, Deloitte said Monday. Industrial output […] More
A Level 3 Communications subsidiary based in Latin America has obtained an ISO certification for the business’ security testing services. Level 3 Argentina S.A. holds a three-year ISO/IEC 20000 certification for its information technology management practices, vulnerability detection system and penetration technologies, Level 3 said Monday. Leonardo Barbero, senior vice president and chief marketing officer for Level 3 in […] More
IBM will provide its cloud computing and data analytics technology to help researchers in Canada build decision-support tools for managing coastlines in British Columbia. The Smart Oceans BC project seeks to develop a system for public safety agencies to predict and monitor offshore pollution, oil spills and natural disasters, IBM said Monday. IBM will work […] More
Serco Inc. will compete for up to $77 million in task orders to help the U.S. Navy maintain electronic surveillance systems under a potential five-year contract vehicle. The British contractor’s U.S. subsidiary is one of three awardees on the Naval Electronic Surveillance Systems vehicle, Serco said Monday. Dan Allen, Serco Inc. chairman and CEO, said the subsidiary will […] More
MarkLogic now offers an enterprise-class NoSQL database platform that the company built to be compatible with a MicroStrategy analytics platform. The companies have partnered to offer secure, real-time data analysis services for the financial and federal sectors, MicroStrategy said Friday. Both companies intend for the integrated offering to help process both structured and unstructured information […] More
Victor Caruso, a 10-year investment banking veteran, has joined Blue Wolf Capital Partners as a senior adviser and will work to help the New York-based private equity firm expand into the aerospace and defense markets. Caruso will also help the company evaluate and carry out investments in the A&D sectors, Blue Wolf announced Monday. He has worked […] More
Joseph Blackburn, a 35-year criminal justice veteran and former Pennsylvania state police official, has joined the advisory board of communications technology provider Mutualink. He is also a consultant to the International Association of Chiefs of Police and Penn State University, Mutualink announced Tuesday. “We share a passion for excellence in public safety and security, something that […] More
Curtiss-Wright‘s defense solutions unit will provide Ethernet switches to the United Launch Alliance for Atlas V and Delta IV rockets under a $2 million contract, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Friday. John Keller writes the Lockheed Martin and Boeing joint venture selected Curtiss-Wright’s rugged commercial off-the-shelf Parvus DuraNET 3000 for the U.S. Air Force‘s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program. ULA will use the switch pre-launch […] More
Viscount Systems will supply and deploy $50,000 worth of physical security platforms at facilities run by an unidentified federal agency in California and Louisiana. The agency ordered Viscount’s Freedom access control system and VeriCert authorization software to monitor access points in buildings, Viscount said Monday. “As the U.S. government continues to move towards increased security […] More
Oracle has introduced two cloud service offerings intended to help enterprise clients store, back up and secure database systems. The Database Backup Service and Storage Cloud Service platforms are designed to move business information or applications between on-premise and cloud environments, Oracle said Monday. Chris Pinkham, Oracle senior vice president for product development, said the […] More
NCR Corp. has been chosen by Qatar Islamic Bank to supply hardware and software products that are designed to safeguard automated teller machines against hackers. The bank selected NCR’s Solidcore Suite for APTRA platform to keep unauthorized codes from entering QIB banking networks, NCR said Monday. NCR will also provide its Skimming Protection Solution to […] More
Serco Group will continue to provide traffic camera services to Australia’s state of Victoria under an estimated $85 million contract extension with the state government. The company’s mobile safety camera operators will work to process captured images across the state through 2017, Serco said Monday. Stuart Beaumont, managing director of Serco Global Services Australia, said […] More
