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The emergence of transformational technologies has added complexity to government Information Technology managers’ responsibilities. The Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Alliance has funded a white paper titled “Cyber Security and Transformational Technologies – Keeping Systems and...
Terrorism and the Electric Power Delivery System (report here) from the National Academy of Sciences says a terrorist attack on the U.S. power grid could cause tremendous hardship, potential loss of life, and significant economic...
The Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has won a 2012 U.S. National Cybersecurity Innovation Award for proving that defenders can work together to improve security by combating advanced persistent threats through...
Last month an attack was carried out on the Telvent, the maker of software and services meant to be used with smart grid networks. The attack was announced as a breach of Telvent’s internal...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded ManTech International Corporation a contract to provide program management and technical support to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations, Non Intrusive...
Department of Homeland Security SecretaryJanet Napolitano said the destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy should serve as an example of the scale of chaos that could result from a cyberattack on U.S.critical infrastructure. “One of...
Lockheed Martin Corporation , effective on 31 Dec. 2012, will split the company’s Electronic Systems business segment into two business areas: Missiles and Fire Control (MFC) and Mission Systems and Training (MST) while Aeronautics,...
Lockheed Martin and Microsoft received a $9.8 million contract to migrate the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Microsoft Office 365, a cloud-based collaboration and communication service. This transition will improve EPA employees’ access to...
Lockheed Martin has submitted its proposal for the Medium-range Ballistic Missile Targets contract to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA’s) Targets and Countermeasures Program Office in Huntsville, Ala. The contract will provide Medium-range Ballistic...
Rheinmetall AG and Textron Systems Canada Inc., a Textron Inc. company, today announced that they have signed a €160 million ($205 million CAD) contract for work on the Canadian Forces Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle...
Harris Corporation has introduced a backpack version of its award-winning KnightHawk™ mobile tactical cellular network solution that provides warfighters with high-bandwidth connectivity and enables the use of smart apps at the tactical edge of...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $26 million foreign military sales contract to modernize the Royal Jordanian Air Force’s national air command, control and communications infrastructure. Lockheed Martin will...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. announced the successful demonstration of an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B)-based surveillance system that provides pilots with enhanced situational awareness and supports GA-ASI’s overall airborne sense-and-avoid architecture for its Predator®...
EAGLE is an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract vehicle the Army will use for maintenance, supply and transportation support functions required by the ASC. EAGLE’s ceiling value is $23.5 billion. EAGLE is a...
Cassidian is developing a new Engineering Support System (ESS) for German Air Force Eurofighter. The Cassidian ESS acts as an interface for the exchange of maintenance data with the aircraft, the analysis of aircraft...
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Army soldiers from the 94th and 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command (AAMDC); U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS FITZGERALD (DDG 62); and airmen from the 613th...
The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) in partnership with AFCEA Europe’s TechNet International and under the auspices of the Ministry of Defence, Italy, hold its first Industry Conference from 23-25 October in...
General Dynamics C4 Systems’ Trusted Network Environment (TNE®) version 11 cyber is now approved by the U.S. government to operate on classified government networks using the Red Hat™ Enterprise Linux® 6 enterprise platform. TNE...
After the exhibition at the last Olympic Games, when a AW139 was used to bring “Her Majesty the Queen” , accompanied by 007 DanielCraig, to the Opening Ceremony, AgustaWestland, play star roles in Skyfall,...
Improvised explosive device (IED) experts at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in Arlington, Va., are asking industry to develop non-contact ways to detect explosives hidden in opaque media with high water content...