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Lockheed Martin Corp cited dramatic growth in the number and sophistication of international cyber attacks on its networks and said it was contacting suppliers to help them shore up their security. Chandra McMahon, Lockheed...
Boeing is rotating assignments for several executives in its Defense, Space & Security unit, demonstrating its commitment to talent development as it continues to pursue the growth and affordability strategy it has followed since...
Amazon Web Services will be on the official list of approved services for used by civil servants through the G-Cloud catalogue – this time for sure. That’s the message from G-Cloud programme director Denise...
The Vatican raises the alarm on maritime piracy. The numbers were released by the Cardinal Vegliò, president of the Pontifical Migrants are actually thinkingnly in 2010 were abducted 1,181 sailors and 53 ships were...
A new era in aircraft recognition is on the horizon with the projected first flight of the Mode 5 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system aboard an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet expected this winter. The...
Since 1991, the Department of Defense (DoD) Mentor-Protégé Program (MPP) has offered substantial assistance to small disadvantaged businesses. Helping them to expand the overall base of their marketplace participation has produced more jobs and...
Early November the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible important potential Foreign Military Sales to the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar of Air Defence Systems in line...
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®...
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