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Lockheed to Maintain IBM Software for Global Air Force System
Published on 27 Dec, 2011 at 11:07 in Cyber | Viewed 15 times | No Comments
Lockheed Martin will continue to maintain IBM software for the Air Force, as well as provide the branch with new software licenses in support of the Air Force’s global combat support system.
According to a Pentagon announcement, the work will support the system’s development and integration environment.
The company won an $8,510,044…
Companies See Drop in Software Vulnerabilities
According to reports from various firms, this year has seen a drop in numbers of both cyber attacks and flaws that have been used to attack businesses.
Symantec is reportedly expected to see a 30 percent drop in the total number of software vulnerabilities and a 10 percent drop in critical vulnerabilities. The firm could…
IBM Moves Hong Kong-based Healthcare Provider Servers to the Cloud
Published on 23 Dec, 2011 at 15:13 in Cloud | Viewed 10 times | No Comments
IBM is to build a virtualized infrastructure to aid Hong Kong-based healthcare providers in consolidating physical servers and moving them to the cloud, the company has announced.
According to the release, the company will complete a project that includes consolidating more than 100 servers into a cloud environment that will host Quality HealthCare Medical Services‘ mission…
ITT Exelis Reports Successful Test for Air Force’s GPS III Program
ITT Exelis integrated and performed the initial power up of a full-size payload prototype for the U.S. Air Force‘s Global Positioning System III program, according to a company announcement.
The company said the test was intended to show that the digital communications, telemetry and radio frequency interfaces are working properly. A…
Military Wants Better Sensors for UAV: What Engineers are Doing to Get There
Published on 22 Dec, 2011 at 12:29 in C4ISR | Viewed 61 times | No Comments
With the popularity of unmanned aerial vehicles increasing, the military is pushing to set the bar higher for UAV performance. A report by Defense Systems highlights changes taking place and areas of consideration for improving UAVs.
As UAV flights are more prevalent, flight length and larger UAVs have made way for more sensors and electronics…
Predator Drones Increasing Over Southern Border
Published on 22 Dec, 2011 at 12:11 in C4ISR | Viewed 13 times | No Comments
Predator drones are not only sent to countries abroad, but are being used increasingly to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border, according to the Washington Post.
Customs and Border Protection currently has five Predators flying over the southern border, with a sixth being added soon. CBP has eight of the drones total, the Post…
Accenture to Add New Biometrics to DHS Program on $71M Contract
Accenture‘s federal services subsidiary has been selected to enhance a U.S. Department of Homeland Security biometric and biographic identity management system.
The U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program helps federal, state and local officials determine whether travelers can legally enter or remain in the U.S., the company said.
The company will work to increase the…
DoE Gets Funds to Develop 1st-Ever Exascale Supercomputer
Published on 21 Dec, 2011 at 15:12 in Industry News | Viewed 13 times | No Comments
The Energy Department is getting some financial muscle to help it in the race to build the world’s first exascale supercomputer, which could make large-scale simulations of climate change.
DoE’s Argonne National Laboratory stood up the Exascale Technology and Computing Institute in 2010 to focus on developing a computer it says will be 1,000 times more…
SRA Deals Smart Phone Security Suite, Plans Govt Comm. Across Devices
SRA International has spent the past few years helping develop a hardware-based system of security tools for the smart phones of its government customers.
This week, it closed a transaction to sell its stake in the system’s application suite and send an engineering team to R&D partner KoolSpan.
KoolSpan manufactures a chip that slides into cell phones via…
GDAIS to Research JAVA Apps, Next-Gen Displays, Monitoring Systems
Published on 21 Dec, 2011 at 13:41 in GovCon Industry | Viewed 13 times | No Comments
General Dynamics will tap its Fairfax, Va.-based advanced information systems operations to undertake what the Defense Department is calling an ‘innovative’ round of technological research for the Navy’s combat systems.
On the award, the business unit will research next-generation combat system display concepts and how to utilize high-resolution color displays.
The announcement did not specify if these efforts are…
