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DARPA Picks Rockwell Collins for Digital Radio Research
Published on 31 Jan, 2012 at 13:17 in C4ISR | Viewed 49 times | No Comments
Rockwell Collins has started a new phase of research into analog-to-digital converters for radios under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract.
In a post on FedBizOpps, DARPA said its RADER program is intended to develop power-efficient and high-speed photonic analog-to-digital-converters that can be operated remotely.
Lockheed to Provide Engineering for Navy Underwater Combat System
Published on 30 Jan, 2012 at 13:02 in Industry News | Viewed 143 times | No Comments
Lockheed Martin will provide engineering services to the Navy for an undersea warfare combat system, according to a Defense Department announcement Friday.
The AN/SQQ-89A is a surface ship combat system comprised of a hull-mounted sonar, a sonar towed behind a ship and acoustic intercept receivers. The system is used to defend against threats from submarines, mine-like small…
VA CIO Says Secure Mobile Network Could Expand in ’12, Clinicians to Benefit Most
Published on 27 Jan, 2012 at 14:48 in Mobility | Viewed 49 times | No Comments
The Department of Veterans Affairs must put a mobile device management system in place before allowing more mobile devices into the workplace, VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker said Wednesday.
The VA has capped the number of authorized Apple devices at 1,000, according to FierceGovernmentIT. During a conference call with reporters,…
Los Alamos Lab Uses Quantum Physics for Mobile Security
Through quantum cryptography, researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers have invented a new system to secure large transfers of information between mobile devices.
LANL recently released information about the QKarD, a miniature transmitter which generates random cryptographic keys to encode and decode information.
LANL says the QKarD uses the laws of quantum physics and…
Northrop to Develop RF Transmitter Tech for DARPA
Published on 26 Jan, 2012 at 13:54 in C4ISR | Viewed 32 times | No Comments
Northrop Grumman Corp. will develop radio frequency transmitter technology for the Defense Advances Research Projects Agency, Northrop announced Wednesday.
The work falls under a program for microscale power conversion, which develops RF power amplifier designs with supply modulation and power switch-control technology.
Northrop said the research focuses on contour modulation, which uses a phase-modulated signal waveform and amplifier…
Pentagon Orders Anti-IED QinetiQ Robot
Published on 25 Jan, 2012 at 13:43 in C4ISR | Viewed 111 times | No Comments
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QinetiQ said JIEDDO made the $5.3 million order for the DR10 robot units after releasing an urgent operations needs statement for lightweight, throwable robots.
QinetiQ said it…
SAIC, Energy Software Firm Form Joint Product Alliance
Published on 24 Jan, 2012 at 15:00 in Cyber | Viewed 58 times | No Comments
SAIC Inc. and energy software firm C3 have formed an alliance to deliver energy solutions to public sector, industrial and commercial customers, according to an SAIC release.
SAIC said the companies initially formed a partnership in 2011. The new agreement includes joint product development, sales, marketing, and support.
SAIC will sell, install and support…
Lockheed Forms Partnership for Smart Grid Applications
Published on 24 Jan, 2012 at 14:03 in Industry News | Viewed 62 times | No Comments
Lockheed Martin and Dominion are delivering smart grid applications under a joint marketing and development alliance, the companies announced Tuesday.
Lockheed and Dominion also announced they are releasing the EDGE Grid Side Efficiency solution to public utilities.
EDGE is a management system intended for voltage conservation through modular and adaptive methods….
IBM to Update Vermont Comm. Network for Smart Grid
Published on 24 Jan, 2012 at 13:25 in Industry News | Viewed 25 times | No Comments
IBM and the Vermont Electric Power Co. have agreed to build a fiber optic and Carrier Ethernet communications network to support Vermont’s smart grid efforts, IBM announced Tuesday.
IBM will provide program management and networking services for the network, which will connect transmission substations to Vermont’s distribution utilities. IBM said the network will relay information…
Raytheon’s WebShield Approved for Defense, Intelligence Agencies
Published on 24 Jan, 2012 at 11:02 in Cyber | Viewed 89 times | No Comments
The United Cross Domain Management Office has added Raytheon’s data guard product WebShield to the office’s version 4.1 baseline list, Raytheon announced Tuesday.
The baseline list includes approved products using cross domain technologies that Defense Department and intelligence community agencies can use.
The UCDMO requires products be functional,…
