Valerie Insinna
Articles By Valerie
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Navy/USMCNavy to Test Triton UAS’ Radar During Flight Tests This Week
The Navy is playing the waiting game, hoping the weather at Naval Air Station Patuxent River clears up so the MQ-4C Triton unmanned surveillance aircraft can conduct its first sensor […]
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PentagonBetter Buying Power 3.0 Prioritizes Technical Superiority
For the first time since Better Buying Power was launched in 2010, spurring innovative new technology is one of the bedrocks of the strategy. Better Buying Power 3.0, the newest […]
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PentagonPentagon Unveils New Better Buying Power Guidelines
The Pentagon rolled out its Better Buying Power 3.0 implementation guidelines April 9. Like previous iterations, BBP 3.0 stresses affordability, but it also adds an emphasis on innovation. The military’s […]
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CyberIndustry Day for Navy’s NGEN Coming Up in May
The Navy is gearing up to recompete its next generation enterprise network, or NGEN. Two years ago, the Navy awarded Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Services [HP] the NGEN contract, which runs until […]
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Navy/USMCNavy to Spend $1.6 Billion to Modernize Amphibious Ships
Over the next five years, the Navy is pouring $1.65 billion into amphibious ship modernization, to include weapons, combat systems, software, communications equipment and self-defense systems. The upgrades will allow […]
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Missile DefenseMDA’s Deputy Director Buoys SBX Against Criticism
Days after a scathing report deemed the Sea-based X-band radar a flop, the deputy director of the Missile Defense Agency came to the defense of the platform on April 7, […]
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Navy/USMCNorthrop Grumman Edges Out Exelis to Build Critical Radar for Navy’s Triton
The Navy has selected Northrop Grumman [NOC] to provide the airborne sense and avoid radar for its upcoming MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial system. The decision ousts Exelis [XLS] as the […]
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SpaceOrbital ATK to Produce Third Stage for NASA Solar Probe Mission
Orbital ATK [OA] is designing a third stage to be integrated on United Launch Alliance’s [ULA] Delta IV Heavy rocket for a future NASA mission to study the sun’s atmosphere. The companies […]
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Cyber
General Dynamics’ TACLANE Encryptor Receives NSA Certification
General Dynamics [GD] said April 6 that its new TACLANE-10G network encryptor has been certified by the National Security Agency to send data up to the top secret level, clearing […]