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Textron [TXT] yesterday said it has acquired a small designer and producer of light tactical, unmanned ground, armored and off road vehicles and subsystems, adding to the capabilities of its […]

By Geoff Fein George Mason University will begin offering a master of science degree in management of secure information systems next spring to meet the growing demand for a cyber […]

Ralph Semmel has been selected as the next director of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. On July 1, he will succeed Richard Roca, who has been director since […]

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has issued a pre-solicitation notice seeking deliberate and adaptive planning and technical assistance for a variety of emergency management programs and initiatives in support […]

By Ann Roosevelt The SAIC [SAI]-led team of Boeing [BA], Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), and Rheinmetall Defence (RMD) said their offering for the Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) vehicle will be […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy recently wrapped up system integration testing on the USS Lincoln (CVN-72) strike group of a common computing environment that is serving as a risk mitigator […]

By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin [LMT] has developed a rugged, Tactical Digital Assistant (TDA) handheld device for dismounted soldiers. The TDA combines the best design features of personal digital assistants […]

Cyber attacks rank as the top threat to the country’s security followed by terrorist activity, according to a survey of more than 250 security professionals taken by the security services […]

By Geoff Fein After Sunday’s first flight of its Navy version of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), Lockheed Martin [LMT] has now flown all three variants and is preparing to […]

By Calvin Biesecker Boeing [BA] and the Federal Aviation Administration [FAA] yesterday signed an agreement whereby the regulatory agency will take possession of two of the company’s ScanEagle Unmanned Aircraft […]