Frank Kendall: Pentagon to Promote Competition, Affordability Through BBP 3.0 Initiative Sep 23, 2014 02:07 pm Frank Kendall, acquisition chief at the Defense Department, said the agency’s new acquisition initiative seeks to increase government-industry partnership in building strategic weapons for the U…

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John Kerry: US Could Open $6T Renewable Energy Market Through Grid Updates Sep 23, 2014 01:13 pm Secretary of State John Kerry says the U.S. could modernize its nationwide electricity infrastructure and facilitate wider adoption of energy, moves he believes could help open up a $6 trillion renewable energy market, Reuters reported Monday…

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Iridium Caps Tests on New NEXT Satellite Solar Panel Design; Scott Smith Comments Sep 23, 2014 11:53 am Iridium Communications has completed a series qualification tests on a new design Spectrolab and Mitsubishi Electric developed for the solar panel arrays that will be fitted to the Iridium NEXT satellites…

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Study: Biometric Smartphones Revenue to Grow 40% Annually Through 2019 Sep 23, 2014 11:09 am Frost & Sullivan forecasts that biometrics would be a mature technology by 2019 and be considered an alternative to existing authentication tools for mobile devices. Worlwide revenues of biometric technology embedded in smartphones are projected to grow from $53…

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IDC: Tech Maturity to Slow Big Data Market Growth Through 2018 Sep 23, 2014 10:07 am International Data Corp. projects a 26.4 percent compound annual growth rate for the big data technology and services market to $41.5 billion in value by 2018 and sees a slower pace of growth for certain individual segments…

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