Posts from GovCon Daily for 10/26/2015

MarketsandMarkets: Technological Innovations to Spur Demand for UAVs Through 2020

A MarketsandMarkets report forecasts the value of the global unmanned aerial vehicles market to hit $14.9 billion in 2020, with an 8.12 percent compound annual growth rate from 2015 to 2020. The research firm said Tuesday the UAV market’s value reached $10…

Report: Navy Eyes Boeing, Kongsberg OTH Missiles for Future LCS

The U.S. Navy plans to install either Boeing‘s Harpoon or Kongsberg‘s Naval Strike Missile on future littoral combat ships in efforts to boost their lethality with an over-the-horizon surface-to-surface missile, Defense News reported Sunday…

Microsoft-Taser Team Launches Cloud Platform for Digital Evidence Mgmt; Curt Kolcun Comments

Microsoft has teamed up with Taser International to develop and deploy a cloud platform that will work to help law enforcement officials collect and manage digital evidence. Microsoft said Monday it will integrate its Azure cloud computing platform and Windows 10 devices with Taser’s Axon suite of body cameras and Evidence…

Tech Firms Demo UAV Airspace Services; Shay Har-Noy Comments

DigitalGlobe, Harris, PrecisionHawk and Verizon have combined their technologies to demonstrate airspace services the companies intend for use in unmanned aerial vehicle operations. PrecisionHawk said Monday the test incorporated Verizon’s LTE network, Harris’ Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast and aircraft surveillance network, DigitalGlobe’s geospatial big data platform and PrecisionHawk’s Low Altitude Traffic and Airspace Safety platform…

Lockheed Completes Combat System Review for New Zealand’s Anzac-Class Frigates; Rosemary Chapdelaine Comments

Lockheed Martin’s Canadian arm has completed the design review phase on combat systems for Anzac-class frigates in New Zealand’s naval fleet. The design review process on Combat Management System 330 is part of a contract awarded by New Zealand’s navy to Lockheed in April 2014 to update the combat platforms onboard two Anzac-class ships, Lockheed said Thursday…

Ian Irving: Australia Extends Northrop’s Hornet Targeting Pod Support Contract

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a four-year contract extension to continue to support targeting pods and data links for the Australian air force’s fleet of F/A-18 Hornet combat jets. The company said Sunday it will provide logistics support services for Hornet Target Designation Systems at air bases in Williamtown, New South Wales, and Tindal, Northern Territory…

Symantec, Tata Consultancy Services Form Analytics-Based Security Partnership; Anirban Chakravartti Comments

Symantec and Tata Consultancy Services have forged an analytics-based security alliance for customers. The companies will combine their respective security technologies in order to establish joint security services offerings, Tata Consultancy Services said Friday…