Posts from GovCon Daily for 11/09/2015

Riverbed Study: Many Federal Branch Offices Unequipped to Protect Sensitive Data

Eighty-nine percent of federal information technology leaders who responded to a Riverbed Technology-commissioned survey said they are worried about cybersecurity of sensitive information at their agencies’ remote offices…

Robert Work: DoD Eyes Combat Teaming, Human-Machine Collaboration for 3rd Offset Strategy

Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work has said the Defense Department has started to invest in combat teaming and human-machine collaboration as part of the third offset strategy, DoD News reported Sunday…

Boeing-Tata JV to Produce Aerostructures in India; Chris Chadwick Comments

Boeing and a subsidiary of India-based conglomerate Tata Sons have formed a joint venture to develop and market integrated systems, as well as produce aerostructures in India. The joint venture will set up a facility to manufacture aircraft components for integration with AH-64 Apache helicopters and compete for production task orders in defense and commercial sectors for Boeing-developed aerial platforms…

Raytheon Wraps Up Flight Tests of DARPA’s Close Air Support Tool; Tom Bussing Comments

Raytheon has concluded a series of flight tests of a close air support platform with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The company demonstrated DARPA’s Persistent Close Air Support system on both A-10C Thunderbolt II and MV-22 Osprey aircraft, Raytheon said Sunday…

Cisco’s Marty Roesch: Framework Needed to Prevent Escalation in US-Foreign Nation Cyber War

Some U.S. companies believe a cyber warfare is looming due to the federal government’s hesitation to retaliate against foreign hackers or allow companies to strike back, FCW reported Friday. Zach Noble writes government and industry participants at a Chertoff Group-hosted panel discussion Thuyrsday think the U…

MarketsandMarkets: Disaster Mgmt Policies to Drive Market for Public Safety, Security Platforms

MarketsandMarkets has reported that worldwide governmental efforts to keep citizens, infrastructure and organizations safe from multiple threats drive growth in the public safety and security market. The market’s value to grow from almost $221 billion this year to about $371 billion by 2020, with a compound annual growth rate of 10…

Army Tests-Fires Lockheed GMLRS, ATACMS Missiles from Artillery Rocket Platform

The U.S. Army has completed a series of tests on two Lockheed Martin-built missiles launched from the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System. The service branch test-fired eight Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems and one Army Tactical Missile System at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico as part of a tactical munitions reliability initiative, Lockheed said Monday…