Posts from GovConDaily for 04/14/2016

BAE to Build US Navy Mine Neutralizers

BAE Systems has received a $55.1 million contract with the Defense Department to build a suite of mine neutralizers with explosive warheads for the U.S. Navy to launch from helicopters. The company will manufacture the Archerfish remotely-controlled underwater vehicles and fiber-optic spools for the Navy as the service branch seeks to also create communication links between the mine neutralizer and launch platforms, BAE said Thursday…

Thycotic Survey: Security Pros ID Cyberterrorism as Large Threat to US

A new survey conducted by computer security company Thycotic at the annual RSA conference says a majority of 200 security industry respondents believe the U.S. is vulnerable to cyberterrorism. The company said Tuesday the study found 63 percent of security professionals believe terrorists can launch a major cyber-attack on the U…

HPE’s Earl Matthews: Leadership, Culture Key for Public-Sector Cybersecurity Programs

Earl Matthews, a vice president at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, has said agencies and companies should create a workplace culture that will encourage employees to be more aware of cybersecurity risks at the organizations, GCN reported Wednesday…

Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Diversity, Distribution & Protection Key Elements of Satcom Resilience

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, Inmarsat senior vice president of government strategy and policy in the U.S. government business, has listed diversity, distribution and protection of space assets as the key attributes of satellite communications resilience…

Space News: Lockheed to Consider Alternative Uses for Future NASA Habitat Module

Lockheed Martin is looking into alternative uses for a habitat module it is developing for NASA‘s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships program focused on research-and-development projects to identify new technologies, Space News reported Wednesday…

Gayle Smith: USAID Contest to Seek Methods, Tools Against Zika Virus

The U.S. Agency for International Development will invest $30 million in a competition for innovators worldwide to help create approaches and technologies to stop the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus…

SES GS Secures Army TROJAN Satellite Support Follow-On Contracts

SES Government Solutions has received two follow-on contracts from the U.S. Army‘s Intelligence and Security Command to provide satellite services for a global network used to transmit voice, video and data…

Army Updates Communications Network, Nears Position Location Tool Divestment Completion

A brigade combat team under the U.S. Army’s 1st Cavalry Division will be the last unit to use the Enhanced Position Location Reporting System as the service branch moves to update its communications network, the Army reported Tuesday…

BAE Profiles 6 Types of Cyber Criminals, Unveils New Office in Singapore

BAE Systems has released a study that profiles six types of cyber criminals in an effort to help businesses understand the motivations of network threat actors and develop defense strategies against them…

Cubic’s Martin Howell Joins ‘Mobility as a Service’ Alliance Board; Rasmus Lindholm Comments

Martin Howell, Cubic director of external affairs for the transportation systems business, has been appointed to the board of directors of ERTICO’s Mobility as a Service Alliance. “Urban mobility faces not only pressure but opportunity, where revolutionary change is necessary if we are to face the challenges of population growth and limitations on infrastructure in our cities,” Howell said in a statement released Thursday…