Collaborate Disseminate
In the early days, satellites didn’t stick around for very long. After it was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, it only took about three months for Sputnik 1 to renter the atmosphere and burn up. But the constant drive to push ever further into space meant that soon …read more
DARPA has entered into a partnership with Northrop Grumman subsidiary Space Logistics LLC to develop robotic technologies for servicing and extending the service lives of orbital satellites. Based on the Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1), which recen… Continue reading DARPA teams with Northrop Grumman to build robotic service satellite
Two unmanned commercial satellites have docked in orbit for the first time. On February 25, Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1) linked up with the Intelsat 901 (IS-901) communication satellite at an altitude of 22,416 mi (36,076 km) … Continue reading Space docking first gives commercial satellites a new lease of life
Fifteen major companies, including the Apple, Facebook, Google, IBM, and PwC, announced Wednesday they are joining together to change their cybersecurity job descriptions and requirements to attract more talent to the 3 million cybersecurity job openings that are expected to be available over the next two years. Specifically, the companies — which are part of the Aspen Cybersecurity Group — are focused on nixing requirements that candidates have four-year bachelor’s degrees and gender-biased job descriptions. “A bachelors degree is actually not a good proxy for whether you have the talent,” Chair of the Aspen Institute’s Cyber & Technology Program John Carlin told CyberScoop. “There’s plenty of talented people out there but we need to figure out better ways to identify them and train them.” The group, which also includes AIG, Cloudflare, the Cyber Threat Alliance, Duke Energy, IronNet, Johnson & Johnson, Northrop Grumman, Symantec, Unisys, and Verizon, came together over […]
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At the Paris Air Show, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman announced they have formally agreed to collaborate on building an air-breathing hypersonic weapon for DARPA and the US Air Force. Under the new partnership, the two companies will develop, … Continue reading Northrop Grumman and Raytheon team up to develop air-breathing hypersonic missile
Marvel turns Northrop Grumman into a super hero. Continue reading The Military-Industrial Complex Is Marvel’s Newest Sponsor
Northrop Grumman won a $14.5 million contract add-on on Wednesday to build “software support activity cybersecurity” along with an advanced radar processor to the company’s contract to build the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft for the U.S. Navy. The Hawkeye is a surveillance plane boasting image and video surveillance, drone control, missile detection and interception, advanced radar and communication. The latest version is an update to a Cold War-era airplane that first flew in 1960. In addition to other uses, the Hawkeye is meant to be an early warning detection, tracking and interception system for missile and aircraft threats. They’re prime targets for cyberattacks, as disabling or diminishing their capability could result in loss of life. Full production of the aircraft is expected to be complete by March 2019. The announcement comes as a footnote to a flurry of news from Northrop, including the company’s $7.8 billion purchase of weapons and space systems company […]
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Those on the front lines of the cybersecurity workforce crisis are dogged by one question above all others: how to recruit and retain the highly technically skilled personnel they need. Now, thanks to the SANS Institute, they have some fresh answers — at least in the government contracting sector. The institute, an information-security training provider and research clearinghouse, analyzed a list of the top 100 U.S. government contractors, and identified the eight companies which score highest on two indices reflecting metrics developed by the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank last year. The eight firms are all major U.S. defense and intelligence contractors, called systems integrators because they build IT and other business systems for the government by assembling hardware, software and services from multiple vendors. According to the SANS analysis, the eight companies have had “remarkable success” in recruiting and retaining the highly technically skilled individuals that the CSIS report dubbed “cyber […]
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US military contractor Northrop Grumman has admitted that hackers managed to infiltrate its systems, and gained access to sensitive employee records.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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