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Author Archives: HPN News Desk

Pittsburgh-area team wins DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge

A Pittsburgh-based team of cyber researchers achieved the top spot at the Defense Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Cyber Grand Challenge (CGC), the world’s first all-hacking tournament, on Thursday. The CGC is the first fully-automated computer security challenge, with teams coming … Read More »

Battelle wins two major contracts from U.S. Army

Battelle, Inc.’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives Defense Group was awarded two contracts on Monday to provide vital mission support service for the U.S. Army. “These important contract wins demonstrate that Battelle can win competitively bid contracts in our … Read More »

NSA certifies Raytheon’s KG-350 encryption system

The National Security Agency (NSA) certified Raytheon Company’s KG-350 Ethernet encryption system on Tuesday to protect network communications for sensitive information up to top secret/SCI classification. Type 1 certification gives Raytheon the authorization to immediately sell the KG-350 encryptor to … Read More »

Global Hawk UAS surpasses 200,000 flight hours

The autonomous Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) from Northrop Grumman Corp. surpassed 200,000 flight hours this week, with the U.S Air Force’s Global Hawks logging 88 percent of the hours. The remaining hours were flown by NASA Global Hawks, … Read More »