NATO awarded Lockheed Martin a contract worth more than $100 million to design the Active Network Infrastructure for the alliance’s new headquarters complex under construction in Brussels, Belgium, announced the company on Wednesday. The company will work with the NATO Communications and Information Agency to “create a modern network where personnel can use their preferred method of communication easily, reliably, and securely—no matter what network, application, or device they choose to use,” said Angela Heise, Lockheed Martin’s vice president of enterprise information-technology solutions. The plan calls for four integrated security networks that will be interoperable with other NATO nations; cross-domain information assurance solutions for interconnectivity; a robust, modern, high-availability data center; and comprehensive unified communication and collaboration services, states the company’s Sept. 11 release.
Gas is king in the vast expanse of the Pacific. And as the Pentagon has sought to build up its capability to deter China, the Department of Defense has undergone a major rethink about how to get fuel to the region. At the heart of the effort is the U.S. Transportation…