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Wes Bush, chief executive officer of Northrop Grumman, urges the government to allow federal contracting personnel flexibility in making procurement decisions to achieve efficiency, The Washington Post reported Sunday. Bush spoke at the recent National Contract Management Association World Congress about the need to practice a flexible acquisitions approach amid the government’s tendency to award contracts to vendors […] More

Robert Rowe, a product marketing manager at Software AG, has discussed in a blog article how interconnected devices and home appliances work to exchange information under a common umbrella called the Internet of Things. He wrote Friday that sensors, radio-frequency identification, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, IPv6 and Representational State Transfer application programming interfaces are some of the […] More

Exelon Corp. has agreed to acquire Integrys Energy Group’s electricity and natural gas subsidiary for $60 million in a move to grow Exelon’s retail power and gas business. Integrys Energy Services will operate within Exelon’s Constellation business unit when the transaction closes either in the fourth quarter 2014 or in the first quarter of 2015, […] More

Louis Berger and two other companies will collaborate to manage the second line of a metropolitan rapid transit project in Panama City, Panama, under a five-year, $32 million contract. The Panama City Metro Line 2 system will have 16 stations and elevated track between the districts of San Miguelito and December 24, Louis Berger said […] More

Iridium Communications has selected a Radisys telecommunication-grade appliance to manage ground system applications for Iridium’s NEXT satellite constellation. Radisys’ T-Series virtualized platform will work to help Iridium run multiple operational support apps on the satellite operator’s ground infrastructure, Radisys said Wednesday. The system is built with an advanced telecommunications computing architecture, silicon technology and open-source […] More

Lockheed Martin has awarded Minco Technology Labs a multi-year contract to manufacture components for Lockheed’s Aegis missile defense system. Minco will commence production of Aegis structural parts in the fourth quarter of this year and expects to complete component deliveries in early 2016, Minco said Wednesday. Lockheed is contracted to update and maintain the Aegis […] More

IBM will offer sustainability researchers and scientists access to the company’s World Community Grid supercomputing platform through an estimated $60 million in computing power to support scientific research. The company will accept project proposals from interested parties studying issues related to climate change and provide the selected researchers access to computing power donated by volunteers, IBM said Tuesday. This project is intended to support […] More

Boeing will partner with broadband service company ViaSat to deliver a Ka-band satellite bandwidth offering to a U.S. government organization. The companies will provide the agency with military communications bandwidth through Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress commercial satellite network, Boeing said Tuesday. According to Boeing, the agency will have rights to leverage Inmarsat-5 satcom service until Sept. […] More

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has commenced passenger service on a new rail line that is built by Bechtel-led Dulles Transit Partners. Dulles Transit Partners designed and constructed the 11.7-mile Silver Line for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Bechtel said Tuesday. “Collaboration with our customer, local businesses, and the community has been integral to […] More

Exelon has signed an equity financing agreement for Bloom Energy-built fuel cell systems that would provide 21 megawatts of energy for 75 commercial sites in four U.S. states. The energy firm said Tuesday it will back Bloom Energy projects in California, New York, Connecticut and New Jersey through a service that enables companies to buy […] More

The Javelin Joint Venture, backed by Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, fired a Javelin missile from a remote weapon station integrated onto a wheeled vehicle at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. Lockheed said Tuesday that the missile hit a T-62 tank target from a range of 1,000 meters during a demonstration of Javelin’s vehicle-launch feature to international customers that […] More

Lockheed Martin Flight Services has approved the use of DeLorme‘s inReach satellite communicators for support of the LMFS Adverse Condition Alerting Service and Surveillance-enhanced Search and Rescue services used by general aviation and military pilots. Once an inReach device in enrolled in the free program, pilots submitting flight plans with LMFS can receive ACAS alerts […] More