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The Northrop Grumman-built unmanned aircraft Global Hawk recorded 665 flight hours during exercise and operational activities for the week that ended Feb. 23, 2014. To date, the high altitude long endurance drone has flown more than 110,000 hours to support global missions of the Air Force, Navy and NASA, Northrop said Wednesday. Global Hawk logged 433.8 hours […] More

Red Hat Inc. has opened a new office in Jakarta, Indonesia, in a move to provide open source services to existing and new customers in the country. Red Hat seeks to train local talent and engage local OpenStack and open source developer communities as part of its expansion in Indonesia, Red Hat said May 12. […] More

ICF International‘s London-based subsidiary GHK has adopted the “ICF International” brand in an effort to reflect both the parent company’s and subsidiary’s consulting work in the private and public sectors. GHK has been part of ICF since 2012 and offers advisory services to government organizations, donor agencies and multilateral development institutions, ICF said Wednesday. “Changing the […] More

BlackBridge has received $20.2 million from the Bank of Montreal and the Business Development Bank of Canada to finance the development of the company’s RapidEye+ satellites and the renewal of credit facilities. BlackBridge said Thursday it plans to use the funds for its geospatial product expansion efforts. “We are seeking strong long-term partners as we continue to grow our business, and both […] More

Parsons has completed work on modernizing the Dalma Mall in Abu Dhabi by using a fresh transportation design technology. Parsons worked to design the mall improvements by implementing the diverging diamond interchange approach, the company said Thursday. “The use of the diverging diamond interchange for this project is an example of a successful collaboration between […] More

Siemens is seeking to target data center customers in the Asia Pacific region with its new Mumbai, India-based center, Infotech Lead reported Friday. Philip Krause, data center lead for the center of competence of Siemens, said the CoC is open for Siemens customers in the Asia Pacific region to test the company’s data center products […] More

The University of Maryland has opened its Center for Orbital Debris Education and Research to facilitate collaboration between academia, industry and government to address issues related to orbital space debris, GCN reported Thursday. “Most existing organizations focus on just one aspect of the problem—tracking, modeling, remediation, mitigation, policy, etc.—but CODER will serve as a research collective to […] More

Boeing Co. will repair F/A-18 aircraft for the U.S. Navy, under a $9.8 million contract modification, the Jacksonville Business Journal reported Thursday. Timothy Gibbons writes Boeing will perform most of the work in Jacksonville and the rest in St. Louis. The company has previously worked to manage supply of spares and repair services for the […] More

Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, recently visited Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding facility for a look into the construction process and progress on two aircraft carriers. HII said Thursday Kendall was given a 3-D model demonstration of the adjustments to the John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) aircraft carrier based on results from work on the Gerald […] More

F5 Networks has moved to bolster its portfolio of security platforms against distributed-denial-of-service-attacks by purchasing Defense.Net Inc. for an undisclosed amount. The companies aim to develop an integrated cybersecurity offering for organizations to avoid DDoS attacks on networks, applications and data center infrastructures, F5 said Thursday. “F5’s objective is to help protect customers from ever-changing […] More

Leidos will work to develop and integrate services for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic under three task orders worth nearly $54 million. Leidos will provide information assurance, training, configuration management, logistics, help desk support and Joint Concentrator Architecture site services for the SSC’s Distributed Common Ground System – Navy program, Leidos said […] More