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Microsoft and Xamarin have partnered to establish a technology consortium that aims to help developers build computing applications based on Microsoft’s .NET programming framework. The .NET Foundation offers open source developers access to Microsoft’s portfolio of Roslyn and ASP.NET application programming interfaces, Xamarin said Thursday. Miguel de Icaza, co-founder and chief technology officer of Xamarin, […] More

Boeing and NRG Energy have partnered to build a solar plant in Dandan, Guam that will be designed to deliver up to 25 megawatts of locally-based renewable energy. Boeing will provide construction, procurement and engineering services to the project with the goal of helping Guam achieve its clean energy goals by 2015, NRG Energy said […] More

ATK has demonstrated a booster avionics system the company built to centralize twin solid rockets for NASA’s Space Launch System. The technology has been integrated into hardware and software systems and was subjected to ground test systems and stress evaluations at ATK’s Clearfield, Utah-based lab, ATK said Thursday. “Stressing the system beyond what it will see […] More

Vormetric has released the results of a report indicating that insider threats have extended into privileged users and advanced persistent threats. The report, conducted in collaboration with Ovum, shows that three percent of U.S. companies consider their organizations to be free from attacks and 47 percent feel unsafe, Vormetric said Thursday. Nine percent of European […] More

The Louis Berger Group Inc. has been approved to serve as mentor of Cogstone Resource Management Inc. under the Small Business Administration‘s mentor-protégé program. Louis Berger will work to train and assist Cogstone in technical and developmental areas with the goal of helping that company grow its technologies, operations and business in the U.S., Louis […] More

Lockheed Martin‘s space systems business has opened a new laboratory at the unit’s advanced technology center in Palo Alto, Calif. to host research and development work for emerging technologies. The 82,000-square foot Advanced Materials & Thermal Sciences Center will house 130 staff that perform R&D work in areas such as thermal sciences, nanotechnology and 3-D printing, Lockheed said […] More

LexisNexis’ risk solutions business unit has acquired identity management and anti-fraud services provider Tracesmart with the goal of bolstering offerings for banking, insurance and public sector clients. Tracesmart develops Web-based software applications for identity validation, debt collection, anti-money laundering and fraud prevention in the U.K., LexisNexis said Tuesday. Rick Trainor, CEO of business services at LexisNexis […] More

Leidos has been awarded three separate contracts to provide two municipal utilities and an electric services cooperative with a cloud-based technology designed to manage power grid infrastructures. The company’s smart grid-as-a-service platform is comprised of software and hardware systems that work to help utilities install metering systems as well as track customers’ energy usage, Leidos […] More

DynCorp International has been awarded a potential one-year, $8.5 million task order to help maintain engines and components for the U.S. Air Force‘s C-5 aircraft. Jim Myles, senior vice president of the DynAviation business, said Wednesday that the company will perform “intermediate level engine overhaul services on one of the largest military aircraft ever built.” The […] More

Array Information Technology will help the U.S. Air Force operate and manage two financial systems based at Air Force Materiel Command’s headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The company said Wednesday that its team, which includes CACI International, will support at least 1,600 users of the Keystone Decision Support System and Command Management System. “KDSS and CMS represent vital financial […] More

Leidos has completed level three of the Capability Maturity Model Integration appraisal for the company’s logistics services operation. The company’s logistics solutions operation provides integrated logistics services and logistics systems management, Leidos said Wednesday. Larry Hill, a Leidos group president, said the certification is intended to validate the company’s effort to comply with industry standards […] More

DLT Solutions posted full-year revenue of $857.1 million for fiscal 2013, up 4 percent from the year before. The company attributes this growth in part to its cloud computing and other information technology contracts with the National Institutes of Health, Defense Department and National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance, DLT Solutions said Tuesday. “We were able to […] More