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Boeing, South African Airways and the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials will collaborate to encourage small farm owners to produce environmentally-sustainable crops for biofuel use. The alliance will offer training programs designed to help South African farmers become certified biofuel feedstock growers, Boeing said Wednesday. Boeing has launched a similar effort with RSB in Southeast Asia […] More

A NASA spacecraft carrying a Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.-built weather radiometer has been placed in orbit to start measuring rainfall and snowfall levels across the world. The Global Precipitation Imager observatory satellite is spinning at 32 revolutions per minute and works to map global precipitation every three hours, Ball Aerospace said Tuesday. “GMI is […] More

MITRE Corp. and Dubai Air Navigation Services will jointly research and develop tools to help manage the aviation infrastructure and air traffic control system in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The collaborative undertaking includes airspace design, technology sharing, safety evaluation and perfomance-based navigation procedures development, MITRE said Tuesday. Both parties signed a five-year framework agreement at an […] More

BAE Systems and doppler radar manufacturer Weibel have formed a team that will pursue a contract to update equipment at a weapons testing site in Woomera, Australia, United Press International reported Tuesday. UPI reports the companies also plan to jointly compete for technology replacement work at Woomera Test Range. The complex is used by the […] More

Thales Alenia Space has developed simulation systems that will be used by Space Exploration Technologies Corp. in the testing phase of communications satellites for Iridium Communications‘ next-generation constellation. SpaceX was chosen to help launch Iridium NEXT satellites into space with a Falcon9 rocket under a $453.1 million contract between both companies, Iridium said Tuesday. “With […] More

Jones Lang LaSalle has changed its company name to JLL and unveiled a new logo as the company seeks to adapt to communication styles in different companies, as well as digital and online media.  The company plans to release the new name worldwide over the next two years while the legal name Jones Lang LaSalle and […] More

Razorsight has appointed four communications industry veterans to its board of advisers as the company looks to grow its cloud analytics offerings in the communications and media market. Geoffrey Axton, Norman Fekrat, Patricia Gottesman and Don Upson are the newest members of Razorsight’s advisory board, the company announced Tuesday. Axton currently serves as chief operating […] More

General Atomics has moved to expand its manufacturing facility in its Shannon, Miss.-based site and plans to open 80 new positions there. Product portfolios for defense, nuclear, oil and energy storage clients will be relocated to the Heritage Bag building at the Tupelo/Lee Industrial Park South, the Mississippi Development Authority said Monday. “There is significant […] More

Battelle has moved forward with its plan to deliver 10 Gigabits of data connection by petitioning the Federal Communications Commission to consider new wireless technology rules. The fresh data stream technology is intended to combine the speed of fiber optic cable with traditional wireless system in order to support spectrum beyond 100 Gigahertz for public […] More

Lockheed Martin Australia and the country’s defense and science technology organization have formed a 10-year alliance to collaborate on research and development work into technology. “We have agreed to undertake joint research in a range of areas including predictive logistics, trusted assurance, the Aegis combat system, over the horizon radar, hypersonics and operational analysis,” Alex Zelinsky, the […] More

Serco Inc. will continue to carry out non-military operation and maintenance functions at a military base in Canada under a two-year contract extension worth just under $100 million. The British contractor’s North American subsidiary will continue the work through at least March 2016 under the current 11-year deal, Serco announced Jan. 9. “Working with the department of […] More