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Testing of Raytheon‘s Standard Missile-3 Block IIA reached a milestone Tuesday when the system intercepted a ballistic missile target from land. The Missile Defense Agency conducted the third intercept test of the IIA variant at a range facility in Hawaii, Raytheon said Tuesday. A company-made AN/TPY-2 radar tracked the incoming threat and delivered target data to the weapon. In […] More
The Joint Commission has given DLH a Gold Seal of Approval that certifies the quality and safety of the company’s clinical healthcare operations. The Atlanta, Ga.-based healthcare firm said Tuesday it was selected for its healthcare staffing services in support of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy program. DLH went through onsite reviews that […] More
Leidos has achieved a gold competency certification from Microsoft that authorizes the former to deploy the latter’s portfolio of cloud offerings. The Cloud Platform certification allows the use of Microsoft’s products to support customers’ efforts to modernize cloud infrastructure, integrate data analytics technology and transition applications and data to the cloud, Leidos said Tuesday. Before […] More
Lockheed Martin has finished encapsulation of the first GPS III satellite the company has built for the U.S. Air Force as part of pre-launch preparations at a facility in Titusville, Fla. GPS III Space Vehicle 01 is scheduled to lift off Dec. 18 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, Lockheed said Tuesday. The satellite, […] More
Hyperconverged secondary storage vendor Cohesity saw the number of its public sector clients increase by nearly 200 percent during its fiscal third and fourth quarters. Cohesity said Monday it added 24 new federal customers in Q4 alone and the company attributes the growth of its government customer base to agencies’ data center consolidation initiatives. “IT modernization initiatives are […] More
Science Applications International Corp. and IronArch Technology have entered into an agreement that allows the service-disabled, veteran-owned company to receive business guidance and counsel through the Department of Defense‘s protege-mentor program. SAIC will help IronArch pursue new business opportunities, establish a corporate infrastructure and implement cloud and cybersecurity technologies, the companies said in a joint statement released Monday. […] More
Aerojet Rocketdyne has received a potential two-year, $13.4M contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop propulsion systems for a ground-launched tactical weapon platform. The contract was awarded in support of DARPA’s Operational Fires program that aims to build new mobile missile technologies, the company said Tuesday. The OpFires initiative seeks to meet the […] More
Ed Sheehan, president and CEO of Concurrent Technologies Corp., has joined the board of directors of the National Defense Industrial Association. CTC said Tuesday Sheehan is one of the 16 newly elected board members at NDIA. Richard McConn, board chairman of NDIA, said Sheehan’s experience in manufacturing and professional services sectors will help the association carry […] More
The Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Navy have conducted an on-land test to demonstrate the capability of Lockheed Martin’s latest Aegis Combat System to detect and counter an intermediate-range ballistic missile threat. Aegis Baseline 9.B2.0 or BMD 5.1 intercepted an IRBM target using ground-based remote sensor data derived from the Command and Control, Battle Management and Communications system during […] More
Intelligence community venture capital firm In-Q-Tel has invested in and partnered with Immersive Wisdom to further develop the latter company’s virtual and intelligence platform for government applications. Immersive Wisdom designed its software to help users access information in real time and view live 3D maps through a shared virtual workspace, IQT said Tuesday. The technology employs virtual, mixed and […] More
AECOM held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday for its new office that is situated close to the Georgia Cyber Center, Augusta Chronicle reported Tuesday. Earl Johnson, a senior vice president at AECOM, oversees the new facility where employees will work to pursue new business opportunities with Army Cyber Command and Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort Gordon. Johnson […] More
A General Dynamics business unit and NASA have completed a laboratory assessment of new ground infrastructure systems designed to help the agency manage a constellation of tracking and data relay satellites. General Dynamics Mission Systems supported the final system acceptance test at a facility in Scottsdale, Ariz., as part of the Space Network Ground Segment Sustainment project, the company […] More
