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Tetra Tech has secured a $29 million contract from the U.S. Agency for International Development to support development efforts on water supply, sanitation and hygiene systems across sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. The company said Tuesday it will collaborate with USAID’s Global Health Bureau to promote good hygiene practices and rural sanitation under the five-year Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Partnerships and […] More

The University of Nevada in Las Vegas has signed partnership agreement with Lockheed Martin to support space exploration projects such as NASA’s Orion program. Lockheed will allocate up to $5 million in space exploration-related task orders for UNLV’s Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering under the five-year agreement, the university said Tuesday. “This effort will allow both Lockheed Martin and UNLV to provide meaningful […] More

Lockheed Martin has partnered with CoGen to build a U.K. facility designed to convert waste into renewable energy. Lockheed will oversee engineering, procurement, construction and manufacturing work on the bioenergy plant in Cardiff, Wales, and CoGen will serve as the developer and owner of the project under the teaming agreement, Lockheed said Tuesday. Frank Armijo, […] More

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has discussed two initiatives the space agency has launched in an effort to establish the foundation for NASA’s Journey to Mars project and other deep space missions. Bolden wrote in a blog post published Tuesday that NASA established partnerships with private companies to advance research projects in propulsion, habitation systems and […] More

Patrick Doyle, Unisys global justice and law enforcement subject matter expert, has said  governments should integrate public safety functions into the interconnected systems of “smart city” programs. Doyle wrote in a GCN opinion piece published Tuesday that public safety agencies should be included in the information workflows of smart cities to boost situational awareness. Citizens that provide information through […] More

NASA has moved from Oct. 13 to Oct. 16 the launch of an Orbital ATK-built Cygnus spacecraft due to tropical storm Nicole. Cygnus is initially scheduled to launch Thursday aboard Orbital ATK’s Antares 230 rocket to deliver approximately 5,100 pounds of crew supplies and research equipment to the International Space Station under the company’s Commercial […] More