Processing....
Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
RigNet has joined Inmarsat’s partner network to distribute the latter company’s Global Xpress mobile satellite system offering to oil and gas maritime customers. RigNet will offer high-speed communications service for offshore service and supply vehicles within the energy sector worldwide, RigNet said Thursday. “With the launch of Fleet Xpress, the world’s first hybrid Ka/L-band mobile satellite […] More
Scientists at IBM Research have developed a new process that could help advance the adoption of carbon nanotubes as a semiconductor material used to produce computer chips and other devices. IBM said Thursday the new process works to scale down transistor contacts to less than 10 nanometers without affecting the performance of carbon nanotubes. “As silicon technology nears […] More
Textron‘s unmanned systems subsidiary has delivered equipment and personnel to the U.S. Forest Service and Interior Department to support wildfire response operations in Idaho. The company said Thursday it deployed its Aerosonde drone, iCommand tool and Remote Video Terminal products to provide imagery and coordinate responders during the wildfire. “Unmanned systems can operate where it may be unsafe or impractical […] More
Tony Frazier, senior vice president for government solutions at DigitalGlobe, has outlined his views on the impact of crowdsourcing on innovation and learning in the geospatial intelligence sector. Frazier wrote in a blog entry posted Thursday that the company’s Tomnod community and USGIF GEOINT Hackathon competition are indicative of crowdsourcing’s disruptive role in the market. He noted that Tomnod […] More
Boeing has established an aerospace data analytics laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University as part of a new academic research initiative in which the company will invest $7.5 million over a three-year period. Carnegie Mellon said Thursday the initiative aims to extract value out of data gathered from aircraft design, construction and operation. Jaime Carbonell, a computer science […] More
Northrop Grumman has completed a proof-of-concept test for the company’s tactical incident management system in collaboration with the Los Angeles Police Department. Northrop demonstrated the system for eight days during the Special Olympics World Games, Northrop said Thursday. “The pilot program was started to work closely with the LAPD to better understand their mission and tailor […] More
Vencore has been awarded a potential five-year, $43 million contract to help the Federal Protective Service manage the agency’s information technology operations and systems. The company said Thursday it will also provide technical program management and professional services to FPS offices across U.S. states and territories. Mac Curtis, president and CEO of Vencore, said the […] More
Amazon Web Services has become a member of the nonprofit IJIS Institute and will provide leadership, expertise and financial support for the institute’s national information sharing and safeguarding efforts. The IJIS Institute said Thursday its programs are aimed at the law enforcement, homeland security and public safety sectors. “We’re looking forward to taking advantage of the opportunity IJIS […] More
A new survey from Neustar says more than half of respondent companies have invested more in security tools to counter distributed denial-of-service attacks as compared to the previous year. The report highlights trends such as the attackers’ growing focus on what Neustar describes as “targeted, smaller†attacks intended to disrupt a company’s network while installing malware that is designed to steal […] More
A subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries will provide integrated logistics support to the U.S. Navy under a potential five-year, $36.7 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Huntington Ingalls said Thursday AMSEC will support the Navy’s work to develop, maintain and manage hull, mechanical and electrical technical data. The contract also covers electronic publishing support, systems engineering, supply support, training and curriculum development work. AMSEC will perform work in California, Hawaii, Pennsylvania, […] More
A United Launch Alliance-built rocket launched early Friday morning to mark the 100th mission carried out by the joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, NASASpaceflight.com reported Friday. An Atlas V rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to carry the Morelos-3 communications satellite into space, William Graham writes. The Atlas V contains an RL10 engine-powered Centaur upper stage, […] More
SAP and NTT Group have extended their alliance to provide enterprise cloud services to customers. The partnership is intended to offer the joint NTT and Dimension Data cloud platform and NTT‘s information technology infrastructure services to customers in South Africa and the Asia-Pacific region, NTT said Thursday. “NTT Group provides SAP with a critical component of enterprise-grade cloud services […] More
