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  • Cisco, DHL: Internet of Things Carries Potential for Supply Chain, Logistics
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    Cisco, DHL: Internet of Things Carries Potential for Supply Chain, Logistics

    Cisco and logistics service provider DHL have released a joint report on trends in the Internet of Things as they pursue a new IoT project to facilitate near-real-time analytics functions for supply chain decisions. DHL said Wednesday the “Internet of Things in Logistics” report forecasts that IoT could have an $8 trillion value at stake over the next 10 years and projects supply chain and logistics […] More

  • Exelis Unveils Small Satellite Imaging Tech Portfolio; Rob Mitrevski Comments
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    Exelis Unveils Small Satellite Imaging Tech Portfolio; Rob Mitrevski Comments

    Exelis has introduced a suite of small form factor imaging systems designed to produce high-resolution satellite imagery. The release is part of the company’s push in the intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and analytics market, Exelis said Wednesday. Rob Mitrevski, vice president and general manager of Exelis’ environmental intelligence and integrated sensing solutions business, said the company aims […] More

  • Nadia Short: General Dynamics to Keep Gov’t Cyber Business Focus After Fidelis Sale
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    Nadia Short: General Dynamics to Keep Gov’t Cyber Business Focus After Fidelis Sale

    General Dynamics plans to continue work its core cyber portfolio for government amid the pending sale of its Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions unit, a General Dynamics executive has told Reuters. “[We] are continuing to invest resources in technology development to ensure we deliver resilient, relevant and innovative solutions that support mission needs,” Nadia Short, vice president and general manager […] More

  • DynCorp to Help California Agency Maintain Firefighting Planes
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    DynCorp to Help California Agency Maintain Firefighting Planes

    DynCorp International has been awarded a potential five-year, $126.2 million contract from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to help operate and maintain the agency’s aerial vehicles for wildfire-fighting missions. CAL FIRE asked the company to continue providing full flight services for the agency’s fixed-wing firefighting planes, DynCorp said Wednesday. The company will […] More

  • Northrop Completes Deployable Tower Assembly for NASA’s Webb Telescope
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    Northrop Completes Deployable Tower Assembly for NASA’s Webb Telescope

    Northrop Grumman has completed ambient and thermal vacuum testing and delivery of the James Webb Space Telescope‘s deployable tower assembly to NASA for the space observatory’s final assembly at Northrop’s Space Park facility. The company said Tuesday its Astro Aerospace subsidiary designed and built the graphite DTA, which works to support Webb’s spacecraft and telescope structures. “First, in the […] More

  • Mary Ann Hopkins: Parsons Hosts NSA’s Cyber Defense Training Exercise
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    Mary Ann Hopkins: Parsons Hosts NSA’s Cyber Defense Training Exercise

    Parsons has helped to kick off National Security Agency-run cyber defense exercise that runs between April 13 and April 17 to help train students on secure network operations. At least 100 students from the U.S. service academies and the Royal Military College of Canada are participating in the event at Parsons’ Columbia, Md.-based cyber center, Parsons said Tuesday. Mary Ann […] More

  • IBM Unveils Watson Health Cloud for Cognitive Computing; John Kelly Comments
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    IBM Unveils Watson Health Cloud for Cognitive Computing; John Kelly Comments

    IBM has unveiled the Watson Health Cloud to serve as a platform for data and insights on health and wellness issues as part of the company’s efforts to expand computing functions in the health sector. The company said Monday it also pursued industry partnerships and acquisitions alongside the creation of the IBM Watson Health business unit amid an […] More

  • Tory Bruno: ULA Plans Launch Infrastructure, Business Model Changes
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    Tory Bruno: ULA Plans Launch Infrastructure, Business Model Changes

    United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno has outlined the Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture’s plans for the military space launch market over the next 20 years in an interview published Monday on Defense News. Aaron Mehta reports that Bruno pointed to new initiatives that work to address potential challenges from market entrants such as SpaceX and government measures to ban the Russia-made […] More

  • HP Signs New Arkansas Medicaid Info System Mgmt Contract; Susan Arthur Comments
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    HP Signs New Arkansas Medicaid Info System Mgmt Contract; Susan Arthur Comments

    HP Enterprise Services will continue to handle the Medicaid information system of Arkansas under a new seven-year, $190 million contract with the state’s Department of Human Services. HP will extend its term as state’s Medicaid fiscal agent and process customer claims through the company’s interChange Medicaid management information system, HP said Tuesday. The contract contains a one-year base period and six one-year […] More

  • BAE Systems to Help Modernize US Navy Weapon Launch Platforms; Mark Keeler Comments
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    BAE Systems to Help Modernize US Navy Weapon Launch Platforms; Mark Keeler Comments

    BAE Systems has been awarded a three-year, $13.8 million contract with the U.S. Navy to update the weapon launch platforms on U.S. and allied nations’ submarines. The company will work to develop, analyze and integrate new weapon launch and payload systems; control interfaces; and assemble and evaluate test facilities and naval platforms, BAE said Tuesday. […] More

  • Noblis’ Jordin Cohen Named Senior Fellow for GWU Cyber, Homeland Security Center
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    Noblis’ Jordin Cohen Named Senior Fellow for GWU Cyber, Homeland Security Center

    Jordin Cohen, a director at Noblis, has been named a senior fellow for George Washington University’s center for cyber and homeland security. The new senior fellows will work to establish priorities for research and policy analysis within two years, Noblis said Tuesday. “I look forward to contributing to the incredibly important conversation about our nation’s security […] More

  • Scott Gnau Joins Hortonworks as CTO; Rob Bearden Comments
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    Scott Gnau Joins Hortonworks as CTO; Rob Bearden Comments

    Scott Gnau, formerly president of Teradata Labs, has joined Hortonworks as chief technology officer. He will begin with his new responsibility for Hortonworks’ global technology strategy, product direction, and research and development programs on April 27, Hortonworks said Tuesday. Hortonworks CEO Rob Bearden said Gnau’s background in data management and analytics would add value to […] More