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  • BAE, US, UK Militaries Test F-35 Variants
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    BAE, US, UK Militaries Test F-35 Variants

    BAE Systems worked with the U.S. and British military forces to conduct a piloted flight simulation trial of technology that works to provide navigational and maneuvering aid to fixed-wing aircraft landing on aircraft carrier vessels. The company said Monday it has been developing the Shipborne Rolling Vertical Landing technology for the F-35 short takeoff and vertical landing variant, which […] More

  • Aneesh Chopra, Dan Ross Spearhead Big Data Startup Hunch Analytics
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    Aneesh Chopra, Dan Ross Spearhead Big Data Startup Hunch Analytics

    Aneesh Chopra, formerly U.S. chief technology officer and Virginia secretary of technology, co-founded Hunch Analytics in October 2013 with the goal of helping organizations manage big data, the Washington Post reported Monday. Steven Overly writes the Arlington, Va.-based start-up works with energy, healthcare and academic leaders to help their organizations leverage databases and algorithms for […] More

  • Lisa Hook: Neustar to Buy .CO Domain in Registry Services Push
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    Lisa Hook: Neustar to Buy .CO Domain in Registry Services Push

    Neustar Inc. has agreed to buy .CO Internet S.A.S., which maintains the registry for Internet addresses with the “.co” domain, Neustar said Thursday. Lisa Hook, president and CEO of Neustar, said the company intends to integrate .CO Internet’s domain marketing technologies into Neustar’s distribution network and technical resources in order to grow its registry services. .CO Internet […] More

  • SAP Targets 100% Renewable Energy Usage for Data Centers; Peter Graf Comments
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    SAP Targets 100% Renewable Energy Usage for Data Centers; Peter Graf Comments

    SAP plans to transition its data centers and facilities to having 100-percent renewable energy-powered infrastructures in 2014 as part of company efforts to reduce carbon emissions amid its cloud business push. The software conglomerate also targets its 2000 levels of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, the company said Monday. Peter Graf, chief sustainability officer at SAP, […] More

  • Capgemini, IBM, QinetiQ Join UK Cyber Training Alliance
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    Capgemini, IBM, QinetiQ Join UK Cyber Training Alliance

    Capgemini, IBM and QinetiQ have partnered with British information technology training group E-Skills to offer cybersecurity apprenticeships across the U.K., Computing.co.uk reported Thursday. Sooraj Shah writes the alliance seeks to hire and train more than 100 apprentices by this summer. Other program partners include Airbus, BT Group and Atos. “It is our goal to make […] More

  • MBDA Team Fires Dual Mode Brimstone Missiles Against Moving Targets
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    MBDA Team Fires Dual Mode Brimstone Missiles Against Moving Targets

    MBDA and program partners have conducted two trials of the company’s Dual Mode Brimstone missile technology aboard a remotely piloted aircraft that recorded nine hits against moving and maneuvering targets. The trials were held in December and January at U.S. Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake and used General Atomics‘ MQ-9 Reaper aircraft, MBDA said Friday. Dual Mode Brimstone weapons are […] More

  • Siemens, M+W Group Form Battery Manufacturing Partnership
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    Siemens, M+W Group Form Battery Manufacturing Partnership

    Siemens and the M+W Group are working together to create an energy storage product as the companies seek to take an environmentally-friendly approach to battery manufacturing. The companies are also partnering to complete a control technology tool intended for the mass production of large-size batteries, M+W Group said March 18. Areas of research in the partnership […] More

  • JJ van Dongen: Philips Aims to Tap Kenya’s R&D Ecosystem Through New Innovation Center
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    JJ van Dongen: Philips Aims to Tap Kenya’s R&D Ecosystem Through New Innovation Center

    Royal Philips plans to establish an innovation center in Nairobi, Kenya to develop lighting, healthcare and lifestyle products for consumers across Africa. The company aims to bring together international researchers to pursue open-innovation programs and conduct applications-based scientific and user studies at the hub, Philips said Thursday. Dr. Maarten van Herpen will lead the technology […] More

  • Steven Miller Joins The SPECTRUM Group; Stephen Loftus Comments
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    Steven Miller Joins The SPECTRUM Group; Stephen Loftus Comments

    Steven Miller, a retired U.S. Navy commander, has joined The SPECTRUM Group to utilize his experience in the private and public sectors for the company’s customers. Retired Navy Vice Admiral Stephen Loftus, TSG chairman and CEO, said that the company will rely on Miller’s experience in the geographic information systems within the U.S. intelligence community, he […] More

  • Orbital Satellite to Deliver Comm Services to South America; Christopher Richmond Comments
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    Orbital Satellite to Deliver Comm Services to South America; Christopher Richmond Comments

    Orbital Sciences Corp. is preparing to launch a commercial communications satellite aboard Arianespace’s Ariane 5 ECA rocket on Friday, as the company expects to deliver Ku-band  satellite connectivity to South America. The Amazonas 4A geosynchronous Earth orbit spacecraft was built and tested at the company’s production facility in Dulles, Va., under a contract with Spain’s Hispasat, Orbital said Thursday. “I want to thank Hispasat […] More

  • Sue Stretch: Lockheed Ready for Air Force Meteorological Satellite Mission
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    Sue Stretch: Lockheed Ready for Air Force Meteorological Satellite Mission

    A team of Air Force engineers and technicians have embedded a Lockheed Martin-built satellite into a military payload fairing ahead of a scheduled space launch April 3. The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Block 5D weather satellite is designed to help military forecasters monitor global weather systems and transmit data to deployed troops, Lockheed said Thursday. Sue […] More