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ViON has a Hadoop-based cyber tool for information technology systems management that Rodney Hite, product manager for big data solutions, said is built to address threats to the big data architecture landscape. The company’s Big Cyber Security platform combines big data technology with traditional methods used to protect information assets and is intended to mitigate […] More
A UnitedHealthcare electronic bill-payment service has processed more than $20 million in medical payments to more than 20,000 providers to date. UHC’s myClaims Manager platform is built with an InstaMed technology to help plan participants across the U.S. manage their medical claims and help member organizations receive healthcare-related payments, United Healthcare said Monday. “By enabling consumers […] More
Kim Vanderland, founder of workplace management firm Space Matters Consulting, has joined Jones Lang LaSalle as senior vice president for the Washington-based workplace strategy group. She has more than 14 years of experience helping organizations implement strategies for corporate working conditions, real estate portfolios and employee satisfaction, JLL said Thursday. “Kim is seasoned in delivering workplace […] More
Alion Science and Technology has been awarded a position on a potential 10-year, $4 billion contract to help the Defense Threat Reduction Agency research and develop technologies for countering weapons of mass destruction. DTRA selected Alion as one of seven contractors that will compete for task orders to perform anti-WMDÂ software and hardware systems R&D, […] More
Governments, universities and companies continue in their efforts to find sustainable, clean energy, and yet mankind is nowhere near dislodging coal, abundant and cheap but the least clean of all, as the top source, Ian Marcus of RTKL said Feb. 20. Marcus, a mechanical engineer based in the company’s Washington, D.C., office, mentioned several studies into alternative […] More
Akima President and CEO Bill Monet has joined the National Safety Council’s “CEOs Who Get It†list for his efforts to push employee wellbeing. The award is annually given out to ten leaders committed to elevating worker safety and health through leadership and engagement, safety management systems, risk reduction and performance measurement, Akima said Jan. […] More
Advanced C4 Solutions has been awarded a subcontract to provide information technology services to the U.S. Air Force. Work under the indefinite-deliver/indefinite-quantity Information Technology Services 3 contract will be performed for the 96 Communications Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, with Infinite as prime contractor. Atlanta, Georgia-based Infinite said Jan. 31 the project includes services […] More
An AT&T business unit will provide managed network connectivity services to Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. offices throughout the U.S. under a $12 million contract. AT&T Government Solutions — the telecommunications company’s federal business organization – will support private wide area networks and voice communications at 95 FDIC locations nationwide, AT&T said Thursday. Kay Kapoor, president of AT&T Government Solutions, […] More
Sterling Global Operations worked with seismic surveying company Terraseis to remove mines and unexploded bombs from a 154-square-mile land in Iraq’s Kurdistan region. The de-mining effort was executed to allow for oil and gas exploration in that area situated near the Iraq-Iran boundary, SGO said Wednesday. “In the 1980s Iraq fought an eight-year war with Iran, and since […] More
Saudi Arabia’s national guard ministry plans to award a contract in September 2014 for maintenance work on 60 helicopters stationed in the country’s capital of Riyadh. QinetiQ North America said Thursday it is a member of a Northrop Grumman-led team competing for that contract and additional members include the PAE-owned subsidiary DS2, AAR and Vinnell Arabia. […] More
Raytheon and the U.S. Navy worked to test a set of communication updates to a Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile on Feb. 19 in order to determine how it could attack moving targets and connect to command-and-control stations. Testers launched the Tomahawk with a preprogrammed path and maintained communications with base, as it received updates […] More
Northrop Grumman has launched a modular space vehicle with plug-and-play capability as part of a $50 million task order from the Operationally Responsive Space Office at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. The satellite is expected to meet the need for compact satellites that allow quick assembly for short-term space missions, the company said Wednesday. “MSV provides […] More
