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Neustar and the Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana have partnered to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics education for young girls in Kentucky and Indiana. The company’s will use EverFi’s My Digital Life digital learning platforms to work with more than 4,000 Girl Scouts in Kentucky and Southern Indiana, Neustar announced Wednesday. Cadette girl scouts of ages […] More
Turner Construction Company and the Pratt Institute are partnering to help increase students’ interest in the construction industry through scholarships and other programs. So far, the Pratt/Turner partnership has sponsored about 50% of a year’s tuition of six New York City high school students from Brooklyn Tech and Urban Assembly School of Construction and Design, […] More
SRA International Inc. has been named a finalist in the information technology services and consulting category of the American Technology Award, an annual technology industry award. SRA earned the spot through its IT strategic planning approach called AcuITy Insightful Solutions, the company announced Wednesday. Pat Burke, SRA chief technology officer, said AcuITy has helped them provide […] More
TeleCommunication Systems has launched a new public safety answering point system that is built to support 9-1-1 calling as well as emergency-related texts, videos and photos. Defender9-1-1 works to integrate with geographic information systems and Internet Protocol networks and comply with National Emergency Number Association standards, TCS said Tuesday. Thomas Ginter, vice president for TCS’ […] More
DataDirect Networks has released an information storage solution that targets performance, scalability and efficiency gains for media and entertainment customers with content-intensive work processes. According to DDN Chief Marketing Officer Molly Rector, the solution is intended to give users room to “create without limitations, collaborate more confidently and shorten time to market.” The storage infrastructure, […] More
Alion Science and Technology has received a $17.7 million task order to help the U.S. Defense Department research and develop new systems intended to protect soldiers against improvised explosive devices. The company will also provide technology prototyping, engineering and scientific services to DoD under the IED countermeasures project, Alion said Tuesday. “The services we will […] More
Siemens and ITT Corp. have worked to build a structural damping and isolation technology with the goal of keeping electrical grid infrastructures safe during an earthquake. The companies’ seismic protection system is designed to reduce earthquake-induced mechanical stress in high-voltage components at power transmission substations by up to 80 percent, ITT said Tuesday. According to […] More
A Xerox subsidiary has been awarded a potential $2 million contract to develop and demonstrate a self-destructing sensor technology for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. PARC and DARPA intend for the Disintegration Upon Stress-Release Trigger system to use a mechanism to shatter microchip-based electronics on command, PARC said Tuesday. This technology development work […] More
A fifth Boeing-developed navigation satellite for the U.S. Air Force has joined the branch’s GPS IIF constellation. The satellite took off on Feb. 20 and was validated by the company and Air Force to activate the spacecraft’s payload, Boeing said Tuesday. “As each GPS IIF joins the fleet, we are sustaining and modernizing the constellation […] More
A joint venture between Jacobs Engineering Group and HDR has been awarded a potential five-year, $60 million contract to provide engineering services to U.S. Navy facilities at various sites worldwide. The joint venture will work to restore, modernize and maintain the facilities and infrastructure of the U.S. Navy and Defense Department, Jacobs said Tuesday. Tom McDuffie, Jacobs group vice president, said the company will continue […] More
Anaren will provide its beamformer technology to Raytheon under an $8.5 million subcontract for the engineering and manufacturing development stage of Raytheon’s contract to build the U.S. Navy‘s Air and Missile Defense Radar. The one-year subcontract covers work to design and assemble the beamformer and is part of the AMDR program’s potential 10-year, $110 million low-rate initial production […] More
NCI Inc. has won a $19.4 million task order to provide information technology services to the U.S. Army‘s Information Systems Engineering Command. IT services will include work to develop, install and evaluate wired and wireless local area networks at Army medical treatment locations, NCI said Tuesday. Brian Clark, NCI’s president, said the company intends to […] More
