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is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.
SpaceX has tapped AECOM to design and develop a Hyperloop test track for a SpaceX-hosted competition that aims to promote innovation among university students and speed up the development of Hyperloop prototypes. Hyperloop is a type of transport system that would travel up to 760 miles per hour through a network of air-cushioned pods and […] More
The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded eGlobalTech a three-year contract to provide systems engineering and acquisition support services to the service branch’s command, control, communication, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance program. Contract work covers financial and project management, field engineering and software quality assurance services in support of USCG’s C4ISR initiative, eGlobalTech said Tuesday. The company […] More
BAE Systems PLC has secured a potential $4.3 million contract from the U.K. defense ministry to continue to provide a service that aims to reduce collision risk in the country’s uncontrolled airspace. BAE said Tuesday its Centralized Aviation Data Service works to help pilots plan flight routes in order to prevent flight path crashes. The CADS […] More
Boeing has secured a potential $8 million contract to provide training support for C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft pilots under NATO’s Strategic Airlift Capability program. SAC program aircrews will begin training sessions this year at the company’s international training facility in the U.K., Boeing said Tuesday. The U.S. Air Force conducted an inspection of the company’s […] More
The U.S. Air Force has issued a request for information on commercial weather data services that could help address the Defense Department’s requirements for space-based environmental monitoring weather information. The remote sensing systems directorate of the service branch’s space and missile systems center asked interested companies to submit white papers as responses to the RFI […] More
Northrop Grumman is scheduled to deliver five unmanned ground surveillance aircraft to NATO’s Sigonella air base in Sicily, Italy by the end of this year, Defense News reported Monday. Program officials told Defense News that 30 NATO personnel are now on the air base in preparation for a performance assessment of five Northrop-built Global Hawk […] More
Carahsoft Technology will market Liferay’s open source-based portal platform and related products to U.S. government agencies through its General Services Administration schedule and Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement contracts. Liferay Portal works to help organizations perform collaboration and content management operations as well as develop websites and mobile applications, Liferay said Tuesday. “We’re a firm believer that innovative open […] More
A new International Data Corp. survey has found that utilities companies in Western Europe will prioritize spending on cybersecurity efforts, such as cloud and mobile security and data loss prevention, over the next 12 months. IDC Energy Insights said Monday it predicts the Western European utilities sector’s spending on software platforms to hit approximately $3.2 billion, particularly […] More
Blue Origin-built New Shepard rocket has completed a take-off and vertical landing operation two months after the company put the rocket through a second unmanned test flight in November 2015. Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos wrote in a blog entry posted Friday that New Shepard took off from a launch site in West Texas and slowly descended to Earth for reuse […] More
Rolls-Royce will allocate more than $42.7 million in funds to build a new facility in Tyne and Wear, England that will produce fan and turbine discs for its in-service aerospace engines. The proposed manufacturing plant is part of the company’s modernization initiative for its disc manufacturing business, Rolls-Royce said Friday. The defense contractor expects the […] More
Turner Construction and Santa Clara County in California have agreed to proceed with the Valley Medical Center expansion project under a new contract valued at approximately $466.5 million, Silicon Valley Business Journal reported Friday. Nathan Donato-Weinstein writes the new “change order” has been reached following the county’s decision to drop a case it filed in September 2015 […] More
L-3 Communications’ MAPPS division has received a contract from Romanian state-owned utilities firm Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica to update the emulation platform of the digital control computer simulator at SNN’s Cernavoda nuclear power plant. The DCC emulation platform is based on the L-3 MAPPS-built Orchid Control System and works to support the functions of DCCs, including system switchover, […] More
