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is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.
Northrop Grumman and Raytheon have been awarded two-year contracts worth $11 million combined to help the Air Force explore new methods of manufacturing active phased array radars for military aircraft, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Thursday. John Keller writes that Northrop won $3.8 million and Raytheon won $7.1 million to support phase one of the […] More
CAE has won a contract of an undisclosed amount to supply a simulation system to Sweden’s navy in order to help train sailors in warfare tactics and C4 operations. The company is slated to deliver its Naval Warfare Training System to Sweden’s navy in late 2015 and will also provide technical support as well as […] More
Dell has introduced a range of server products and service offerings intended to help enterprise customers manage computing workloads and infrastructures that run SAP HANA-based applications. SAP has certified Dell’s PowerEdge rack servers to integrate with the HANA in-memory database and also approved Dell’s Compellent platform as a data storage system for HANA, Dell said […] More
Lockheed Martin has been certified by the National Security Agency to offer incident management services designed to help government agencies respond to attacks at the network layer. The company received the accreditation from NSA’s information assurance directorate through the agency-run Cyber Incident Response Assistance program, Lockheed said Tuesday. “Our intelligence driven defense approach to securing […] More
Northrop Grumman has unveiled two monolithic microwave integrated circuit amplifiers the company designed for E-band and W-band communication, sensing, imaging and digital radio platforms. The firm’s MMIC transistors are made from indium phosphide, has ultra low noise characteristics and intended for use by civil, military and commercial organizations, Northrop said Wednesday. “The LNAs are the […] More
Exelon and Pepco Holdings are seeking approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the proposed merger between the two energy companies. The transaction seeks to create a utility that would distribute electricity and natural gas to customers in the mid-Atlantic region, Exelon said Friday. Both utilities expect the regulatory agency to hand down a decision […] More
AECOM and IBM have collaborated to design a benchmark tool to help UN member states’ local governments assess their level of preparedness for earthquakes, floods, storms and fires. The companies developed the scorecard for the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction with the goal of helping cities withstand natural disasters as well as protect lives […] More
Hewlett Packard has released a new converged infrastructure product that works to help customers analyze and manage large amounts of business data through SAP‘s HANA in-memory database platform. The HP ConvergedSystem 900 for SAP HANA is designed to provide users up to 12 terabytes of storage capacity and consolidates enterprise applications into a single information […] More
IBM has developed and patented a new cloud technology that aims to help online businesses avoid fraud by analyzing web browsing activities of their customers. The company’s fraud detection system is designed to analyze user interaction with a site based on clicks, keystrokes and scrolls and automatically triggers a security question when there is sudden […] More
Many Fortune 500 companies are seeking to hire chief information security officers or board directors who have experience and skills in cybersecurity, Reuters reported Friday. Nadia Damouni writes that Cardinal Health, Deere & Co., JPMorgan Chase, PepsiCo and The United Services Automobile Association are among the firms that are searching data security professionals in order […] More
Lockheed Martin will work with government, academic and business organizations in Canada’s province of Alberta to develop technologies in areas such as computing, water management and consumer electronics under an agreement between the company and the provincial government. The goal of the collaboration is to connect the expertise of Lockheed and Alberta’s technology workers to […] More
Alion Science and Technology will help the Defense Threat Reduction Agency develop a boron-coated straw system to detect dirty bombs and special nuclear materials under a $2.8 million contract. Alion said Thursday that agencies have traditionally used Helium-3 neutron detectors but a shortage of the rare isotope is driving agencies to seek a replacement technology. The company will […] More
