Mary-Louise Hoffman

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. will integrate a Lockheed Martin-built instrument designed to measure global energy balance into the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s Joint Polar Satellite System. Lockheed designed the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System to provide environmental data for forecasting seasonal climates and the instrument is scheduled to fly onboard the JPSS-1 spacecraft […] More

A General Dynamics business unit has opened a facility in Scottsdale, Ariz. to assess radio terminals that are intended to support the U.S. Navy‘s Mobile User Objective System communications network. General Dynamics C4 Systems equipped the MUOS Radio Testing Lab with hardware and software tools to simulate radio interoperability with the satellite constellation’s ground station, […] More

A Deltek study says approximately 1,100 contractors have exited or are scheduled to leave the Small Business Administration‘s 8(a) business development program in fiscal year 2014, the Washington Post reported April 14. Kathleen Sievers, a Deltek research manager, writes that those companies hold almost $5 billion in combined set-aside task order contracts that will expire […] More

Red Hat and SAP have partnered to help developers code and design enterprise data management applications that work to run on OpenShift cloud environments. The companies intend to offer technology cartridges for SAP’s Adaptive Server, IQ and SQL programs for developers to use with Red Hat’s suite of OpenShift app development platforms, Red Hat said […] More

BAE Systems has awarded Siemens‘ industry sector with a contract to install a diesel engine on a multi-purpose subsea support and construction vessel for Oceaneering International, Maritime Executive reported Wednesday. The publication reports that Siemens Industry will fit its Blue Drive diesel-electric propulsion system into the commercial ship being built by BAE for OI’s offshore […] More