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  • Tom Moore: McAfee-Schneider Electric Team to Help Energy Clients ‘Whitelist’ Applications
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    Tom Moore: McAfee-Schneider Electric Team to Help Energy Clients ‘Whitelist’ Applications

    McAfee and Schneider Electric have formed a partnership that will offer whitelisting, cybersecurity and change control services to the utility and critical infrastructure industry for customers’ energy management tools. The companies said Tuesday that McAfee will offer embedded, integrity and application control products with Schneider’s water, oil and gas, electric networks and transportation services with the goal of preventing malware […] More

  • Cisco, Optus Launch Unified Communications Platform; Ian Smith Comments
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    Cisco, Optus Launch Unified Communications Platform; Ian Smith Comments

    Cisco and Australia’s SingTel Optus has launched a unified communications platform that Optus Business ICT Solutions Vice President Ian Smith said offers businesses with upgrades and integrated options, Business Spectator reported today. Supratim Adhikari writes the unified communications-as-a-service platform is built to combine voice, video, messaging and telepresence tools that are integrated into the Optus Evolve IP network. The services include enterprise […] More

  • ICF Forecasts Natural Gas Prices to Increase Through 2020
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    ICF Forecasts Natural Gas Prices to Increase Through 2020

    ICF International forecasts natural gas prices to increase between 2015 and 2020 as demand increases from new petrochemical plants, liquefied natural gas export terminals and pipeline exports to Mexico. The Fairfax, Va.-based consulting contractor attributes the increase to the cold winter in the Eastern U.S. and also predicts more drilling for energy to occur in response […] More

  • FAA Buys Thales Navigation Aids for National Airspace System; Tony Lo Brutto Comments
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    FAA Buys Thales Navigation Aids for National Airspace System; Tony Lo Brutto Comments

    The Federal Aviation Administration has purchased five Thales-built navigational aids for the U.S. National Airspace System under a five-year contract between the agency and company. “As the FAA transitions to NextGen, Thales will continue to help support and modernize the FAA’s inventory of navigational aids,” Tony Lo Brutto, vice president of Thales’ U.S. air traffic management unit, said Monday. The […] More

  • Lockheed to Help Atlantis Design Tidal Turbine Tech; Tim Fuhr Comments
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    Lockheed to Help Atlantis Design Tidal Turbine Tech; Tim Fuhr Comments

    Lockheed Martin has signed a contract to help design Atlantis Resources‘ AR1500 tidal turbine set for the MeyGen tidal stream project, which aims to leverage tidal energy as a commercial power source. The 1.5-megawatt, single-rotor turbine will play a role in the Scotland-based MeyGen project that targets 100-percent renewable energy usage in the country by 2020,” Lockheed said Tuesday. Other […] More

  • Neil Albert: MCR Federal Seeks More Prime Contracts Through GSA OASIS Vehicle Position
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    Neil Albert: MCR Federal Seeks More Prime Contracts Through GSA OASIS Vehicle Position

    MCR Federal will compete in three pools as part of a potential 10-year, $60 billion General Services Administration contract vehicle covering professional services to federal agencies. The company said Monday its services will be available through the pools for aircraft, aircraft engine parts, auxiliary equipment, space vehicles, guided missiles, propulsion units and aircraft. “Our continued growth depends on our ability […] More

  • General Dynamics Awarded $643M for Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer
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    General Dynamics Awarded $643M for Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer

    A General Dynamics segment has won a $642.5 million U.S. Navy contract to build an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer which adds to a multi-year deal that includes two other DDG 51 destroyers and three Zumwalt-class destroyers already in production. This new ship order brings the total General Dynamics Bath Iron Works contract value to an estimated $3.4 billion, the company said Monday. The all-steel DDG […] More

  • Dennis Muilenburg to Congress: Boeing Plans Aircraft Production Rate Increase
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    Dennis Muilenburg to Congress: Boeing Plans Aircraft Production Rate Increase

    Boeing Chief Operating Officer Dennis Muilenburg outlined the company’s approach to production of commercial airplanes in response to global market competition before Senate lawmakers on Thursday, Herald Net reported Sunday. Dan Catchpole writes that Muilenburg also detailed Boeing’s plan to increase production rates for the 737 and 787 aircraft lines and to introduce the fresh 787-9 and -10, […] More

  • Dell, ikaSystems to Help Washington State Org Refresh Health Plan Services; Sid Nair Comments
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    Dell, ikaSystems to Help Washington State Org Refresh Health Plan Services; Sid Nair Comments

    Dell Services and  ikaSystems will work with the nonprofit Community Health Plan of Washington to update health services for Washington state residents with the goal of complying with federal healthcare reform laws. Dell said Tuesday it will provide information technology and business process outsourcing services to the nonprofit, as well as deploy ikaSystems’ health IT claims and billing tools on a software-as-a-service model. […] More

  • Catapult Technology Appoints Hélène Courard as VP of Capture and Proposals; Shawn Bethea Comments
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    Catapult Technology Appoints Hélène Courard as VP of Capture and Proposals; Shawn Bethea Comments

    Catapult Technology has named Hélène J. Courard vice president of capture and proposals. The more than 20-year industry veteran will be responsible for process improvement and execution of business capture and proposal program elements as well as lead business growth strategy, Catapult said Tuesday. “Hélène has an impressive win rate over the course of her career, and […] More

  • Ball Aerospace’s Joint Polar Satellite System Bus Goes Live; Cary Ludtke Comments
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    Ball Aerospace’s Joint Polar Satellite System Bus Goes Live; Cary Ludtke Comments

    Ball Aerospace & Technologies has started to power the Joint Polar Satellite System spacecraft bus, kicking off a nine-month integration and testing phase as the company prepares to deliver the spacecraft to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The company said Monday the continuous power on-off cycle involves operating the satellite system with the electrical power and distribution and command and data handling subsystems. “Following […] More

  • Lockheed to Continue NASA ISS Cargo Mission Support
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    Lockheed to Continue NASA ISS Cargo Mission Support

    Lockheed Martin‘s Integrated Systems division will continue providing analytical, physical and equipment processing services to support International Space Station activities at the Johnson Space Center in Houston as part of a $22 million, one-year contract option with NASA. Lockheed will extend its cargo mission planning, coordination and processing, and other services for pressurized and unpressurized cargo transportation of vehicle flights visiting ISS, NASA said […] More