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  • Boeing Inks Collaboration Deal With Africa-Based Paramount Group; Chris Chadwick Comments
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    Boeing Inks Collaboration Deal With Africa-Based Paramount Group; Chris Chadwick Comments

    Boeing will collaborate with Africa’s Paramount Group in developing defense and security products for the international market as part of an agreement signed by both companies at the Farnborough Airshow. The companies said Tuesday they will leverage Boeing’s rotorcraft and unmanned aerial systems technology and Paramount’s land and aerospace systems to deliver offerings for areas such as border security, heavy airlift, anti-piracy and […] More

  • Unisys to Help Pennsylvania Implement Cloud Computing System; Ron Frankenfield Comments
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    Unisys to Help Pennsylvania Implement Cloud Computing System; Ron Frankenfield Comments

    Unisys will provide the state of Pennsylvania with an on-demand, cloud-based computing environment that will work to unify seven data centers under a seven-year, $681 million contract. The company said Monday the contract covers managed hosting services, self-provisioning and capacity on demand for computing resources based on business needs, technical services and project, contract and facilities management. IBM and Deloitte […] More

  • Jacobs Wraps Up Redeemable Biomass Electricity Credit Study
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    Jacobs Wraps Up Redeemable Biomass Electricity Credit Study

    Jacobs Engineering Group has completed a study on how redeemable biomass electricity credits for usage in Riau, Indonesia. The project is a collaboration with Universitas Muhammadiyah in Riau, Sumatra with financial backing provided by the Energy and Environment Partnership Indonesia (EEP) and additional efforts supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland. “Jacobs is pleased […] More

  • BAE, Lockheed Chase $10B in Global F-16 Upgrade Work; John Bean, Bill McHenry Comment
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    BAE, Lockheed Chase $10B in Global F-16 Upgrade Work; John Bean, Bill McHenry Comment

    BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin are bidding to secure F-16 modernization contracts with international customers as U.S. and European military organizations turn to upgrade work instead of new orders amid decreased funding, Reuters reported Monday. Sarah Young and Andrea Shalal report that the global market for F-16 upgrades is worth $10 billion over the next decade. John […] More

  • Kratos Lands Unmanned Aerial Drone systems Contract
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    Kratos Lands Unmanned Aerial Drone systems Contract

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, Inc., recently announced that its Advanced Drones and Target Systems division has received a new $4.2 million contract to provide customers in the National Security sector with unmanned aerial drones and related aircraft, command and flight control systems. According to the company information related to the contract has been limited, […] More

  • Emirates Inks $13B GE9X Services Deal
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    Emirates Inks $13B GE9X Services Deal

    Emirates Airlines announced Tuesday that it has signed a $13 billion, 12-year OnPoint solution agreement with GE for the maintenance and complete overhaul of the new line of GE9X engines powering its 150 Boeing 777X aircraft. The OnPoint solution contract is part of a larger arrangement announced at the 2013 Dubai Air Show, providing Emirates with 300 […] More

  • NASA Extends Engineering Services Contract with Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies
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    NASA Extends Engineering Services Contract with Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies

    NASA has awarded a potential $145 million contract extension to Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies for continued support of the agency’s engineering work on hardware and software for spaceflights and ground systems. The Mechanical Systems Engineering Services II/A Bridge contract extension includes $110 million in base funds and a $35 million option that covers four months of work. SGT […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls’ ‘America’ Ship Sets Sail for Commissioning Ceremony
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    Huntington Ingalls’ ‘America’ Ship Sets Sail for Commissioning Ceremony

    The Huntington Ingalls-built amphibious assault ship “America” left the company’s shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi on its maiden voyage ahead of the scheduled Oct. 11 commissioning in San Francisco. “America” is built for a crew of between 1,200 and 1,900 sailors including space for Marine helicopters, F-35 jets and other aircraft, Huntington Ingalls said Friday. “The sailors and Marines serving aboard […] More

  • General Dynamics Fidelis Joins Microsoft’s Active Protections Program; Peter George Comments
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    General Dynamics Fidelis Joins Microsoft’s Active Protections Program; Peter George Comments

    General Dynamics‘ Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions business has entered into Microsoft‘s Active Protections Program to get information on emerging cyber threats ahead of Microsoft’s monthly security bulletins to provide up-to-date protection to Fidelis XPS customers. Fidelis said Monday that joining the Microsoft program is intended to bolster mitigation of cyber attacks and system vulnerabilities during the entire threat life cycle. […] More

  • Verizon, Renfinity Forge Alliance to Help Users in Cloud Security; Renee McCown Comments
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    Verizon, Renfinity Forge Alliance to Help Users in Cloud Security; Renee McCown Comments

    Verizon has partnered with Renfinity to offer Terremark enterprise cloud products with Renfinity’s Secure Grid service in a combined package in order to help businesses, utilities and federal agencies secure their cloud infrastructures. The companies said Sunday that they aim to help users adopt both infrastructure-as-a-service software-as-a-service platforms. “With Verizon we can deliver a much more robust security […] More

  • Rick Yuse: Raytheon’s ‘Next-Gen’ Jammer to Undergo Initial Flight Tests
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    Rick Yuse: Raytheon’s ‘Next-Gen’ Jammer to Undergo Initial Flight Tests

    Raytheon‘s Next-Generation Jammer has completed a system readiness review, with most of the component technologies at Technology Readiness Level 6 or above, and is preparing for initial flight testing in September, Breaking Defense reported Monday. Rick Yuse, program manager for the electronic warfare system at Raytheon, has confirmed the program’s status as the company aims […] More

  • Terrence Blair on Tetra Tech AMT’s IT, Aviation Partnerships with the FAA and Role of Contract Consolidation
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    Terrence Blair on Tetra Tech AMT’s IT, Aviation Partnerships with the FAA and Role of Contract Consolidation

    Terrence Blair oversees technology strategy and technology-related consulting work for federal agencies as chief technology officer at Tetra Tech AMT – the information technology, aerospace and safety management arm of Tetra Tech. Blair, a more-than 25-year GovCon veteran, joined Tetra Tech after spending eight-and-a-half years at Sapient as technical lead for that company’s federal government consulting business unit […] More