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The first satellite in Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress network has entered commercial service for U.S. government customers based within the satellite’s Indian Ocean region coverage area. Inmarsat said Monday that it expects the Global Xpress system to enter full global operations during the first half of 2015. “We are proud that Global Xpress has been selected to […] More
Boeing has formally offered the company’s KC-46 tanker to South Korea as the country prepares to acquire four aircraft for its first tanker squadron. South Korea’s defense acquisition agency received the offer after it issued a request for proposals for aerial refueling tankers and the agency aims to finish the competition later this year, Boeing said […] More
BAE Systems announced plans to bring together shareholdings of BAE Systems group and Riyadh Wings for Saudi companies specializing in training, electronics and IT systems engineering under a single holding company, OMC. Riyadh Wings will acquire a 49% stake in the holding company with BAE Systems continuing to hold a majority stake, BAE Systems said […] More
Cisco has deployed technology at Transwestern Property Management‘s Pennzoil Plaza in Houston to help turn the 39-year-old building into an “infrastructure of the future” with a centralized management system that includes energy consumption controls. According to a video posted Thursday on the Cisco website, the “Internet of Everything” applied to infrastructure management systems has brought efficiency in operations. […] More
A Thales–Siemens joint venture will implement signalling, telecommunications and security technologies for a rail line in southern Spain under a $284.9 million contract with ADIF Alta Velocidad. The companies said Thursday the contract covers Thales’ project management services and electronic interlocking product and Siemens Rail Automation’s European Rail Traffic Management System level 2 with automatic braking and signal announcement systems. ADIF Alta […] More
Constellation West has opened its new 5,460-square-foot headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia that includes a proposal development center, an operations center, hotel offices for the company’s mobile employees and space for potential office expansion. “It provides a central location that is easy to access for employees, customers and partners,” Lisa Wolford, the company’s president and CEO said Friday. Constellation […] More
Ron Fouse oversees legal affairs for government services contractor ASRC Federal and its subsidiaries as chief compliance officer and general counsel for the Greenbelt, Md.-based company. Fouse holds legal experience from both sides of the GovCon sector as he also served as an associate counsel to the Naval Air Systems Command and as a trial attorney […] More
Frost & Sullivan‘s newest Global Defense Outlook study projects defense procurement activities to grow by $60 billion between 2013 and 2018 due to equipment nearing end-of-life and requiring maintenance, repair and similar work. The business consulting firm said Thursday most spending and demand in 2013 were on C4ISR equipment such as radars and sensors, although recent economic […] More
CACI International CEO Ken Asbury has said the company is regularly looking at opportunities for mergers and acquisitions nearly seven months after its $820 million acquisition of Six3 Systems, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday. “We’re continuing to look at companies in the M&A space to add a new customer, a new set of techniques, particularly as we see the […] More
Royal Philips and salesforce.com have formed a partnership to combine their respective medical technology, clinical informatics, cloud computing and customer engagement offerings to develop an open source, cloud-based healthcare IT platform. The parties said Thursday the platform will be designed to enable personal health management and remote health monitoring and support the Philips Hospital to Home programs. “We have entered […] More
Lockheed Martin and Australian company Sandpit have partnered to offer a system to mining companies for monitoring stockpiles from space, the Australian Journal of Mining reported Thursday. Oliver Probert writes that MineRECON is built to to see a satellite take two photos, roughly a minute apart, of a specific area of land at a minesite, port facility, or any other site requiring […] More
The solar panels built for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – R series have been tested, approved and sent to Lockheed Martin‘s facility in Denver to be incorporated onto the spacecraft. NASA said Tuesday that the solar array, which contains five sections that come together to resemble a black wing, was deployed […] More
