Industry News

Deniece Peterson, director of federal industry analysis at Deltek, believes small goverment contractors must think strategically to compete and thrive in the same space as much bigger players, she writes in a Washington Post column published Monday. Peterson writes that small firms can stay competitive by having a well-structured portfolio, partnering with other firms and […] More

A joint venture of Thales Group and Finmeccanica has secured a contract to design and develop a satellite platform that will work to deliver mobile and broadcasting services across multiple spectrum networks. Thales Alenia Space will build a dual-mission telecommunications satellite for Inmarsat and Greek satcom operator Hellas-Sat, Thales Group said Thursday. Under the agreement, […] More

Dell has partnered with Texas A&M Health Science Center to open a health technology academy to provide health professionals with continuing education focused on information technology developments in the industry. The company and center said Thursday they hope to foster healthcare discovery and innovation through a technology-driven curriculum and training programs for students, clinicians and current physicians. “Advances in healthcare […] More

CSC has opened a new security operations center in Sydney’s Macquarie Park to deliver IT security defense offerings supported by the company’s investment in HP‘s ArcSight security information and event management tool, CSO reported Tuesday. David Braue writes the opening of CSC’s fifth global SOC site, located near its Australian office, also included screening potential members of the […] More

Boeing has opened a research and technology center in Brazil to facilitate aerospace technology development in areas such as sustainable aviation biofuel, air traffic management, remote sensing, metals and bio-materials. The company said Wednesday the Boeing Research & Technology-Brazil facility in the São José dos Campos Technology Park is its sixth international research center. “Recognizing the talented and growing […] More

Bechtel has collaborated with industry partners to develop a software program in order to build up port safety measures following research into the impact of passing ships on moored vessels. Marco Pluijm, Bechtel’s ports sector manager and chairman of the Research on the Passing Effects on Ships project, said Monday the research determined that the effect of wash […] More

Veris Group has joined the partner network of Amazon Web Services where Veris intends to help AWS customers design, build, migrate, and manage their workloads, Veris said Tuesday. Vienna, Va.-based Veris will act as a standard tier consulting partner as part of the new deal and will work with both private and public customers. “Our partnership […] 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