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Jacobs Initiates Technology Effort to Address World Issues; Darren Kraabel Quoted
Jacobs has launched a campaign that aims to address global challenges in the areas of urbanization, water scarcity, climate change, digital proliferation and security. The company said Tuesday its new #WhatIf campaign, announced during a recent investor event, brings technologies geared to help users tackle these issues.
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Jack Hughes, Mae DeVincentis, Ron Moultrie Appointed to Y-Tech Advisory Board
Information technology firm Y-Tech has welcomed technology and government service industry executives Mae DeVincentis, Jack Hughes and Ron Moultrie to the company's advisory board. DeVincentis, CEO at Maxwell Associates, held a number of roles with the Defense Logistics Agency, with positions including chief information officer and logisics director, Y-Tech said Wednesday.
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Raytheon Engages Students in STEM-Focused Challenge; Thomas Bussing Quoted
Raytheon hosted a circuit board build contest in a move to foster student interest in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math. The challenge took place during the MathMovesU Day on Feb. 4 at the University of Arizona where Raytheon engineers guided Tucson-based elementary students through construction and inspection of circuit boards, the company said Feb. 12.
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Electrosoft Welcomes Jet Defensor as New VP of Business Development
Jet Defensor, a 25-year industry veteran with expertise in business development, sales, channel management, marketing and professional services, has joined Reston, Va.-based tech provider Electrosoft as vice president of business development.
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Steven Myers Appointed LSI Board Chair
LSI, a consulting services provider to agencies and contractors, has named U.S. Air Force veteran Steven Myers as chairman of the company's board of directors.
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Report: Navy to Test EW Swarm Drones
The U.S. Navy is working with Northrop Grumman and VX Aerospace to test the use of swarm tactics with electronic warfare drones by fall 2019, C4ISRnet reported Wednesday. The service branch intends to employ small drones to expand the coverage of searches for enemy signal emissions as part of a project dubbed Remedy. VX Aerospace has developed a small unmanned aircraft system designed to fit in munition canisters that would launch from larger aircraft.
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Fincantieri Updates Ship-Launching Facility in Wisconsin in Preparation for Navy’s Future Frigate Program
Fincantieri has begun to upgrade its facility used to launch ships at its Marinette Marine business’ shipyard in Wisconsin as the U.S. Navy’s decision on its future frigate program nears, Defense News reported Wednesday. Competition for the FFG(X) frigate program is slated to commence in the summer of 2019 once the service completes a series of design assessments with top five proposers.
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Synergetics to Build Cloud-Based Logistics Data Products for DLA
The Defense Logistics Agency has selected Synergetics to create a webscale version of logistics information products in a cloud computing environment.
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Tyrone Grandison Joins U.Group as Data VP; Lena Trudeau Quoted
Tyrone Grandison, a more than two-decade industry veteran, has joined technology and creative design firm U.Group as vice president of data. U.Group said Wednesday Grandison will bring to the role his 26 years’ experience in data, security, privacy and software engineering to help the firm’s federal and industry clients address complex challenges through the use of data.
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DHS Issues RFI on IT Modernization, Cloud Migration & Data Optimization Services
The Department of Homeland Security has called on industry to help determine information technology services necessary to modernize computing and storage platforms, transition applications to a cloud-based infrastructure and optimize data centers.