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  • Serco VP Karen Shields Receives FedHealthIT Award; Dave Dacquino Quoted
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    Serco VP Karen Shields Receives FedHealthIT Award; Dave Dacquino Quoted

    Karen Shields, vice president of health services at Serco‘s North American arm, has been selected for the FedHealthIT 100 list of prominent individuals in the federal health information technology industry. She oversees Serco Inc.‘s business processing, consulting and operational service offerings for federal, state and local government health care programs, the company said Wednesday. Shields joined the Herndon, […] More

  • Intel Supports Bridge Inspections With Drone Technology
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    Intel Supports Bridge Inspections With Drone Technology

    Intel has been using automated drone technology to support inspections of the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge and Stone Arch Bridge in partnership with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The company said Wednesday it worked with KYTC and engineering firm Michael Baker International to inspect the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge, which connects […] More

  • Collins Aerospace Plans New Manufacturing Hub in Florida
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    Collins Aerospace Plans New Manufacturing Hub in Florida

    Collins Aerospace, the combined firm of Rockwell Collins and United Technologies Corp.‘s aerospace systems business, has proposed leasing a facility in North Jacksonville, Fla., to manufacture polyurethane-based components for military use, Jax Daily Record reported Wednesday. The report said the new company is requesting $1.64M in tax incentives as part of its business expansion proposal, which includes […] More

  • Srini Mirmira Promoted to Blue Ridge Networks President
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    Srini Mirmira Promoted to Blue Ridge Networks President

    Srini Mirmira, formerly senior vice president of cybersecurity solutions at Blue Ridge Networks, has been promoted to president of the Chantilly, Va.-based company. He will efforts to implement a corporate strategy, establish strategic partnerships across vertical markets and expand cybersecurity services in his new position, Blue Ridge said Wednesday. John Higginbotham, CEO of Blue Ridge, said he […] More

  • Marines Plan Transport Aircraft Procurement
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    Marines Plan Transport Aircraft Procurement

    The U.S. Navy‘s Naval Air Systems Command is looking for potential industry sources of C-40 transport aircraft that would be assigned to the U.S. Marine Corps. NAVAIR said Tuesday in a FedBizOpps notice Marines aim to procure two units of C-40, a military variant of Boeing‘s 737-700C commercial airliner, along with training and life cycle sustainment support services by […] More

  • Katrina McFarland, David Kerko to Join SAIC Board
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    Katrina McFarland, David Kerko to Join SAIC Board

    David Kerko and Katrina McFarland will join Science Applications International Corp.‘s board of directors once SAIC completes its $2.5B all-stock acquisition of Engility, where they currently serve as board members. Their appointments will bring SAIC’s board membership count to 11, the company said Tuesday. McFarland previously held the roles of assistant secretary for acquisition at the Defense […] More

  • Boeing Subsidiary Completes 18-Month Small Satellite Tech Demo Mission
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    Boeing Subsidiary Completes 18-Month Small Satellite Tech Demo Mission

    Boeing‘s Millennium Space Systems subsidiary has completed an 18-month mission to demonstrate the performance of small satellite subsystems while in orbit. Millennium said Tuesday it decomissioned the ALTAIR Pathfinder satellite through an operations center in El Segundo, Calif., and spent more than 13K hours to address technology risks. The internally funded mission aimed to showcase spacecraft components built to manage […] More

  • Army Certifies Viasat Airborne Modem for Wideband Global Satcom Network; Ken Peterman Quoted
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    Army Certifies Viasat Airborne Modem for Wideband Global Satcom Network; Ken Peterman Quoted

    Viasat has received Army Forces Strategic Command authorization to operate a dual-band internet modem on the U.S. military’s Wideband Global Satellite Communications network. ARSTRAT certified the Mobile Broadband Router-4020 platform for military users to connect when they perform airborne missions, Viasat said Tuesday. Ken Peterman, president of Viasat’s government systems business, said that the modem’s architecture allows users […] More