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Defense contractors such as Harris, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon have integrated software sustainment into their practices as they work to support U.S. service branches’ efforts to build organic capabilities to sustain software on military systems, C4ISRNET reported Tuesday. “The way the Air Force and the way Harris is teaming with the Air Force is to […] More
Raytheon-built unmanned aerial vehicles have helped the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration monitor Hurricane Maria and gather data for storm researchers. NOAA launched six Coyote UAV units from the agency’s WP-3D Orion aircraft as part of efforts to track and model the hurricane, Raytheon said Wednesday. “The Coyotes collected critical, continuous observations in the lower part of the hurricane, an area impossible to […] More
Iron Mountain has opened an information management facility in Arkansas that is built to store up to 200,000 cubic feet of records and 260,000 data tapes for enterprise customers. The 23,000-square-foot building joins other local and regional Iron Mountain facilities that support data management, imaging and secure shredding operations, the company said Thursday. “We chose Little […] More
MapR Technologies and C3 IoT have formed an alliance to build an end-to-end platform designed to facilitate the development and deployment of applications based on internet of things and artificial intelligence. The companies will collaborate on go-to-market programs and technology development efforts to accelerate the roll out of applications that work to leverage the cloud, […] More
ExecutiveBiz announced its recent selection of the 2017 Top 10 GovCon Executive Recruiters. ExecutiveBiz spoke to senior leaders at some of the GovCon sector’s most notable firms to find out whom they turn to when they need to fill an executive position. In our conversations, those GovCon leaders offered us the names of 10 executive recruiters they believe “you […] More
The U.S. Air Force has ordered additional Voti Detection-made scanners in a move to increase security of the military branch’s facilities. Voti said Wednesday it will supply the Air Force with XR3D-60 and XR3D-6D scanners designed to examine scanned images and identify potential threats. The platforms are equipped with three-dimensional X-ray technology that employs detection algorithms and geometries to discern concealed objects. […] More
Joe DellaVedova, a spokesman for the F-35 joint program office, has said a $60 million contract awarded to Lockheed Martin would support the second phase of the Blueprint for Affordability program in an effort to cut the production costs of the F-35 fighter jet, Defense News reported Wednesday. The U.S. Navy on Monday awarded the $60 […] More
QTS Realty Trust has deployed a cloud-based platform designed to help states process and deliver unemployment insurance benefits and comply with the Labor Department’s requirement to develop practices that seek to reduce costs in the workforce system. The unemployment insurance and single state tax system complies with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and is […] More
Cubic‘s global defense segment has received a potential $61 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to update the U.S. Air Force‘s P5 air combat training system. The sole-source contract includes modifications for the company to help the service branch address emerging government requirements for the P5 system and supporting infrastructure, the Defense Department said Wednesday. P5 CTS is designed to train warfighters from […] More
An ASRC Federal subsidiary and Xentity have won spots on a potential five-year, $25 million contract to provide geospatial support services for the Agriculture Department’s Forest Service. A contract award notice posted Tuesday on FedBizOpps says ASRC Federal Data Networx and Xentity will provide vector and imagery-based data analysis, geospatial training, remote sensing and services related to the […] More
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a potential eight-year, $60.5 million contract to perform wing durability test on the company-built C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. Lockheed will carry out test preparation, test operations, residual strength test, test teardown and inspection, outer wing test and technical data delivery under the sole-source contract, the Defense Department said […] More
Uday Kamath, former chief data scientist of BAE Systems‘ applied intelligence business, has joined Digital Reasoning as chief analytics officer at the Nashville, Tennessee-based cognitive computing company. Digital Reasoning said Tuesday the more than 20-year architecture and building analytics professional will lead a team that aims to drive innovation in artificial intelligence and data analytics. He will also work with […] More
