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  • IHS Markit: 2016 Defense Spending Reaches $1.57T Worldwide
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    IHS Markit: 2016 Defense Spending Reaches $1.57T Worldwide

    A new report from IHS Markit says that global defense spending rose to $1.57 trillion during 2016 and defense expenditures are projected to continue to increase worldwide over the next decade. IHS Markit said Monday the annual Jane’s Defense Budget Report covers nearly 99 percent of defense spending worldwide and forecasts defense expenditures for 105 countries. “Defense spending returned to a healthy rate […] More

  • Verisign to Help GSA Manage DotGov Domain Registration System
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    Verisign to Help GSA Manage DotGov Domain Registration System

    The General Services Administration has awarded Verisign a contract of an undisclosed value to run an internet domain registry designed for federal, state, local and tribal government organizations. GSA said Monday the company will provide a secure infrastructure for the agency to implement domain registration and analytical reporting services via the DotGov Registry site. DotGov Registry is designed to help government entities register […] More

  • NASA Postpones Hurricane Data Collection Satellite Launch to Wednesday
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    NASA Postpones Hurricane Data Collection Satellite Launch to Wednesday

    NASA has postponed the launch of a satellite system that will collect weather data to aid hurricane forecasting due to a glitch on the L-1011 Stargazer carrier aircraft’s component that was designed to release Orbital ATK‘s Pegasus XL rocket for the mission. The Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System‘s launch was originally scheduled to occur Monday at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in […] More

  • Stellar Science to Develop Laser Modeling, Simulation Platforms for Air Force
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    Stellar Science to Develop Laser Modeling, Simulation Platforms for Air Force

    Stellar Science has won a five-year, $7.03 million contract to develop advanced laser system modeling and simulation units for the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Friday the Air Force received five proposals for the cost-reimbursement contract and obligated $150,000 in fiscal 2017 research, development, test and evaluation funds at the time of award. Work will […] More

  • ULA to Sponsor Air Force Association’s STEM Program; Tory Bruno Comments
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    ULA to Sponsor Air Force Association’s STEM Program; Tory Bruno Comments

    United Launch Alliance has agreed to become a sponsor for the Air Force Association’s StellarXplorers science, technology, engineering, and mathematics program. The joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing ULA will sponsor the dinner for the national finalists and also cover travel expenses and funding for the StellarXplorers III winners, the Air Force Association said Monday. “We are […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL’s Christine Fox Joins Board of Visitors at U.S. Naval Academy
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    Johns Hopkins APL’s Christine Fox Joins Board of Visitors at U.S. Naval Academy

    President Barack Obama has appointed Christine Fox, assistant director for policy and analysis at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, to the U.S. Naval Academy’s board of visitors. APL said Monday Fox will work with 15 other board members to evaluate matters that concern the academy, including its state of morale and discipline, curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs […] More

  • Honeywell President & COO Darius Adamczyk Joins Board of Directors; Dave Cote Comments
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    Honeywell President & COO Darius Adamczyk Joins Board of Directors; Dave Cote Comments

    Darius Adamczyk, president and chief operating officer of Honeywell, has been appointed to serve on the industrial conglomerate’s board of directors. Honeywell Chairman and CEO Dave Cote said in a statement published Monday that Adamczyk’s election to the board represents a key step in his transition to the chief executive role. The company selected Adamczyk to succeed Cote by March 31, 2017 […] More

  • Revolution Chairman & CEO Steve Case to Headline Winter 2016 CONNECTpreneur Forum
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    Revolution Chairman & CEO Steve Case to Headline Winter 2016 CONNECTpreneur Forum

    Steve Case, chairman and CEO of investment company Revolution, will conduct a fireside chat session with entrepreneurs, business leaders and venture capitalists at the Big Idea CONNECTpreneur winter forum on Dec. 14 at the Falls Church Marriott Fairview Park in Virginia. Case is a co-founder of America Online and he currently serves as chairman at Startup America Partnership and Accelerate Brain Cancer […] More

  • Cornell University Gets USDOT Funds for Transportation Research; Oliver Gao Comments
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    Cornell University Gets USDOT Funds for Transportation Research; Oliver Gao Comments

    The Transportation Department has awarded Cornell University up to $7 million in funds to lead a research initiative meant to explore technologies that could help reduce potential adverse effects of transportation on public health and the environment, Cornell Chronicle reported Thursday. Tom Fleischman writes Cornell will lead a consortium of universities as part of the Center […] More

  • PAE to Support Maritime Surveillance, C3/S Functions in Tunisia; Kenneth Myers Comments
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    PAE to Support Maritime Surveillance, C3/S Functions in Tunisia; Kenneth Myers Comments

    PAE has received a contract to provide maritime surveillance support to the government of Tunisia in North Africa as part of the U.S. Navy‘s Regional Maritime Awareness Capability program that looks to bolster the maritime domain awareness of host nations. The company said Monday it will help provide command, control, communications and surveillance services through the program […] More

  • Lockheed Gets Air Force Nod to Modify GPS Satellite Ground Control System; Mark Stewart Comments
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    Lockheed Gets Air Force Nod to Modify GPS Satellite Ground Control System; Mark Stewart Comments

    Lockheed Martin will proceed on work to modify the U.S. Air Force’s existing GPS ground control unit after the military branch approved the company’s upgrade design for the system. The company said Monday it completed a critical design review in November under the Contingency Operations contract and will move forward with software development and systems engineering tasks for […] More

  • CACI to Help Army Develop Payload Modeling, Simulation & Training Systems; Ken Asbury Comments
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    CACI to Help Army Develop Payload Modeling, Simulation & Training Systems; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International has received a $31 million task order to help the U.S. Army develop electro-optical/infrared and signals intelligence payload modeling, simulation and training systems for data collection efforts. The company said Monday it will support technology for the night vision and electronic sensors directorate of the Army Research, Development and Engineering Command’s communications-electronics research, development and engineering […] More