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  • Airbus Subsidiary’s Imagery Streaming Tool Supports North Carolina Emergency Response Efforts
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    Airbus Subsidiary’s Imagery Streaming Tool Supports North Carolina Emergency Response Efforts

    An Airbus subsidiary has been selected to provide its imagery streaming tool to North Carolina in support of the state’s emergency response efforts following Hurricane Matthew. The company said Wednesday its defense and space unit’s i-cubed subsidiary will also employ its Geospatial Appliance Targeted for Operational Response device to help deliver six-inch orthorectified images based on data collected from January […] More

  • Report: Boeing-Built X-37B Space Plane Logs 500+ Days in Orbit
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    Report: Boeing-Built X-37B Space Plane Logs 500+ Days in Orbit

    A Boeing-built orbital test vehicle has spent more than 500 days in Earth orbit since the U.S. Air Force launched the unmanned spacecraft from Cape Canaveral in Florida last year, Space.com reported Monday. Leonard David writes the X-37B space plane launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on May 20, 2015 as part of the Orbital Test Vehicle-4 mission. The X-37B […] More

  • Northrop Tests Synoptic Sensor Tech on Global Hawk UAV; Mick Jaggers Comments
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    Northrop Tests Synoptic Sensor Tech on Global Hawk UAV; Mick Jaggers Comments

    Northrop Grumman has flown a legacy U.S. Air Force sensor for the first time on a company-built RQ-4 Global Hawk drone as part of efforts to demonstrate sensors that are previously unavailable to the unmanned aerial vehicle. The Optical Bar Camera test marks the second of three planned demonstrations of the technology, Northrop said Wednesday. The broad-area sensor is designed to transmit panoramic […] More

  • John Gould, Brent Behrman to Oversee CyrusOne Sales Operations in EVP Roles
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    John Gould, Brent Behrman to Oversee CyrusOne Sales Operations in EVP Roles

    John Gould and Brent Behrman, respectively former president of Stratasys‘ North American business and senior vice president of sales at Compass Datacenters, have joined data center services company CyrusOne‘s sales organization. Gould was appointed executive vice president for global sales and Behrman will serve as EVP for strategic sales, CyrusOne said Wednesday. “As our world enters an exciting […] More

  • Richard Montoni: Maximus’ Laura Rosenak Gets WICSEC Honorary Lifetime Award for Child Support Leadership
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    Richard Montoni: Maximus’ Laura Rosenak Gets WICSEC Honorary Lifetime Award for Child Support Leadership

    The Western Interstate Child Support Enforcement Council has presented the Honorary Lifetime Award to Laura Rosenak, senior vice president of the child support practice at Maximus, in recognition of her leadership role in child support programs. “We are very proud of Laura’s achievements… Her passion for her work, and her dedication to serving children, shines through […] More

  • Celsius to Offer Energy Drink at US Military Retail Stores Globally
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    Celsius to Offer Energy Drink at US Military Retail Stores Globally

    Celsius Holdings has partnered with the military retailers to market the company’s calorie-burning beverage product at U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps installations worldwide. Celsius said Tuesday its distributor Eurpac Service will ship the drinks to global base stores operated by exchange services. Gerry David, Celsius CEO, said the company aims to help troops “get through the long and demanding hours they spend […] More

  • DISA: Small Business Partners Support Tech, Service Delivery to Military Customers
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    DISA: Small Business Partners Support Tech, Service Delivery to Military Customers

    Jessie Showers, infrastructure executive at the Defense Information Systems Agency, has stated that small businesses could help DISA develop and deliver new services and technology in support of the country’s warfighters. DISA said Tuesday it continues to work with small businesses and the larger industry in effort to meet the demand for information and technology at pace with the […] More

  • Esri, Waze Forge Public Sector Transportation Systems Partnership; Andrew Stauffer Comments
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    Esri, Waze Forge Public Sector Transportation Systems Partnership; Andrew Stauffer Comments

    Esri and Waze have forged a partnership to develop intelligent transportation systems for government agencies to share publicly-available traffic information with their communities. Current government customers of the Esri ArcGIS platform will be able to exchange data and merge information into emergency dispatch and street maintenance systems through the Waze Connected Citizens Program, Esri said Wednesday. “Municipalities can […] More

  • BlueLine Grid, Cisco to Integrate Collaboration Tools for Public Safety Market
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    BlueLine Grid, Cisco to Integrate Collaboration Tools for Public Safety Market

    Cisco and BlueLine Grid have partnered to integrate the companies’ collaboration platforms in an effort to help facilitate digital public-safety communications between law enforcement agencies and and private sector stakeholders. Matt Melton, director of sales at BlueLine Grid, wrote in a guest post published Tuesday on Cisco’s website that the companies will highlight their partnership during the annual International Association of Chiefs of […] More

  • Carahsoft to Supply VMware Virtualization Products to New Jersey School Boards Association
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    Carahsoft to Supply VMware Virtualization Products to New Jersey School Boards Association

    Carahsoft Technology has received a contract from the New Jersey School Boards Association for various VMware products to help provide local school districts and charter schools access to virtualization technology. Carahsoft said Monday its VMware software, hardware, cloud and professional services portfolio will work to support efforts to establish or continue digital learning programs as part of NJSBA’s Technology for […] More

  • Report: Lockheed-MBDA-Leonardo Team Bids for Germany’s Medium Extended Air Defense System Program
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    Report: Lockheed-MBDA-Leonardo Team Bids for Germany’s Medium Extended Air Defense System Program

    A team composed of Lockheed Martin, MBDA Deutschland and Leonardo-Finmeccanica has submitted a final proposal to the government of Germany to compete for the development of the Medium Extended Air Defense System, Defense News reported Tuesday. Jen Judson writes Richard Edwards, executive vice president of Lockheed’s missiles and fire control business, told Defense News that the […] More

  • VSE Lands $53M Maritime Support Orders Under Navy FMS Deal
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    VSE Lands $53M Maritime Support Orders Under Navy FMS Deal

    VSE has secured $53.4 million in delivery orders to provide maritime program support for multiple U.S. allies as part of the company’s foreign military sales contract from the Naval Sea Systems Command. The orders include logistics, planning, repair and maintenance management, supply, technical assistance, training and engineering services, VSE said Tuesday. JR Brown, president of VSE’s federal services group, said […] More