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David Stoudt, formerly senior technologist for directed energy at the U.S. Navy, has joined Booz Allen Hamilton as a senior executive adviser and fellow for the company’s directed energy program. In his new role, Stoudt will focus on providing thought leadership in engineering, science and C4ISR, Booz Allen said Wednesday. Trey Obering, executive vice president for […] More
SAP will collaborate with the White House on an initiative that seeks to help K-12 students develop skills in the field of business and computer science. The company will award $2.4 million in grants to nonprofit institutions to help promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics and computer science education to at least 700,000 K-12 students […] More
The National 4-H Council has selected a student from McLean County in Illinois as the winner of the 2016 Youth in Action award for science, technology, engineering and math, which is partly sponsored by Hughes Network Systems. Winner Thaddeus Hughes will receive $10,000 in prizes consisting of a higher education scholarship and additional STEM programming for his hometown from […] More
Martin Howell, Cubic director of external affairs for the transportation systems business, has been appointed to the board of directors of ERTICO’s Mobility as a Service Alliance. “Urban mobility faces not only pressure but opportunity, where revolutionary change is necessary if we are to face the challenges of population growth and limitations on infrastructure in our […] More
Diane Murray transitioned into the role of federal civilian sector leader at consulting services contractor Deloitte earlier this year as the next step in her respective 18-year information technology and professional consulting careers. The firm also cited Murray’s background in areas such as IT governance and program management, business intelligence and data management upon the announcement of her new position at […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has partnered with the Naval Research Laboratory to build and evaluate payload technology for DARPA’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites initiative. NRL’s Naval Center for Space Technology will act as the lead payload developer for the RSGS program that aims to facilitate autonomous inspection, repositioning, repair and maintenance of satellites in orbit, the laboratory said Monday. A team of […] More
Boeing and Lockheed Martin have submitted proposals to the U.S. Air Force to build the next batch of GPS III satellites for the service branch, Aviation Week reported Tuesday. Jen DiMascio writes Northrop Grumman also submitted a bid to compete for the satellite production contract. The service branch intends to award up to three GPS […] More
The National Security Agency and Parsons teamed up Monday to launch a four-day cybersecurity competition at the company’s Columbia, Md. cyber center for students from military institutions. At least 150 competitors participate in the Cyber Defense Exercise that tests their ability to defend computer networks against network security intrusions or compromises, the company said Tuesday. Teams design, build […] More
Alfresco Software has updated its records management platform offering in an effort to help customer agencies simplify and secure access to classified information. The Records Management 2.4 module is designed to allow government users to view content that is classified up to the security level they have been cleared to access, Alfresco said Wednesday. The company developed the […] More
Drone Aviation has concluded a nighttime flight test of its commercial tethered unmanned aircraft system under approval by the Federal Aviation Administration. The company collaborated with The Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership at Virginia Tech and Aviation Systems Engineering Company for the WATT-300 flight test, Drone Aviation said Wednesday. Jay Nussbaum, chairman of Drone Aviation, said the WATT-300 tethered drone is built to […] More
The National Archives and Records Administration agency has awarded a potential five-year, $17.3 million contract to Project Performance Company for operations and maintenance work on two NARA systems built to manage large amounts of data. PPC said Wednesday it will also support the agency’s efforts to develop, modernize and update its Description and Authority Service and National Archives Catalog systems that work to […] More
DLT Solutions has partnered with hyperconverged infrastructure company SimpliVity in an effort to help federal agencies manage and operate their data centers. The alliance will work to unite all IT infrastructure and services below the hypervisor level and help organizations take control of their networks through virtualized workload protection, DLT said Tuesday. Brian Strosser, DLT’s chief operating officer, said […] More
