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  • Sotera Receives Readiness Reporting System Software Support Task Order From Army
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    Sotera Receives Readiness Reporting System Software Support Task Order From Army

    Sotera Defense Solutions has been awarded a three-year, $16 million task order from the U.S. Army for technical, engineering and management services to the branch’s Communications-Electronics Command Software Engineering Center. The company said Tuesday it will support the Defense Readiness Reporting System-Army and also carry out design, development, integration, test and documentation work. Herndon, Va.-based Sotera will also provide logistics, […] More

  • Boeing Gets NASA Consent to Store 6th Satellite for Tracking, Data Relay Constellation
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    Boeing Gets NASA Consent to Store 6th Satellite for Tracking, Data Relay Constellation

    Boeing has received consent from NASA to store a tracking and data relay satellite at the company’s facility in El Segundo, Calif. following the completion of work to build the satellite in 2015. TDRS-M is the sixth satellite Boeing built for NASA’s TDRS constellation that is designed to help the space agency meet high-bandwidth communications requirements of […] More

  • Frost & Sullivan: Demand for Mixed Reality Training to Drive Military Training & Simulation Investments
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    Frost & Sullivan: Demand for Mixed Reality Training to Drive Military Training & Simulation Investments

    A new Frost & Sullivan analysis predicts the Defense Department’s budget for training and simulation systems to experience a compound annual growth rate of 1.7 percent through 2020. The demand for mixed reality training or live, virtual and constructive training is expected to drive investments and technology updates in the military training and simulation market, Frost & Sullivan said Tuesday. “While […] More

  • UMass Lowell Completes PICTURE-B Exoplanet Research Mission Using Northrop-Built Mirror
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    UMass Lowell Completes PICTURE-B Exoplanet Research Mission Using Northrop-Built Mirror

    The University of Massachusetts Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology has concluded its Planet Imaging Coronagraphic Technology Using a Reconfigurable Experimental Base exoplanet research mission following its return from space. PICTURE-B features a 22-inch-diameter silicon carbide primary mirror built by Northrop Grumman‘s AOA Xinetics subsidiary, Northrop said Tuesday. The mirror worked to support PICTURE-B’s mission to observe the Rigel […] More

  • NASA to Test Bigelow Expandable Habitat Module After ISS Integration
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    NASA to Test Bigelow Expandable Habitat Module After ISS Integration

    NASA will test a Bigelow Aerospace-developed human-rated expandable habitat to collect data for deep space habitat designs after the structure is installed on the International Space Station. The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module will be attached to the space station’s Tranquility node using the Canadarm2 robotic arm on April 16 during an estimated four-hour attachment period, NASA said […] More

  • BAE Study: New Qbot Malware Strain Threatens Public Organizations
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    BAE Study: New Qbot Malware Strain Threatens Public Organizations

    A team of cyber professionals at BAE Systems has detected new malicious software that has targeted 54,000 computers belonging to public organizations such as police departments, hospitals and universities. BAE said Tuesday the Qbot malware works to infect host computers, automate the software updates and hide itself from antivirus software tools. The company’s cyber analysts found several […] More

  • Orbital ATK Lands Satellite Servicing Vehicle Production Contract With Intelsat; David Thompson Comments
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    Orbital ATK Lands Satellite Servicing Vehicle Production Contract With Intelsat; David Thompson Comments

    Orbital ATK has received a contract to build, test and launch a commercial in-space servicing vehicle for Intelsat. Orbital ATK will work to provide satellite servicing through the Mission Extension Vehicle-1 in an effort to extend the life of in-orbit satellites, Orbital ATK said Tuesday. “There is a vital need to service fully functional but ageing […] More

  • IBM Seeks to Address Community Health Challenges Through New Program
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    IBM Seeks to Address Community Health Challenges Through New Program

    IBM has introduced a program that aims to help communities address primary care concerns, shortage in medical personnel and other healthcare challenges through the adoption of analytics, artificial intelligence and other cognitive technology platforms. Ginni Rometty, IBM chairman, president and CEO, unveiled the IBM Health Corps program at the 13th Annual World Health Care Congress Tuesday […] More

  • CACI to Offer IT Modernization Support Through VA T4NG Contract; Ken Asbury Comments
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    CACI to Offer IT Modernization Support Through VA T4NG Contract; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International seeks to support the Department of Veterans Affairs‘ information technology modernization efforts under the 10-year, $22.3 billion Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation multiple-award contract. The company said Wednesday the 10-year contract aims to support a VA-wide total IT modernization program and represents work as part of its health market portfolio. CACI added it will offer enterprise IT network support, […] More

  • Biff Lyons: Parsons Extends Missile Defense Tech Integration Support for MDA
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    Biff Lyons: Parsons Extends Missile Defense Tech Integration Support for MDA

    Parsons aims to help the Missile Defense Agency implement and transition all three elements of the Ballistic Missile Defense System into U.S. military organizations as part of a five-year, $60 million contract the company won in late March. “This contract is a natural extension of the work we have been performing for the MDA for decades,” Biff Lyons, executive vice president […] More

  • Russ Matijevich, Rob Rainhart Take VP Roles at HawkEye 360; John Serafini Comments
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    Russ Matijevich, Rob Rainhart Take VP Roles at HawkEye 360; John Serafini Comments

    Russ Matijevich and Rob Rainhart have joined small satellite developer HawkEye 360 as vice presidents of the company’s sales and engineering divisions, respectively. Matijevich, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, will be responsible for the company’s business and product development activities, HawkEye 360 said Wednesday. Rainhart will lead the company’s technical team to design and […] More

  • Noblis Among 2016 SECAF Small Business Partner of the Year Award Finalists
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    Noblis Among 2016 SECAF Small Business Partner of the Year Award Finalists

    Falls Church, Virginia-based nonprofit research organization Noblis has been named a finalist for the 2016 edition of the Small and Emerging Contractors Advisory Forum awards. SECAF has listed the nonprofit organization among the top finalists for its small business partner of the year award bestowed upon government contractors and industry players reliant on small businesses, Noblis said […] More