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Capstone Corp. has been awarded a task order to continue its analysis work on the U.S. Navy’s air and port operations mission requirements. The company will use operations research modeling, simulation and group decision conferencing techniques to carry out the task, Capstone said Monday. “Selection to continue supporting this task reflects the confidence and trust of […] More
Lockheed Martin‘s Skunk Works unit is developing a high-altitude, long-endurance aircraft that would look as an upgraded version of the company’s U-2 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaisance platform, Flightglobal reported Monday. James Drew writes Skunk Works envisions the future RQ-X/UQ-2 having an unmanned and a manned operational mode, an F118 engine and multiple sensors. “Think of […] More
Northrop Grumman has collaborated with Incident Response Technologies to build a new tool for public safety organizations to manage critical situations. IRT said Tuesday that Northrop’s Tactical Incident Management System is based upon IRT’s cloud-based Rhodium incident management software. The platform works to help law enforcement personnel plan, manage and track events as well as […] More
Materion Beryllium & Composites has handed over an initial batch of aluminum-beryllium casting products to Lockheed Martin after the Materion Corp. subsidiary secured first-article inspection approval. Lockheed will integrate the Materion-made AlBeCast aluminum-beryllium components with its Electro-Optical Targeting System onboard F-35 fighter jets, Materion said Tuesday. Lockheed’s EOTS has infrared sensors designed to help F-35 pilots carry out reconnaissance operations […] More
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is requesting information about potential providers of a software-as-a-service platform designed for contact center operations. IRS said Aug. 10 in a FedBizOpps notice that it seeks a vendor who can deliver SaaS that complies with the agency’s information technology security and data privacy policies. The agency also wants to know […] More
Madeline Weiss, director of the Society for Information Management’s Advanced Practices Council, has said the industry group wants a non-government organization to serve as a cyber hub for information sharing practices, FierceGovernmentIT reported Monday. Dibya Sarkar writes the goal is to establish a cybersecurity information center designed to both gather and analyze cyber threat indicators. […] More
A new MarketsandMarkets report predicts that the market for unified-communications-as-a-service will grow at a 10.5-percent compound annual growth rate to reach a market value of $24.88 billion in 2020. The company said Monday the market is currently worth $15.12 billion, driven by the increasing use of communications solutions that integrate desktop, video, voice and messaging applications. According […] More
A new Teal Group report forecasts production of unmanned aerial vehicles to reach a total of $93 billion in the next 10 years. Philip Finnegan, Teal Group’s director of corporate analysis and an author of the study, said Friday the market research firm’s 2015 UAV study “calculates the UAV market at 72 percent military, 23 percent consumer, 5 […] More
Eileen Rivera, formerly vice president of global marketing and communications for healthcare services at Harris Corp., has been appointed global marketing and communications executive of the company. She was most recently responsible for Harris’ marketing and branding programs meant to promote the company’s commercial healthcare services in the U.S. and worldwide. Rivera previously served as president […] More
NASA has chosen four community colleges to increase the number of classes offering science, technology, engineering and math courses at institutions serving minority students. The Baltimore City Community College, Napa Valley College, Queensborough Community College and Santa Monica College will each receive up to $250,000 in annual funds over three years under the Minority University Research […] More
CorMatrix Cardiovascular has secured a contract to supply medical devices and related supplies to the Department of Veterans Affairs and other federal agencies through the company’s distribution partnership with Lovell Government Services. CorMatrix said Tuesday it will offer its CorMatrix CanGaroo extracellular matrix platform and medical supplies to the Veterans Health Administration and other military health […] More
AECOM has received a potential $92 million task order under the General Services Administration‘s Logistics Worldwide schedule to perform depot maintenance support work at the Corpus Christi Army Depot in Texas. The company said Tuesday the task order has a one-year base period and two one-year option periods. “AECOM will provide all of the mechanics and specialties services needed for aircraft […] More
