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Mike Eison, a former principal research scientist and engineer at Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, has joined Dynetics as director of Army electronic systems within the company’s cyber and missile defense business. He brings missile system design and performance management experience to his new position, Ronnie Chronister, Dynetics’ director of Army, cyber and missile […] More
Deltek has launched its 2016 surveys for government vendors and architecture and engineering firms with the goal to analyze potential operational, financial and program management issues these companies may face. The surveys run through Feb. 29 and Deltek will develop market data based on survey results in order to help firms gauge competition and conduct business planning, Deltek said […] More
Lockheed Martin has introduced Solutionary to the former company’s cybersecurity alliance in an effort to help bolster initiatives to combat cyber attacks. Solutionary, an NTT group security company, provides managed security, professional security and global threat intelligence services for information technology infrastructures, cloud environments and mobile data, Lockheed said Thursday. Angie Heise, vice president of commercial […] More
The U.S. Navy has issued a solicitation for research and development programs that will work to support the mission of the combating terrorism technical support office. A broad agency announcement published Feb. 2 on FedBizOpps indicated that CTTSO is interested in R&D projects that deal with chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives, advanced analytic capabilities […] More
Amazon Web Services has developed a framework meant to help agencies and vendors architect Trusted Internet Connection-ready cloud computing tools that comply with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s moderate baseline security requirements. The Guidance for TIC Readiness on AWS was produced after the cloud service provider completed its FedRAMP-Trusted Internet Connection Overlay testing program, Chad Woolf, AWS’ director […] More
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will use a Northrop Grumman-built unmanned aerial system to carry out missions that aim to study El Nino-related weather conditions over the Pacific Ocean. NOAA will utilize NASA’s Global Hawk UAV for the Sensing Hazards with Operational Unmanned Technology missions that will take place starting this month through March, Northrop said Friday. […] More
Tim Conway, president of public sector at NTT Data, has highlighted several practices for information technology that he believes will help refresh the way government operates. Conway wrote in an opinion piece for Nextgov published Monday that chief information officers consider legacy modernization as among their upgrade priorities. He said technologies such as business analytics, […] More
A Serco Group–Lockheed Martin team has built and installed the first of five anti-interference radar systems for the British defense ministry under a contract awarded in 2010. Serco said Thursday the Remote Radar Head located at Trimingham in Norfolk, England, is now fully operational and is equipped with a TPS-77 radar that aims to minimize wind turbine interference with air defense radar technology. Serco acts […] More
A Lockheed Martin-built F-35A Lightning II aircraft landed Friday at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland after it completed its first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, Defense News reported Saturday. Lara Seligman writes an Italian air force pilot flew the AL-1 fighter jet from an air base in Portugal to Maryland for seven hours […] More
Vistronix Intelligence & Technology Solutions has been awarded a five-year, $30 million contract to provide information technology and data analytics support to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The company said Friday it aims to help build analytical tools for NIEHS researchers to collect, integrate and visualize data on chemical agents under the National Toxicology Program. The National […] More
Beechcraft Defense Company has been selected to manufacture military training aircraft for the U.K. defense ministry under a contract with Affinity Flying Training Services. The Textron subsidiary will produce 10 Beechcraft T-6C Texan II aircraft to replace the Shorts Tucano T1 aircraft under the U.K. MoD’s military flying training system program, Textron said Wednesday. The aircraft […] More
The Department of Health and Human Services‘ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has issued a request for information on the possible expansion of the horizon scanning system to determine new trends that might help reduce healthcare costs. AHRQ said in a FedBizOpps notice published Feb. 2 that horizon scanning works to identify innovative approaches and platforms that […] More
