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  • Northrop VP Christopher Jones Elected AIAA Associate Fellow
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    Northrop VP Christopher Jones Elected AIAA Associate Fellow

    Christopher Jones, corporate vice president and president of technical services at  Northrop Grumman, has been elected as an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. AIAA said Tuesday Jones and 146 other professionals were cited for their work in the engineering and science of aeronautics and astronautics. Jones holds positions on several boards of directors, including the Air Force […] More

  • Robert Carey, Michael Papay Among Speakers at Smart Card Alliance Govt Conference
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    Robert Carey, Michael Papay Among Speakers at Smart Card Alliance Govt Conference

    Speakers from government and industry will deliver keynote speeches and head the panel discussions at next month’s 14th Annual Smart Card Alliance Government Conference in Washington, D.C. Smart Card Alliance said Tuesday the June 9-10 conference will tackle cybersecurity issues, advances in mobile identity, biometric systems, personal identity verification credentials, healthcare identification and developments in National Strategy for Trusted […] More

  • MapR Wins Cisco Partner Award; Steve Fitz Comments
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    MapR Wins Cisco Partner Award; Steve Fitz Comments

    MapR Technologies has won a Cisco Partner Summit Global award in recognition of its corporate practices, sales strategies and business outcome-driven platforms. The company received the 2015 Solution Innovation Partner of the Year at Cisco’s partner conference held from April 27-30 in Montreal, MapR said Tuesday. “This award is a testament to the significant momentum […] More

  • Unisys Receives NVTC Innovation Award in Safety, Security Category; Tom Patterson Comments
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    Unisys Receives NVTC Innovation Award in Safety, Security Category; Tom Patterson Comments

    Unisys has won the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s 2015 Destination Innovation Award in the safety and security category for the company’s Stealth product. One of four finalists, Stealth received the award after a series of presentations by Unisys representatives to a panel of judges, Unisys said Tuesday. The product is designed to help customers defend against […] More

  • Ensco Lands Contract for Cockpit, UAS Driver Console
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    Ensco Lands Contract for Cockpit, UAS Driver Console

    Ensco Avionics Canada has secured a contract from an Ontario-based company to equip a modernized ground vehicle with an automated driver interface using its commercial-off-the-shelf software development toolkit. The company said Friday its IData Tool Suite can help experts design human machine interface applications that can run on cockpit displays with DO-178C certifications and ground, training and […] More

  • AIS Unveils Touch Panel PCs, HMI Panels for Pharmacy Mgmt Systems
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    AIS Unveils Touch Panel PCs, HMI Panels for Pharmacy Mgmt Systems

    American Industrial Systems has rolled out new human machine interface systems and touch panel displays that can be attached to pharmacy automation systems and drug dispensing devices. The company expects the integration of Web-based HMI touch panels with automated medication dispensing systems to help nurses, pharmacists and other health workers work toward faster workflows, minimized medication errors, improved drug data […] More

  • General Dynamics Continues Pittsfield Energy Reduction Work
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    General Dynamics Continues Pittsfield Energy Reduction Work

    General Dynamics continues to work with Massachusetts-based utility provider Eversource Energy in efforts aimed at reducing the energy footprint of its mission systems group’s Pittsfield facility by more than two million kilowatt hours a year. Conservation efforts at the building began last fall and include the replacement of outdoor light fixtures with LED products and the adoption of a centralized control system […] More

  • Deltek Reports 6% Increase in State Govt Solicitations During April 2015
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    Deltek Reports 6% Increase in State Govt Solicitations During April 2015

    Deltek estimates the number of solicitations for multiple public sector services at the state level were up 6 percent in April from the previous month. Alexandra Howden, an analyst at Deltek’s general government services division, said Tuesday majority of the contracting opportunities last month were for higher education, professional services and information technology. Among all […] More

  • Liteye-Unmanned Experts Team Unveils ‘Powered by DRS’ Thermal Imaging UAV Payload
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    Liteye-Unmanned Experts Team Unveils ‘Powered by DRS’ Thermal Imaging UAV Payload

    Liteye Systems and Unmanned Experts have partnered to deliver a thermal imaging payload for unmanned aerial vehicles that features DRS Technologies‘ Tamarisk thermal camera core. The companies said Tuesday the Aquila Micro payload has a “Powered by DRS” accreditation and includes a built-in automatic shutter, DRS’ Image Contrast Enhancement tool and three athermalized, all-weather lens options. Aquila Micro is already available for shipping, the […] More

  • Ed Sayadian: Exelis to Back 4 FAA UAS Research, Test Sites
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    Ed Sayadian: Exelis to Back 4 FAA UAS Research, Test Sites

    Exelis has signed an agreement with four Federal Aviation Administration-designated test facilities to study the integration of unmanned aircraft systems into U.S. civilian airspace. The sites will use Exelis’ Symphony RangeVue sense-and-avoid tool for operators and test personnel to access real-time and historical aircraft surveillance data via a Web platform, Exelis said Tuesday. Symphony RangeVue is designed to […] More

  • DISA Gives Impact Level 2 Provisional Authorization to 23 Cloud Services; Terry Halvorsen Comments
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    DISA Gives Impact Level 2 Provisional Authorization to 23 Cloud Services; Terry Halvorsen Comments

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has given provisional authorization to 23 commercial cloud service offerings for the hosting of Defense Department data at Impact Level 2, which covers noncontrolled unclassified information. DISA said Monday the offerings comply with the moderate baseline of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). “The granting of these provisional authorizations is an important […] More