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The U.S. Energy Department is seeking public comments on a plan to build a national reserve of large transformers intended to support the U.S.’ bulk power system. In a request for information published Thursday in the Federal Register, the department said it aims to develop strategies to avoid large-scale electric service interruptions due to a […] More
Science Applications International Corp. is opening a facility in Seattle to develop applied gaming technologies and methods for public and private sector clients. SAIC said Thursday it will employ designers, artists, engineers, animators and composers at the company’s serious game studio, scheduled to open Monday. Doug Wagoner, sector president at SAIC, said the company will […] More
The U.S. General Services Administration has conducted one-on-one meetings with information technology vendors to discuss the upcoming Alliant II and Alliant Small Business II governmentwide contract vehicles, FCW reported Thursday. Jackie Everett, Hewlett-Packard vice president of federal civilian business development, told FCW that she believes the face-to-face discussions between GSA and industry officials can help […] More
Northrop Grumman Corp. has been selected to supply mission computer for a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter upgrade program. The company will deliver its FlightPro Gen III mission computers for the UH-1Y and AH‑1Z aircraft under the contract with the Naval Air Systems Command, Northrop Grumman said Thursday. Northrop is scheduled to perform the contract from October […] More
U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James has said the military service could move the timeline for the expected awarding of the Long Range Strike Bomber contract from August to September, Reuters reported Wednesday. “The main thing is to do it right,” James told Reuters correspondent Andrea Shalal. William LaPlante, Air Force acquisition head, has […] More
Raytheon Co. has donated $100,000 in educational investments to Poland’s Military University of Technology and Warsaw University of Technology with the goal to further STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) studies. Each university will receive half of the amount to finance scholarships and research programs in engineering, Raytheon said Thursday Thomas Vecchiolla, president of Raytheon […] More
Arlen Shenkman, formerly global head of corporate development at SAP, has been promoted to chief financial officer of SAP North America. During his three years as SAP’s global corporate development chief, Shenkman led the company’s strategic investment efforts and helped the software company acquire Concur, Fieldglass, BusinessObjects, hybris, SuccessFactors, Ariba and Sybase, SAP said Thursday. […] More
Lockheed Martin and Orbital ATK have joined SpaceCom as new founding sponsors with focus on space technologies. SpaceCom said Thursday that the companies will sponsor the a SpaceCom conference set to take place from Nov. 17 through 19 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. Richard Jackson, director of NASA programs at […] More
KBR has been recognized by Hydrocarbon Processing magazine for its work on a petrochemical complex in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The engineering firm said Thursday it currently serves as project management contractor for the Sadara Chemical initiative and has performed preliminary front-end engineering design and feasibility work for the project. KBR received the award at the International Refining and Petrochemical […] More
Brian Neely started his career at American Systems in 1996 for his first post-college position in industry and now holds the dual roles of chief information officer and chief technical officer at the employee-owned government services contractor. Neely oversees planning and management functions for the company’s technology and information management-related resources and has also supported acquisition initiatives there. ExecutiveBiz […] More
A MarketsandMarkets study predicts the machine-to-machine communications and Internet of Things market to be worth $947.29 billion by 2019 due to an increase in the use of Internet-connected devices. The market research firm said Wednesday the M2M and IoT market will experience a compound annual growth rate of nearly 30 percent in the next four years. The […] More
Vion will offer Hitachi Data Systems‘ visualization products for data analytics to customers in the public sector, law enforcement and emergency management markets as both companies seek to grow their 35-year partnership. The companies plan to expand their combined services into social innovation and big data analytics in addition to joint storage offerings for U.S. federal government and public […] More
