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PV Puvvada, president of Unisys‘ federal systems business, sees government customers as an engine that will drive the company’s growth strategies, he told the Washington Business Journal in an interview published Thursday. Puvvada told reporter Jill Aitoro the company can turn a commercial information technology product into a pubic sector IT offering and vice versa. “Our […] More
Health IT company Cerner Corp. has selected Cloudera’s enterprise data hub to power its big data platform in an effort to analyze healthcare information and improve patient outcomes. Mike Olson, founder and chief strategy officer for Cloudera, said Thursday the company will work with Cerner “to capture, organize, analyze and act†on healthcare data from […] More
Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new sensor system that is designed to help aircraft detect targets. The Legion Pod multifunction sensor incorporates Lockheed Martin’s IRST21 infrared sensor, networking and data processing technology to track airborne targets, Lockheed Martin said Thursday. Ken Fuhr, director of fixed wing programs at Lockheed Martin’s missiles and fire control unit, […] More
General Dynamics has introduced an “over-the-air” satellite connectivity testing service for companies that aim to link their radio or antenna products to the U.S. Navy‘s Mobile User Objective System. The service is offered at General Dynamics’ MUOS radio testing laboratory in Scottsdale and allows radio vendors to evaluate data and voice transmission with the tactical […] More
CGI Federal President James Peake will be among the keynote speakers at the American Telemedicine Association’s 2015 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles this spring. Peake, vice president of ATA, will lead the opening plenary on May 3 with ATA President Yulun Wang, the association said Wednesday. Peake is a retired lieutenant general who served as U.S. Army surgeon general from 2000 to 2004. He […] More
Lou Von Thaer, president of the national security sector business at Leidos, will be a co-keynote speaker at a company-sponsored symposium on how parents can best engage kids in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Von Thaer, a Wash100 inductee, headlines the WashingtonExec 2015 K-12 STEM Symposium on March 7 with Evan Glazer, principal at Thomas […] More
Lockheed Martin has launched an optical payload into space aboard a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration spacecraft to capture a single-view image of the Earth’s sunlit side. The Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera instrument is designed to help scientists monitor clouds and atmospheric particles in hemispheres in order to develop models for storms, droughts, dust, pollution and […] More
Several real estate companies have submitted bids to build a new, consolidated headquarters for the FBI and redevelop the current J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, the New York Times reported Tuesday. Eugene Meyer writes the General Services Administration will select five companies for the next round of competition, which requires cost proposals for the potential new sites in Greenbelt and […] More
DRS Technologies has launched a new suite of radiometric camera cores designed to measure temperature and provide imagery. The Tamarisk Precision Series line of products feature infrared sensor technology, calibration and new developer tools for integration with the systems of original equipment manufacturers, DRS said Tuesday. DRS developed Tamarisk 320 with a 17-micron pitch and infrared […] More
Larry Price, a deputy program manager at Lockheed Martin, said data from the December test flight of the Orion spacecraft helped validate the company’s spacecraft design and performance models, Florida Today reported Tuesday. James Dean writes Price offered details of the Exploration Flight Test-1 during a presentation at a National Space Club Florida Committee luncheon […] More
Richard Goglia is set to retire from Raytheon  as vice president and treasurer on March 31 after 17 years of service to the company. As a treasurer, Goglia has been responsible for Raytheon’s merger and acquisition team and the firm’s commercial aircraft finance unit, Raytheon said Tuesday. He also served as chief investment officer for the […] More
Karen Sivek has been named division manager for human resources at Ensco after serving in the post on an acting basis since November 2014. Sivek, a 17-year company veteran, will be responsible for coordinating the organization’s HR programs, Ensco said Thursday. She joined the company in 1998 as an HR database specialist and later became […] More
