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Northrop Grumman will work with the U.S. Air Force and start production four RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems under a foreign military sale contract with the South Korean air force. “[It is] the first time a Global Hawk has been sold to an allied nation in the Asia-Pacific region under the foreign military sales process,” Mary Petryszyn, international vice president […] More
A Dynetics subsidiary has received a 12-month, $59.3 million contract extension to provide information technology services to NASA‘s Marshall Space Flight Center. The extension period will run from Feb. 1 to Jan. 31, 2016, and covers managerial and technical support at the space research facility, NASA said Friday. Dynetics Technical Services will continue to work with […] More
The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a $21.6 million contract to provide two additional modular mission packages for the military branch’s Littoral Combat Ship. Northrop said Monday the modules will be built to support LCS’ surface warfare and mine countermeasure operations. “As the mission package integrator for LCS we are committed to meeting the […] More
Lockheed Martin, Orange County, Fla.’s public school district and a nonprofit organization have partnered to launch a new STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education program, Orlando Business Journal reported Monday. Matthew Richardson writes Lockheed is scheduled to announce the program on Thursday at Walker Middle School, Orlando, in partnership with Project Lead the Way. Project Lead the […] More
Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, will speak at a Space Foundation-hosted industry forum that will held this spring in Colorado. The 31st Space Symposium will take place at The Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs from April 13 to 16, Space Foundation said Wednesday. Cowen-Hirsch is slated to deliver […] More
Wayne Lucernoni leads the information technology business of Harris Corp. as president out of the unit’s headquarters in Herndon, Va. Lucernoni, an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 for 2015, first joined the Melbourne, Fla.-based communications and technology contractor in 1990 and previously served as vice president and general manager for Harris’ intelligence, civil and healthcare programs. Lucernoni recently […] More
The Professional Services Council purchased the TechAmerica Foundation from CompTIA in a deal that sees the foundation’s annual Vision Forecast and Conference and other initiatives continue under the auspices of the PSC. “As we evaluated our strategic direction, we recognized that the activities of the TechAmerica Foundation could be better served by an organization aligned to […] More
Amazon Web Services has added the AWS Trusted Advisor monitoring and alerting tool to the company’s cloud platform offering for U.S. government agencies. The tool will work to help GovCloud (US) region users to perform up to 19 checks and is designed to offer security, cost and system management suggestions, AWS said Thursday. All GovCloud […] More
BAE Systems is developing a sensor payload for unmanned aircraft systems that will help the U.S. Navy‘s Boeing-built P-8A Poseidon jet detect enemy submarines by monitoring disturbances in the magnetic field, Intelligent Aerospace reported Monday. John Keller writes the P-8A maritime patrol aircraft will use an air-launched UAS equipped with an antisubmarine warfare payload, including a magnetic anomaly detector, to pinpoint the location of submerged submarines, […] More
Lockheed Martin has invested an additional $376,000 in a virtual technology cluster that comprises industry, academia and investors in an effort to help UK-based cybersecurity firms obtain funds for new technologies. The investment aims to help UK’s supply chain work with small cyber businesses to access capital, professional services and suppliers, Lockheed Martin said Jan. 16. “Our VTC is a […] More
FireEye has moved to integrate its cybersecurity technologies with Telefonica‘s managed security and mobile security services under a new partnership for the business-to-business market. FireEye said Thursday Telefonica will offer its enterprise customers the FireEye Mobile Threat Prevention product and other security offerings to counter advanced persistent threats. “[The] reality is modern attack groups can execute a sophisticated hack against any […] More
Worldwide revenue from information technology-as-a-service platforms is forecast to grow 31 percent annually from 2014 to 2019, according to a new Research and Markets report. The market analyst said Thursday a growing demand for ITaaS offerings across the government sector and for low-cost enterprise infrastructure will help spur market growth. Vendors use the ITaaS technology delivery […] More
