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Carestream Health has obtained Defense Department authorization to provide the company’s picture archiving and communications systems to U.S. Navy-run hospitals. The Vue PACS technology is approved to operate on the branch’s network and certified as security compliant under the DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process, Carestream said Monday. Medical facilities use PACS to store […] More
NASA and its industry partners Blue Origin, Boeing, Sierra Nevada Corp. and SpaceX together passed 23 milestones in the Commercial Crew Program in 2014 as they seek to develop crew space transportation systems. NASA said Monday the program also included technical review sessions to ensure the reliability and safety of those systems, which would carry astronauts to and from the […] More
A Lockheed Martin-led contracting team has met its goal of producing and delivering 36 F-35 fighter jets this year. Lockheed provided a total of 34 F-35A, F-35B and F-35C planes to the U.S. Defense Department and 2 F-35As to the Royal Australian Air Force during 2014, the company said Monday. The 36th aircraft is for […] More
Deltek has developed a ranking of priorities and technologies based on lists state chief information officers have created for a Washington Post article published Sunday. Derek Johnson, an analyst for Deltek, wrote in an opinion piece for the Post the lists issued by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers were created according to the technologies’ staying […] More
Intergraph Government Solutions has been awarded a potential $6.9 million contract to upgrade the U.S. Air Force’s F-15 Eagle scheduled maintenance program. The project will involve work to maintain the fleet using Maintenance Steering Group-3 level processes, IGS said Friday. MSG-3, which IGS developed specifically for aviation, is designed to harvest the kind of technical […] More
Accenture’s federal services subsidiary has won five task orders worth $19.8 million combined to maintain the U.S. Navy’s enterprise resource planning system and train users on the technology. The company will provide financial and supply chain systems support, technical system development and training support for the Naval Supply Systems Command’s Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania-based business systems center, Accenture said […] More
Lasers could become one of the most sought-after technologies in defense as manufacturers work to improve their accuracy, power and versatility in ever-smaller form factors, the Washington Post reported Friday. Christian Davenport writes lasers could soon join the U.S. arsenal alongside see-through head-up displays and electricity-conducting military uniforms and exoskeleton suits. Ray Johnson, chief technology officer at […] More
Boeing and BlackBerry will collaborate to offer government customers an Android smartphone designed to have a tamper-proof covering and a security architecture, Bloomberg reported Saturday. John Chen, chairman and CEO of BlackBerry, confirmed the partnership during an earnings call with investors on Saturday, according to the report by Julie Johnsson and Gerrit De Vynck. Johnsson […] More
The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin team has encased the latest Mobile User Objective System satellite within its payload fairing ahead of the scheduled Jan. 20 launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Iris Bombelyn, vice president of narrowband communications at Lockheed, said Friday the MUOS-3 satellite will work to expand the coverage of the MUOS mobile satellite communications network. She […] More
SpaceX has presented its human space transportation plan to NASA as part of a certification baseline review phase of the agency’s Commercial Crew Transportation Capability program. NASA said Friday the company outlined how it will build spacecraft and rocket systems to eventually ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station. The firm’s Dragon capsule […] More
The Philippine army has placed an $18 million order for Harris‘ Falcon III vehicular radios and intercom systems as part of the country’s military communications modernization program. Harris said Friday the foreign military sale to the Philippine army’s light armored division includes Falcon RF-7800V Combat Net Radios and RF-7800I Intercom Systems. Brendan O’Connell, president of international business at Harris RF […] More
A General Dynamics subsidiary has received a $36.5 million contract modification to research and develop technologies for the U.S. Navy‘s existing and future submarines. Electric Boat will perform R&D work in technology areas such as hydrodynamics, acoustics, ship control and weapons handling, General Dynamics said Friday. Work also covers near-term technology support services for the […] More
