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Raytheon has completed a blimp-borne radar system for the U.S. Army to use as a line of defense against incoming threats. The JLENS airborne radar system floats at altitudes of up to 10,000 feet and is built to defend assets and infrastructures against manned- and unmanned- aircraft and missiles,the company said Tuesday. The Army has acquired two of its […] More
Parsons is collaborating with the Business-Higher Education Forum to create a Greater Washington Cyber Network of cybersecurity professionals from academia, industry and government from Maryland, Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. The company said Friday the network will be an expansion of the BHEF Undergraduate Cybersecurity Network of the University System of Maryland. The expanded network aimsto bring more opportunities for business disciplines and policies supporting […] More
Urban Insights Associates has formed a new consulting practice that will work to help transit agencies leverage big data and analytic tools to improve commuter service. The Cubic Transportation Systems subsidiary intends to collaborate with industry to manage urban transportation efficiency by harnessing an Apache Hadoop-based data management platform, Urban Insights said Monday. “One of […] More
BMC Software has introduced an information technology management offering to the Amazon Web Services ecosystem in an effort to comply with the U.S. government’s cloud policy. The Agriculture Department funded the launch of BMC Remedy OnDemand on AWS in order for the tool to meet the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program requirements, BMC said Monday. BMC […] More
Inmarsat has certified L-3 Datron Advanced Technologies‘ satellite antenna products for operation on the Global Xpress broadband communications network. The companies also agreed to explore new market opportunities for satellite COTM terminals through the second phase of Inmarsat’s GX terminal development program, Inmarsat said Thursday. Peter Hadinger, Inmarsat president for its U.S. government business unit, […] More
A-T Solutions has begun construction on a new 43,350-square-foot warehouse facility this month in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, to house its mission support division that provides engineering and manufacturing services for government counterterrorism operations. “The new warehouse will merge three existing warehouse facilities, allowing us to increase our capabilities and the efficiency of our operations,” Dennis Kelly, A-T Solutions […] More
Cisco plans to help the southern region of Denmark grow its use of video technologies in hospitals in an effort to further advance health facilities in the region. Regional Council Chairman Carl Holst signed a memorandum of understanding with Cisco’s Hans Hwang Monday, agreeing to work together to expand Southern Denmark’s use of modern technology […] More
DataDirect Networks has built on its offerings in managing parallel file system data by making its WOS-Bridge platform available for DDN Lustre and GPFS domains. DDN said that the introduction of the WOS-Bridge integration with DDN’s parallel file systems aims to help users manage, distribute and retain their data from the cloud to various data centers […] More
CenturyLink has built a new multi-megawatt data center in Arizona and plans to establish more storage locations this summer, the Arizona Republic reported Monday. In the early stages of 2014, the company partnered with Phoenix-based software data company IO on the construction of a new data center, one of 56 worldwide, aiming to meet the growing […] More
The Navy has awarded RDRTec a $3 million contract to develop a radar technology that would allow drones to sense and avoid other aircraft in airspace, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Thursday. John Keller writes that RDRTech will build an autonomous collision avoidance system for the Navy’s fleet of MQ-8 Fire Scout and MQ-4C Triton […] More
Cubic‘s transportation systems business has established Urban Insights Associates, a new subsidiary in Washington, D.C. to serve the urban transportation industry through data-driven offerings. The company said Monday Urban Insights will leverage predictive analytics and data science to help transportation planners and agencies collect and analyze data to make decisions regarding operations. Data coming from […] More
Jonna Ward is the founder and CEO of Visionary Integration Professionals, a government contracting firm with more than 700 staff members. She most recently served as a partner at Accenture before starting VIP in 1996 and previously worked for Andersen Consulting. In her conversation with ExecutiveBiz, Ward discussed the beginnings of the firm, the importance of STEM education and […] More
