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  • Rich Armstrong: DRS Builds Magnet Motors for Drilling Contractors, Clients
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    Rich Armstrong: DRS Builds Magnet Motors for Drilling Contractors, Clients

    DRS Technologies has delivered its permanent magnet motors offering to Weatherford International Ltd., a provider of equipment for the oil and gas industry. The rugged PR Series 1600 HP magnet motor technology is built to be integrated with Weatherford’s oil drilling mud pump, DRS said Friday. “We believe permanent magnet motor technology and the direct […] More

  • MCR to Help Virginia Org Run Export Development Program; Neil Albert Comments
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    MCR to Help Virginia Org Run Export Development Program; Neil Albert Comments

    MCR Federal LLC will work with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership to manage a two-year program that aims to help Virginia-based companies increase exports. The Virginia Leaders in Export Trade initiative is designed to help local businesses grow by selling goods and services in international markets, MCR said Monday. “MCR sees many growth opportunities in […] More

  • Bruce Caswell: MAXIMUS to Host Healthcare Communication Webinars
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    Bruce Caswell: MAXIMUS to Host Healthcare Communication Webinars

    MAXIMUS will hold a series of webinars to discuss strategies for healthcare organizations to disseminate public health data by using web, print and mobile platforms. The company’s health literacy center will host the “Communications Tune Up” webinar series between March 28 and Aug. 15, MAXIMUS said Monday. “Reaching and communicating health information to diverse populations […] More

  • McKinsey to Help IRS Assess HIX Tax Assistance Systems
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    McKinsey to Help IRS Assess HIX Tax Assistance Systems

    McKinsey & Co. has been awarded an $843,000 contract to help the U.S. Internal Revenue Service evaluate information technology projects designed to address the healthcare law’s tax provisions, FCW reported Friday. Adam Mazmanian writes McKinsey will assess the IRS’ readiness, budget and risk management strategies to manage the financial assistance systems for Healthcare.gov. The company […] More

  • Inmarsat Partners with Sasken Comm Tech on Satellite Phone; Ronald Spithout Comments
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    Inmarsat Partners with Sasken Comm Tech on Satellite Phone; Ronald Spithout Comments

    Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd. has completed the design and development phases for Inmarsat’s new satellite mobile device offering. Sasken worked to design the software, hardware and antenna systems, as well as to integrate and test the IsatPhone 2 mobile handset, Sasken Communication said Monday. The satellite phone features network registration, voicemail, emergency assistance, built-in E-compass […] More

  • Mike Mackey: Northrop, Navy Review Initial Test Points for Triton UAS
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    Mike Mackey: Northrop, Navy Review Initial Test Points for Triton UAS

    Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have finished the first test flight phase for the company’s Triton unmanned aircraft system in an effort to evaluate how the drone flies at different altitudes, speeds and weights. The company said Monday 568 test points were evaluated during the initial envelope expansion test program through 13 simulated flight tests, 81 hours of long-endurance […] More

  • IBM to Build Road Toll System for Norway; Arne Norheim Comments
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    IBM to Build Road Toll System for Norway; Arne Norheim Comments

    IBM Corp. has been selected to develop and manage a unified road toll system in Norway for the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. The AutoPASS Grindgut traffic management system will be designed to process millions of vehicles annually through big data and analytics as well as mobile technologies, IBM said Monday. Arne Norheim, country manager of […] More

  • BAE, US, UK Militaries Test F-35 Variants
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    BAE, US, UK Militaries Test F-35 Variants

    BAE Systems worked with the U.S. and British military forces to conduct a piloted flight simulation trial of technology that works to provide navigational and maneuvering aid to fixed-wing aircraft landing on aircraft carrier vessels. The company said Monday it has been developing the Shipborne Rolling Vertical Landing technology for the F-35 short takeoff and vertical landing variant, which […] More

  • Aneesh Chopra, Dan Ross Spearhead Big Data Startup Hunch Analytics
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    Aneesh Chopra, Dan Ross Spearhead Big Data Startup Hunch Analytics

    Aneesh Chopra, formerly U.S. chief technology officer and Virginia secretary of technology, co-founded Hunch Analytics in October 2013 with the goal of helping organizations manage big data, the Washington Post reported Monday. Steven Overly writes the Arlington, Va.-based start-up works with energy, healthcare and academic leaders to help their organizations leverage databases and algorithms for […] More

  • Lisa Hook: Neustar to Buy .CO Domain in Registry Services Push
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    Lisa Hook: Neustar to Buy .CO Domain in Registry Services Push

    Neustar Inc. has agreed to buy .CO Internet S.A.S., which maintains the registry for Internet addresses with the “.co” domain, Neustar said Thursday. Lisa Hook, president and CEO of Neustar, said the company intends to integrate .CO Internet’s domain marketing technologies into Neustar’s distribution network and technical resources in order to grow its registry services. .CO Internet […] More

  • SAP Targets 100% Renewable Energy Usage for Data Centers; Peter Graf Comments
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    SAP Targets 100% Renewable Energy Usage for Data Centers; Peter Graf Comments

    SAP plans to transition its data centers and facilities to having 100-percent renewable energy-powered infrastructures in 2014 as part of company efforts to reduce carbon emissions amid its cloud business push. The software conglomerate also targets its 2000 levels of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, the company said Monday. Peter Graf, chief sustainability officer at SAP, […] More

  • Capgemini, IBM, QinetiQ Join UK Cyber Training Alliance
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    Capgemini, IBM, QinetiQ Join UK Cyber Training Alliance

    Capgemini, IBM and QinetiQ have partnered with British information technology training group E-Skills to offer cybersecurity apprenticeships across the U.K., Computing.co.uk reported Thursday. Sooraj Shah writes the alliance seeks to hire and train more than 100 apprentices by this summer. Other program partners include Airbus, BT Group and Atos. “It is our goal to make […] More