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The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and Office of Naval Research have developed a paint additive they hope can help prevent corrosion of vehicles’ metal surfaces. The U.S. Navy said Wednesday that the polyfibroblast powder is designed to be mixed with commercial paint primers and for its composition to help scratched paint heal over the exposed metal. Navy […] More
Harris CapRock has achieved accreditation from a nonprofit satellite communications industry association for the company’s training and certification programs on VSAT terminal system work, RR Media Group reported Tuesday. David Hartshorn, secretary general of the non-profit satellite communications industry association, said the designation recognizes Harris CapRock’s work to install fixed and maritime VSAT systems worldwide. […] More
Microsoft is helping government employees in North Carolina’s Mecklenburg County perform business transactions and public services with the company’s software suite, cloud and mobile offerings. Mecklenburg County is using the Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Surface Pro devices and Windows Azure cloud platform, Microsoft said Wednesday. The county’s Food Services Department uses Microsoft’s products for food and restaurant inspectors to run state applications and medical examiners […] More
Boeing and the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency ahave signed a $17 million agreement for the company to continue developing a prototype vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft for flying at speeds of up to 460 miles per hour. The company is building the Phantom Swift with two lifts inside the fuselage in order to create vertical lift and provide both […] More
IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the New York Genome Center have partnered to evaluate the Watson supercomputer’s cognitive system for a genomic research project intended to help clinicians develop treatment methods for cancer patients. NYGC and its medical partners will develop a personalized care for patients with glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer, by using IBM’s Watson […] More
Microsoft is working with federal customers to explore how the Azure platform could work in a government-only cloud computing environment, GCN reported Wednesday. John Moore writes Microsoft has launched a series of private previews of its Azure U.S. Government Cloud and is slated to roll out the service this year. Susie Adams, Microsoft’s federal chief […] More
Exelis installed its satellite communications on-the-move technology into the U.S. Army Stryker vehicle during the Army Expeditionary Warfighting Experiment at Fort Benning, Ga. The Global Network On the Move Active Distribution system is built to provide command, control, communications and intelligence tools to armored combat and sport utility vehicles, Exelis said Thursday. “We are proud to have had GNOMAD deployed […] More
Nathan Klatt has been appointed to serve as the managing director of the valuation practice of Capstone Advisory Group LLC in its New York office. Klatt was most recently with Deloitte‘s National Office where he led a team of 500 valuation partners and professionals for a national audit support program, the company announced Wednesday. “[Klatt] […] More
Navistar Engineering Director Scott Van Dorn has joined the strategic advisory board at energy company HPEV, where he will work to offer the company insights on the mobile generation and work truck markets. Van Dorn handles Navistar’s production definition, investment and engineering activities for the company’s medium duty, buses and military vehicles portfolio in North America, […] More
WBB will compete to provide professional services to federal agencies under the General Services Administration‘s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Small Business contract vehicle. Mike Perez, WBB’s chief development officer, said Wednesday that the company will offer consulting, program management, financial, logistics, engineering and scientific services to federal agencies under OASIS SB. The vehicle is intended for agencies to […] More
A team of Aerojet Rocketdyne employees, U.S. Air Force service members and Lawrence Livermore National Labs employees have won a defense industry award from the Precision Strike Association. The PSA’s William J. Perry Award recognized the team’s work on the BLU-129/B Precision Lethality MK-82 munition for the Air Force, the GenCorp subsidiary announced Tuesday. The […] More
Three Wire Systems executives will travel to national conferences this spring and summer to discuss the company’s veteran coaching program. VetAdvisor is intended to coach participants on behavioral health, wellness, finances, transition and career development, the company announced Tuesday. Company executives will attend the NVTC Destionation Innovation, SugarCon 2014, EAPA Pittsburgh Chapter, 2014 NARMH Annual […] More
