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  • Joseph Ottaviano: Lockheed Finishes Navy Electronic Warfare System ‘Milestone C’ Test
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    Joseph Ottaviano: Lockheed Finishes Navy Electronic Warfare System ‘Milestone C’ Test

    Lockheed Martin has concluded Milestone C testing of an electronic warfare system the company built to defend U.S. Navy combat vessels from anti-ship missile attacks. Lockheed is updating threat detection technology on the Navy’s cruisers, destroyers and aircraft carriers under a contract awarded in 2009 through the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program, Lockheed said Tuesday. […] More

  • Deloitte Forecasts 2014 Sales of Mobile Devices, Wearable Tech; Eric Openshaw Comments
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    Deloitte Forecasts 2014 Sales of Mobile Devices, Wearable Tech; Eric Openshaw Comments

    Deloitte has released the sales forecast of smartphones, tablets, wearable technology, computers, television sets and gaming consoles in 2014. The Technology, Media and Telecommunications Predictions 2014 report projects smart glasses, fitness bands and watches to reach nearly 10 million in unit sales for $3 billion this year, Deloitte said Tuesday. Deloitte also forecasts smartphones, tablets, […] More

  • Boeing Seeks Approval for Green Diesel as Aircraft Fuel; James Kinder Comments
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    Boeing Seeks Approval for Green Diesel as Aircraft Fuel; James Kinder Comments

    Boeing is collaborating with the Federal Aviation Administration and other stakeholders to complete the approval process for using “green diesel” as an aircraft fuel source in an effort to help reduce carbon emissions. Green diesel is a renewable energy for land transportation that can also be used for aviation and works to emit 50 percent less […] More

  • Curtiss-Wright, Ink Aircraft Electronics Licensing Deal
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    Curtiss-Wright, Ink Aircraft Electronics Licensing Deal

    Curtiss-Wright and Ontic have entered into a licensing agreement for Ontic to take over product lifecycle support of Curtiss-Wright’s aircraft electronic system offerings. The deal covers fire detection systems, power converters and logic modules for the Sikorsky Blackhawk, Sukhoi Superjet 100 and Boeing commercial planes, Ontic said Tuesday. Ontic will provide production, aftermarket manufacturing, maintenance, […] More

  • Airbus To Open New Headquarters in France; Tom Enders Comments
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    Airbus To Open New Headquarters in France; Tom Enders Comments

    Airbus Group has started construction of a new office campus in five hectares of land next to the Blagnac Airport in Toulouse, France. The new campus will house the company’s headquarters, a building for support and shared services, a security control room, a canteen, fitness center, concierge and welfare services, the company announced Tuesday. The […] More

  • IBM Ranks First in U.S. Patents for the 21st Straight Time; Bernie Meyerson Comments
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    IBM Ranks First in U.S. Patents for the 21st Straight Time; Bernie Meyerson Comments

    IBM said that in 2013, its inventors have received 6,809 patents, the 21st consecutive year that the company ranked first in the annual list of patent leaders in the country. Some of the company’s patents for 2013 include inventions for the Watson supercomputer, neuromorphic and synaptronic spiking neural network and an automated validation and execution […] More

  • Stephen Kupcha Appointed SAP NS2 Nonprofit Arm Head, Business Development Specialist
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    Stephen Kupcha Appointed SAP NS2 Nonprofit Arm Head, Business Development Specialist

    Stephen Kupcha, a former Navy SEAL and 16-year Defense Department veteran, has joined SAP‘s independent national security subsidiary SAP NS2 as executive director of its nonprofit organization and as a business development senior specialist. He is the first person to hold the executive director title for NS2 Serves and most recently as senior manager of public […] More

  • Tim Dowd Joins Accurate Background’s Board of Directors
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    Tim Dowd Joins Accurate Background’s Board of Directors

    Tim Dowd, formerly a director at rapid drug-testing company eScreen, has joined Irvine, Calif.-based Accurate Background’s board of directors. Prior to his appointment, Dowd served on the eScreen board from 2008 to 2012, a period that saw the business record a twofold revenue and threefold EBITDA increase, Accurate Background said Tuesday. Dowd currently serves as president […] More

  • Cubic to Build Lockheed F-35 Combat Training System; Dave Schmitz Comments
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    Cubic to Build Lockheed F-35 Combat Training System; Dave Schmitz Comments

    A Cubic Corp. subsidiary has won an $18.3 million contract to design and manufacture combat training systems for Lockheed Martin‘s F-35 fighter jet. Lockheed picked Cubic Defense Systems to supply debriefing software, airborne instrumentation and ground station planning technologies in the program’s system development phase, Cubic said Tuesday. “The F-35 training subsystem will be embedded […] More

  • D&B, FirstRain Form Big Data Analytics Collaboration; Laura Kelly Comments
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    D&B, FirstRain Form Big Data Analytics Collaboration; Laura Kelly Comments

    D&B has partnered with big data company FirstRain to develop new analytics technology for business information products. Both companies will work to integrate structured and unstructured business data and analytics into FirstRain’s market intelligence portfolio with the goal of helping D&B customers view their content different various sources, the companies said Tuesday. “Finding and identifying […] More

  • URS Updates Cloud-Based Facilities Mgmt Toolset
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    URS Updates Cloud-Based Facilities Mgmt Toolset

    URS Corp. has introduced a new version of its cloud-based facilities management tool in an effort to help customers view the health of their portfolios. The CASCADE life-cycle facilities management suite features a condition assessment module and maintenance management system, URS said Monday. CASCADE is built for customers to fulfill facilities management requirements while reducing […] More

  • Tom McDuffie: Jacobs to Design, Build DLA Distribution Facilities
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    Tom McDuffie: Jacobs to Design, Build DLA Distribution Facilities

    Jacobs Engineering Group has won a contract to provide architectural design, engineering and construction management services at military distribution centers run by the Defense Logistics Agency. Jacobs will perform work at various domestic and international DLA sites under the potential three-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, Jacobs said Tuesday. “We are delighted to continue our ongoing relationship with […] More