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Raytheon has selected two schools within the Vail School District to receive a total of $37,000 in scholarship to promote engineering concepts and practices, Arizona Daily Star reported Thursday. Alexis Huicochea writes that the award is part of the company’s $2 million Engineering is Elementary District Scholarship science, technology, engineering and math program. Under the […] More
Lindsay Ritter, formerly sustainability director for CH2M HILL‘s operations management group, has been appointed global practice lead for the firm’s asset and operations management unit within the transportation sector. The firm said Friday Ritter will oversee best practices and business opportunities covering the aviation, bridges, highways, ports and maritime and transit and rail market segments. She will also […] More
Red Hat and SAP have partnered to help developers code and design enterprise data management applications that work to run on OpenShift cloud environments. The companies intend to offer technology cartridges for SAP’s Adaptive Server, IQ and SQL programs for developers to use with Red Hat’s suite of OpenShift app development platforms, Red Hat said […] More
Deloitte Consulting has won a $4.95 million contract from MNsure, the agency overseeing Minnesota’s health insurance exchange, to fix short-term problems and chart a course for the future of the exchange, the Minneapolis Star Tibune said Thursday. Jackie Crosby writes Deloitte built exchanges in Connecticut, Kentucky, Rhode Island and Washington and was one of the top candidates […] More
Boeing has integrated its simulation and intelligence training platform with root9B‘s cybersecurity training content to help users develop new cyber tools. The Boeing Cyber Range-in-a-Box is built to contain virtual scenarios from more than 120 courses on cyberattacks and help users customize material for information security professionals in training, Boeing said Thursday. “As cybersecurity threats grow in […] More
BAE Systems has created a new material that uses transformational optics technology with the goal of extending antenna bandwidth performance. The artificially-engineered composite metamaterial developed in collaboration with Queen Mary University of London scientists is intended to help develop a flat antenna lens, BAE said Wednesday. Transformational optics controls work to light in a way […] More
A new five-year forecast from research firm MarketsandMarkets says cloud computing adoption and wireless communications will be among the forces that will drive growth in the global cybersecurity market through 2019. The cyber market will hit a value of $155.74 billion by 2019 with the largest contribution coming from the aerospace, defense and intelligence vertical, MarketsandMarkets […] More
Lockheed Martin has finished the production qualification testing phase for a warhead program the company manages under a $79.4 million contract awarded in April 2012. Soldiers will help carry out the next phase of systems tests this summer and an initial operational test and evaluation exercise is scheduled for the fall, Lockheed said Wednesday. ATK […] More
The Louis Berger Group will lead design work on a $655 million project to add high-occupancy-toll lanes on a 26-mile stretch of Interstate 77 in North Carolina. This is the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s first foray into a public-private partnership contract, Louis Berger said Wednesday. Mike Kirk, vice president for Louis Berger’s design-build practice, said the […] More
BAE Systems has awarded Siemens‘ industry sector with a contract to install a diesel engine on a multi-purpose subsea support and construction vessel for Oceaneering International, Maritime Executive reported Wednesday. The publication reports that Siemens Industry will fit its Blue Drive diesel-electric propulsion system into the commercial ship being built by BAE for OI’s offshore […] More
Bill Lapp, a 12-year veteran of high-performance and cloud computing, has joined San Francisco-based cloud analytics provider GoodData as vice president of sales engineering and enablement. He most recently led Cisco’s U.S. enterprise collaboration systems engineering organization during the company’s sales transition from individual collaboration technologies to an enterprise collaboration platform, GoodData said Thursday. Lapp […] More
Carol Saro, formerly director of customer service for Eaton‘s fluid and electrical distribution division, has been appointed to the same role for the aftermarket division within the aerospace group. She joined the company in 2005, is also a former customer service manager for the conveyance systems division and has also supervised customer service for the […] More
