DynCorp International has received a $6.4 million contract to train military engineers in Afghanistan through a security assistance training program run by the U.S. Army. The company will administer a series of Afghan national army exercises in carpentry, plumbing, masonry and electrical engineering as a subcontractor to GovSource Inc., DynCorp said Thursday. This one-year order falls […] More

A Lockheed Martin demonstration using a wideband, multi-access payload and U.S. Navy satellites worked to exhibit radio coverage through the Arctic region and show how military field personnel could carry out polar communications. Lockheed tested the Wideband Code Division Multiple Access payload’s coverage by using radios in the North Pole and sent voice and data […] More

Harris Corp. has started to deliver hardware and software systems for installation in a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite network after the equipment passed a pre-shipment review. Those systems will be used to build the ground segment for NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – R series program, Harris said Thursday. “We have worked closely with NOAA […] More

Lockheed Martin and the Tennessee Valley Authority will be working together to encourage industrial and commercial entities across the southeastern U.S. to invest in clean energy. Lockheed’s energy solutions business will offer smart energy management, systems engineering and operations support services to TVA and utilities through the program, Lockheed said Wednesday. “We will manage incentive […] More

Whitney, Bradley & Brown has won a potential three-year, $13.9 million contract to provide support services to a U.S. Marine Corps data operations unit, SEAPOWER Magazine reported Tuesday. The magazine reports WBB will lead a team that includes ManTech International and OSU-University Multispectral Laboratories to work with the USMC Information Operations Center in Quantico, Va. David […] More

Lou Von Thaer started a new chapter of his three-decade GovCon career in June 2013 as president of a business once part of Science Applications International Corp. that eventually became Leidos‘ national security sector. Von Thaer now leads a team of 13,000 professionals in the sector after previously leading 7,000 employees at General Dynamics Advanced […] More

A publicly-owned electric utility in Seattle has selected a suite of Oracle enterprise software applications to manage smart grid infrastructures and services. Seattle City Light intends to use Oracle’s products to fulfill customer support, operational and cost requirements in the utility’s metering business, Oracle said Tuesday. “A key factor in our Oracle selection was that […] More

Lockheed Martin and partners have activated the bus and network communications payload of a second satellite for the U.S. Air Force’s GPS system. The team worked to turn on the power of the GPS III Space Vehicle 2 on Dec. 19 at Lockheed’s Denver-based facility in order to exhibit the satellite’s mechanical integration and interfaces, Lockheed […] More

Northrop Grumman and the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs have partnered to implement courses and internship activities focused on science, technology, engineering and math, The Colorado Springs Gazette reported Tuesday. Debbie Kelley writes UCCS students will have access to research and development, scholarship programs, seminars and job fairs sponsored by Northrop. The STEM program’s […] More

Charles Sowell serves as senior vice president in Salient Federal Solutions‘ system and software engineering solutions business unit, where he oversees work in the areas of security clearances, insider threat prevention and detection and big data analysis. He most recently served as deputy assistant director for special security for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence […] More

Verizon Terremark is adding 4 megawatts of power capacity in its Santa Clara, Calif. data center by installing Active Power electrical infrastructure containers in the roof, Data Center Dynamics reported Friday. Yevgeniy Sverdlik writes that the PowerHouse containers are intended to grow capacity without expanding the building and are built with uninterruptible power supply systems, switchgear and monitoring […] More

Northrop Grumman has donated approximately $150,000 to California Polytechnic for electronic infrastructure at the school’s new cybersecurity, Mustang News reported Friday. Samantha Sullivan writes that Northrop CEO Wes Bush attended the launch of the new lab along with Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong and other executives from McAfee and Raytheon. The Cal Poly-Northrop Grumman Cyber Lab was built […] More