The European land systems unit of General Dynamics has delivered four mobile bridge systems to New Zealand’s army to help cross gaps such as streams and rivers, UPI reported Thursday.  The bridge systems were a joint purchase with the U.K.’s defense ministry. The purchase is part of a bigger equipment upgrade project that includes combat Earth-moving […] More

Researchers from NASA and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory have created a geologic map of Ganymede, one of Jupiter’s ice-encrusted moons that were discovered by Galileo Galilei. The scientific team was led by Wes Patterson of APL and Geoffrey Collins of Wheaton College in Massachusetts and used images sent from NASA’s Galileo and Voyager spacecraft […] More

Northrop Grumman seeks to offer its drones to Singapore’s government as the company aims to further increase its international sales reach, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Jeffrey Ng writes Northrop believes its unmanned aircraft platforms could help Singapore monitor aerial and maritime activities along the Strait of Malacca, where more than 70,000 vessels sail […] More

Brett Lambert has been elected to serve as the executive in residence at Renaissance Strategic Advisors, where he will help provide strategic and market advice to the firm’s clients. Lambert was most recently the deputy assistant secretary of defense for manufacturing and industrial base policy, RSAdvisors announced Tuesday. He has also served as principal advisor […] More

Randy Fuerst, Oceus Networks Inc. president and chief operating officer, has been named as one of the 100 individuals chosen by Federal Computer Week who “transformed their agency or accelerated their agency’s mission” through information technology. Fuerst was included in the FCW 2014 Federal 100 for his leadership involving the company’s various programs in 2014 […] More

Good Harbor Security Risk Management and big data analytics software developer Context Relevant have forged a cybersecurity alliance that will work to help customers counter threats. Good Harbor’s cybersecurity risk management services will be combined with Context Relevant’s predictive analytics engine in an effort to help clients respond to data breach incidents, compliance issues, cross-border […] More

Razorsight has launched a real-time predictive analytics mobile application for communications and media customers that is designed to help gain insights into customer experience. The app works to help business executives view and predict trends for potential churn and disruptions across markets, as well as to identify customer sentiment and upsell opportunities through the cloud-based app, […] More

A-T Solutions Inc. was awarded a $6.5 million five-year firm-fixed contract to assess and recommend the best security practices to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Under the security auditing program, the company will provide the Port Authority’s security managers with a “repeatable, scalable and proven methodology” for conducting security audits, A-T […] More

Iron Mountain helped to launch an online library of papers, photos, films and other records related to President John F. Kennedy’s time in office. The JFKLibrary.org website was a four-year effort for the company and was launched a week shy of the 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s inauguration, the company announced Jan. 13, 2011. “Protecting information […] More

Accenture has updated its software program that is intended to help state health and human service agencies in the U.S. comply with federal healthcare requirements. The Public Health Platform version 3.1 is built for state agencies to administer health assistance and manage services for Medicaid, Accenture said Monday. David McCurley, managing director for health and public […] More

A new study has found that the big data industry is set to become a $50 billion market in three years due to improving confidence in and growth of big data-related services and products, Silicon Angle reported Monday. Bert Latamore writes Wikibon‘s “Big Data Vendor Revenue and Market Forecast 2013-2017″ predicts market growth will slow […] More

Jeremy Glesner serves as chief technology officer at software and analysis firm Berico Technologies, a company he helped start in 2006 as the “federal sector began embracing agile methodologies and open source technologies to deliver increased capability to the warfighter while reducing cost,” the company notes. Glesner and Berico’s other co-founders saw an opportunity to provide interdisciplinary teams […] More