NexDefense will market Battelle’s network fingerprinting and monitoring software under a patent and copyright licensing agreement. The Sophia industrial control systems tool is built at Idaho National Laboratory with more than $1.5 million in investments from the Energy Department’s office of electricity delivery and energy reliability, NexDefense said Tuesday. “Because of the great need to […] More

Thales Alenia Space, the space systems division of Thales Group, has won a contract to build a telecommunications satellite for Russian operator Gazprom Space Systems. Construction of the Yamal-601 could take 26 months and the satellite will be launched by the International Launch Service aboard a Proton rocket, Thales announced Wednesday. Under the contract, Thales will be […] More

Capgemini and its Sogeti subsidiary are preparing to offer engineering services focused on mechanical design and simulation, embedded systems development and testing, product lifecycle management and technical publication to clients globally. The Global Engineering Services portfolio is intended to create synergies between organizations’ IT and engineering systems, Capgemini announced Tuesday. “Engineering and manufacturing organizations around the world […] More

Tony Cudmore is leaving Exxon Mobil to serve as the new president of corporate affairs at BHP Billiton, effective March 3. Cudmore will report directly to Andrew Mackenzie, chief executive officer, and will replace Karen Wood, the acting head of corporate affairs since mid-2013, the company announced Wednesday. Cudmore was most recently the international corporate […] More

Oracle is working with Los Angeles County’s Department of Health Services to implement an enterprise analytics platform intended to help the agency monitor clinical resources and manage patient records. LA County DHS wants to use Oracle technology as the baseline for the department’s integrated warehouse containing medical, utilization and financial data, Oracle said Tuesday. According […] More

Unisys Corp. has been recognized by Forrester Researcher Inc. as an implementation partner for Google Apps due to Unisys’ ability to facilitate change management for robust training and communication programs. Unisys has implemented Google Apps for the National Archives and Records Administration, the U.S. Department of Energy Idaho National Laboratory, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric […] More

NCR Corp. is providing the Shenzen Baoan International Airport with 35 self-service airport check-in kiosks with support services for the T3 terminal which opened in 2013. NCR’s TouchPort kiosks will be integrated with the airport’s Common Use Self-Service platform and applications, NCR announced Friday. Using the kiosks, airport passengers will be able to process their […] More

Ellen Lord, president and CEO of Textron Systems, said last week the company is investing in technology and talent development in order to stay competitive amid market and fiscal pressures. “We have the ability to scale, and we have a commercially minded workforce,” Lord told an Atlantic Council-hosted event. Marjorie Censer writes that Lord predicts that […] More

The State of Connecticut has signed a three-year agreement with Connecticut Interactive LLC for eGovernment services and the management of the state’s official portal. The contract has renewal options the could run through 2020, according to NIC Inc., the Connecticut Interactive parent company, announced Friday. Under the contract, the company will provide the state “an […] More

A group pitching a method that works to consolidate related governmentwide services into one cross-agency entity says the concept could work for survivors of hurricanes and superstorms, NextGov reported Thursday. Joseph Marks writes that organizers of the proposed Smart Lean Government foresee agencies using shared technologies and management systems. “I think (disaster survivors) would be […] More

TeleCommunication Systems has rolled out new X/Y tracking antenna systems for earth observation satellites amid growing demand for ground station monitoring terminals, CIOL reported Friday. According to the Annapolis, Md.-based communication technology solutions provider, it has design and manufacturing techniques that allows for customization using various sizes of antenna reflectors and X/Y pedestals. The tracking […] More

Dr. Melvin Greer serves as senior fellow and chief strategist for service-oriented architecture and cloud computing at Lockheed Martin, where he brings more than 25 years of experience leading systems and software engineering efforts to the contractor’s advanced technology office. Greer is a principal investigator in advanced research studies, and has dedicated his efforts towards […] More