Robert Kleppinger, a senior client partner at IBM responsible for federal government contracts, told Data Center Dynamics in an interview published Tuesday how the company plans to apply its Watson cognitive computing system to the U.S. Army’s maintenance and logistics activities under a $135 million recompete contract. “Ideally, the plan is to bring this further, probably next to […] More

Ralph Acaba, formerly vice president of integrated air and missile defense at Raytheon‘s integrated defense systems business, has been appointed VP for program management excellence and elected as a company officer. Raytheon said Friday the 31-year company veteran will also succeed Edward Miyashiro, who will retire as evaluation team VP after 43 years of service at the […] More

CAE has reported defense contracts worth a combined value of approximately $134.1 million that cover new simulation products, simulator updates and training support services for global military customers. CAE said Tuesday the contracts include a deal with Babcock France to support pilot training of the French air force and orders from Airbus for a new C295 full-flight simulator to be […] More

Poland is considering whether to buy Sikorsky-built S-70i Black Hawk helicopters through the aircraft manufacturer’s locally-based subsidiary PZL Mielec, Flightglobal reported Monday. Bartosz Glowacki writes Antoni Macierewicz, Poland’s defense minister, said that he met with Mielec’s chief executive and the government looks to finalize a procurement deal by the end of the year. Macierewicz added the acquisition will be open to all interested manufacturers […] More

Inmarsat‘s satellite system was field tested on a North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command exercise in Alaska that also involved the company’s value added reseller partner L-3‘s global communications solutions business unit. Inmarsat said Monday the test involved L-3 GCS’ Panther II, Cheetah II and Hawkeye III VSAT systems which were tested on the Global […] More

Kevin Robinson succeeded Modern Technology Solutions Inc. co-founder Phil Soucy as president and CEO of Alexandria, Virginia-based government services contractor in early 2014. Started in 1993, the employee-owned MTSI with 700 workers on its current roster focuses on technical and engineering services in areas such as unmanned aircraft, missile defense, intelligence research-and-development and cybersecurity. Robinson recently […] More

Melissa Chapman, a former chief information officer and deputy assistant secretary from the Department of Health and Human Services, has joined Springfield, Virginia-based information technology services company Information Innovators Inc. as new vice president of the business development and capture unit. Chapman joined the company in May and has since led its HHS market growth strategy through subject matter and technical […] More

Cubic‘s global defense segment has awarded IEE a contract to provide control display units for integration with Cubic-built Personnel Locator Systems that are currently used in multiple types of military aircraft. IEE said Monday it will build 3.5-inch active-matrix liquid-crystal displays in an effort to help Cubic Global Defense update current PLS CDUs on military aerial platforms such as the U.S. Air Force‘s C-130J transport […] More

Fulcrum has collected several toys during a competition held at the company’s Centreville, Virginia-based headquarters in support of a U.S. Marine Corps program. Various departments participated in the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program during the first two weeks in December and gathered 300 toys, Fulcrum said Monday. “It is exciting to see our […] More

A new report from Research and Markets  predicts the global market for civilian drones to experience a compound annual growth rate of 28 percent over the next four years. Demand for civilian unmanned aerial systems for use in crop surveillance operations will drive market growth, the firm said Tuesday. Risks of accidents posed by such drones to […] More

Research and Markets predicts in a report that the global market for unmanned aerial vehicles will climb in value to $5.59 billion by 2020 at a compound annual growth rate of 32.22 percent. The company said Monday its report identifies the Federal Aviation Administration‘s relaxed regulation of commercial UAV drone operations after 2014 as the factor […] More

Fulcrum IT’s enterprise solutions division has achieved the Capability Maturity Model Integration Continuous Level 3 rating in recognition of the division’s work to adopt process improvement practices in software development. Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute granted the CMMI Continuous Level 3 appraisal after an evaluation of Fulcrum’s division in several process areas. The institute looked at […] More