A consortium of CGI and Intrasoft International has secured a potential five-year, $215 million contract to develop, implement and maintain information systems for the European Parliament. CGI said Tuesday the framework agreement awarded by the parliament’s Directorate-General for Innovation and Technological Support has a base term of two years and three option years. ITEC works to provide […] More

Industry and government need to keep high school and college students interested in science, technology, engineering and math for them to pursue STEM as a career, Stephanie Hill of Lockheed Martin said in May. The Oakridger reported Monday that Hill told a Tennessee Valley Corridor National Summit audience more action is needed to energize students and address a potential shortage of […] More

Jacobs Engineering Group will provide construction inspection services for the New Jersey Department of Transportation‘s $79 million Route 37 Mathis Bridge rehabilitation project under a $7.7 million contract. The company said Tuesday it will supervise the structural, mechanical and electrical rehabilitation of the bridge’s bascule section and the construction of exothermic deck units. “Both the Mathis Bridge and the […] More

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced Wednesday, it has achieved a gold certification as a partner of Cisco in providing telecommunication technology services to customers. “Cisco Gold status is a significant achievement for Jacobs, one that complements and enhances our value-added reseller and technology lifecycle management services,” said Darren Kraabel Jacobs Vice President. He also went on […] More

Jacobs Engineering Group has won a five-year contract to provide piping, mechanical and other turnaround support services for Suncor Energy Services’ facilities in Canada. Jacobs said Tuesday it will carry out turnaround work at the energy company’s sites in Wood Buffalo, Alberta, during scheduled outages. Jacobs tapped at least 800 contractors and employees to complete […] More

Jacobs Engineering Group will provide infrastructure design services for Construction Package 2-3 of Dragados-Flatiron Joint Venture‘s $1.2 billion design-build contract for the California High-Speed Rail. Jacobs said Tuesday CP 2-3 covers 65 miles of construction and infrastructure improvement work on the future high-speed rail system stretching from San Diego to San Francisco in California. The company added that […] More

Red Hat has named Carahsoft Technology its 2015 Public Sector Distribution Partner of the Year for supporting sales of Red Hat products and services in the public sector. “We value our relationships with our public sector channel partners and the award winners who were chosen based on their success delivering innovative open source solutions to customers,” Paul Smith, […] More

Boeing has opened a cyber analytics center in Singapore to with the goal of helping government, academic and business organizations to fight cybersecurity threats, Bernama reported Wednesday. The company also seeks to help its Asian partners to identify new methods and tools to protect information network systems through the center. Dewey Houck, vice president and […] More

Michele Stern, formerly vice president of global business partner sales at IBM, has been appointed as VP of the company’s global business partners for North America, Channelnomics reported Wednesday. Scharon Harding writes Stern succeeds Tami Duncan, who held the role since February 2014, and reports to Marc Dupaquier, general manager of IBM global business partners. […] More

Dr. James Blake, formerly program executive officer for simulation, training and instrumentation at the U.S. Army, has been named vice president and deputy general manager of integrated training solutions at Cubic‘s global defense business. He brings experience in technology research, development, procurement, modeling and simulation to his new position, Bill Toti, Cubic Global Defense president, […] More

The Concurrent Technologies Corp. Foundation has awarded cash prizes to the winners of the annual Great Americans Day Essay Contest for students around the Johnstown, Pennsylvania. CTC said Tuesday the competition received more than two dozen essays about U.S. cowboy and actor Will Rogers, who was highlighted during the University of Pittsburgh’s Great Americans Day […] More

General Dynamics has received the James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award for security practices at the company’s facilities in Virginia, Philadelphia and Arizona. The Defense Department’s Defense Security Service recognized the facilities for their work to implement a security program that complies with the National Industrial Security Program, General Dynamics said Wednesday. “General Dynamics is […] More