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

Xerox will implement an electronic pricing system for the Veterans Health Administration to manage Medicare reimbursement coverage for veterans. VHA intends for the Xerox’ web-based tool to automatically calculate Medicare payment rates of non-contracted hospice and home health services, Xerox said Tuesday. “Claims pricing is a growing segment of the VHA’s health services offerings,” said Mike […] More

Jacobs Engineering Group will work with the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center to oversee a Federal Railroad Administration program under a potential five-year, $70 million contract. Jacobs will provide monitoring, technical assistance, review and training to grantees and borrowers of the FRA Grant and Loan program, Jacobs said Tuesday. “Passenger and freight rail systems are vital components […] More

BAE Systems has been awarded a $4.5 million contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency develop a sensor that would dissolve on command when the device’s work is done. DARPA is seeking to acquire commercial transient electronics for use in the battlefield through its Vanishing Programmable Resources program, according to a Thursday FedBizOpps […] More

An Aerojet Rocketdyne-made propulsion system worked to lift off an Atlas V rocket that carried a NASA communications satellite into space recently. Aerojet Rocketdyne provided 12 monopropellant thrusters, helium presurrization tanks and the RL10A-4-2 engine used on the rocket’s Centaur upper-stage structure, the company said Friday. NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite spacecraft launched from […] 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

Lockheed Martin has won a $31.1 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for the production of laser guided bomb kits. The paveway II plus laser guided bomb kits use an enhanced laser guidance system and an airfoil kit built to provide lift and stability to the missiles. “The contract represents the seventh U.S. Air […] 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

Northrop Grumman has completed the delivery of 100 airborne electronic attack kits to Boeing, the prime contractor of the U.S. Navy’s Growler aircraft program. The AEA kit is built for troops to target the enemy’s communication and air defense systems, Northrop said Tuesday. Doug Shaffer, director of information operations and electronic attack at Northrop Grumman Aerospace […] More

Sylvain Pavlowski, formerly vice president for the EMEA region at Tibco/Spotfire, has been appointed senior vice president of European sales at Information Builders. He will be responsible for the company and its subsidiaries’ growth plans in the region, acquiring new accounts and raising market awareness across Europe, Information Builders announced Monday. “His strong reputation for driving […] More

Ingalls Shipbuilding has awarded $108,000 in total grants to 25 different science, technology, engineering and math projects from schools in three Gulf Coast states. This is the sixth year of Ingalls’ STEM program and more than $500,000 has been awarded since its launch, Huntington Ingalls Industries announced Friday. “Developing the workforce across the Gulf Coast is […] More

Alyssa Fitzpatrick has been appointed to serve as the senior vice president of the global partners and alliances group at CA Technologies. Fitzpatrick will be responsible for creating partnerships and alliances for strategic collaboration and deliver the company’s information technology management and security strategy to customers, CA announced Monday. The 20-year industry veteran most recently led McAfee‘s […] More