Aerospace and defense firms can expect modest growth in 2014 due to continuing budget cuts in the U.S. and Europe, according to a report by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. DTTL’s annual Global Aerospace and Defense Outlook report forecasts the sector will grow five percent this year which is similar to growth levels recorded in the […] More

Boeing and Lockheed Martin want to grow their footprint in the U.K. defense and aerospace market as well as maintain partnerships with existing customers there, the Daily Mail reported Monday. Ben Griffiths write the two U.S.-based contractors have sought growth opportunities abroad to help weather downturn in their home country. Sir Roger Bone, president of […] More

IBM has extended two contracts with cloud electronic invoicing services provider Direct Insite covering electronic invoice services. One three-year extension is for a global services contract involving the Invoices On-Line tol and a separate one-year extension is for customer presentable invoices, with both effective Jan. 1, Direct Insite said Thursday. “We’re very pleased that IBM has decided […] More

Carestream Health has been awarded a one-year, $70.2 million contract extension from the Defense Department to provide medical imaging systems for federal agency customers. Carestream will engineer radiography systems for the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and other federal agency users seeking to access X-ray results, Carestream said Thursday. The company’s wireless detectors […] More

Motorola Solutions has purchased software communications company Twisted Pair Solutions for an undisclosed amount in an effort to grow push-to-talk over broadband offerings. Twisted Pair will become a subsidiary of Motorola Solutions and be a part of the latter company’s government solutions business, the companies said Thursday. “We recognize that our customers have multiple communications […] More

Private sector construction projects have raised spending in the industry to its highest level in five years, the Commerce Department told Reuters Thursday. Lucia Mutikani writes the one percent annual rate increase brought construction spending to $934.4 billion despite the drop in federal, state and local government projects. Spending for private construction projects rose 2.2 […] More

The Northern Virginia Technology Council, the Consumer Electronics Association and Monster Worldwide is launching USTechVets.org on Jan. 8, an online community aimed to connect military veterans with possible employment in the information technology sector. “USTechVets seeks to facilitate veterans’ transition to civilian careers, reduce veteran unemployment and provide America’s veteran workforce access to employment in […] More

A Dice.com survey says 73 percent out of 900 responding hiring managers and recruiters plan to hire more technology professionals in the first half of 2014, NextGov reported Thursday. Brittany Ballenstedt writes that that 24 percent of respondents predict tech hiring in the first half of the year will be “substantial,” up from the 19 percent […] More

A team of explorers marooned on board a vessel off the Antarctic coast is using Inmarsat satellite technology to communicate with the outside world. The researchers, students and reporters were on their way home from the month-long Australasian Antarctic Expedition when the vessel got stuck in a thick ice cluster on Dec. 24, Inmarsat said Tuesday. Nardev Choudhary, […] More

John D. Thomas, executive vice president and chief financial officer at Cubic Corp. will present at an upcoming technology and government services conference at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, D.C. Thomas is scheduled to speak at the Raymond James 13th Annual Government Services & Technology Summit at 11:30 a.m. Eastern time on Jan. 9, […] More

A new study from QuinStreet Enterprise indicates that enterprise customers continue to invest in data centers due to uptime, availability and security, Datamation reported Thursday. Paul Shread writes the “2014 Data Center Outlook: Data Center Transformation — Where Is Your Enterprise?” report stated 88 percent of 321 information technology professionals spend on data centers. Amazon, Dell […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday to kick off a year-long celebration to honor the company’s 100th anniversary. The management and technology consulting firm was founded by Edwin Booz in 1914 and has worked with clients such as the U.S. Navy, American Red Cross and NASA, […] More