Tony Whigham, formerly director of the federal business at Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s Aruba Networks subsidiary, has joined Hitachi Data Systems as director of government sales in Australia and New Zealand. He will work to develop strategies for HDS’ federal and state government portfolio and  explore new areas of collaboration with the company’s social innovation solutions unit, Hitachi said Thursday. The […] More

The U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded OGSystems two delivery orders worth a total of $8 million to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance equipment, incidental development support and other associated services to the U.S. government. OGSystems said Friday that work will be conducted in 2017 and will span various USSOCOM focus areas. The delivery orders fall under the […] More

Endeavor Robotics has moved to a 35,000-square-foot facility in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, in an effort to accommodate robot design, development and manufacturing operations. Sean Bielat, CEO of Endeavor Robotics, said in a statement released Tuesday the new headquarters allowed the firm to keep 100 percent of its staff who build robots designed for use in tactical applications. The […] More

OGSystems has teamed up with Prescient to integrate the latter’s intelligence products and threat alerting services into the former’s BlueGlass location-based intelligence platform. BlueGlass is designed to help users obtain insights in real time through situational awareness, anomaly alerts and incident reports that might pose a threat to user operations, OGSystems said Thursday. The platform comprises remote sensing, big data and […] More

BAE Systems and Terma will continue their collaboration on helmet audio development efforts after the conclusion of a design review on a joint development agreement product that integrates systems from both companies. Terma said Thursday a joint development agreement covers the integration of Terma’s 3D-Audio/Active Noise Reduction technology with BAE Systems’ Striker II helmet mounted display and aircraft integration and certification tasks prior to […] More

Vencore has received approximately $365 million in contracts to provide systems engineering and integration services to U.S. government agencies. The company said Thursday it will perform work over a period of six years under the multiple contracts, which were logged in the fourth quarter of Vencore’s fiscal year 2016. Mac Curtis, president and CEO of […] More

A study conducted by Dimensional Research on behalf of Tripwire says 88 percent out of 200 state and local government information technology professionals interviewed believe a cyber attack on city infrastructure systems poses a threat to public safety. Tripwire said Thursday 78 percent of respondents believe there will likely be a cyber attack against smart city services in […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to provide information on an architectural framework designed to facilitate the design and development of microsystems through the use of miniaturized chips or “chiplets.” The Common Heterogeneous Integration and Intellectual Property Reuse Strategies program “is all about devising a physical library of component chips, or chiplets, […] More

Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin’s space systems division, considers the convergence of commercial and defense systems as a necessary step in fulfilling the future needs of government for space systems, Space News reported Monday. Ambrose told Space News’ Mike Gruss that the company currently develops high-throughput satellites and payloads, which he says are “the same as some […] More

Kay Sears, former president of Intelsat General and a 28-year satellite communications industry veteran, has been named vice president of strategy and business development at Lockheed Martin‘s space systems segment. Her appointment takes effect April 4 and she will oversee the organization’s strategic planning, expansion initiatives, advanced technology development and work with commercial and government customers in her […] More

Tim Winter has served as vice president of the market development organization within Northrop Grumman‘s electronic systems sector since November 2006 and oversees the organization’s strategic initiatives and capture activities. Prior to this role, he directed the company’s naval and missile defense business. The 34-year company veteran has held technology research, systems development, program management, strategic planning and marketing roles throughout […] More

Carahsoft Technology will distribute Text2Them’s two-way text messaging platforms to the public sector. Text2Them said Monday its Text 2 Stop It system and other two-way messaging tools are designed to help students report incidents of bullying, drug abuse, suicides and assaults in their schools and colleges through anonymous text messages to school administrators and counselors. Carahsoft will work to offer Text2Them’s text messaging tools to […] More