Exelis has delivered the first of four meteorological payloads for a future U.S. weather satellite of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, moving the program forward toward the planned satellite launch in 2016, Exelis said Tuesday Eric Webster, Exelis Geospatial Systems vice president for weather systems, said, “Delivery . . . is an important milestone because it […] More

Elbit Systems will maintain and operate simulators for Israel’s defense ministry under a five-year, $23 million contract. The contract covers work on fixed and mobile ground simulators used by the country’s army, Elbit said Wednesday. Israel uses the simulators to train forces on using armored combat vehicles, tanks and on carrying out other types of military […] More

Airbus Group Innovations and EOS have partnered to assess and compare environmental lifecycles of two aircraft production technologies. The team applied the rapid investment casting and direct metal laser sintering processes to an Airbus A320 nacelle hinge bracket for overall lifecycle benchmarking, EOS said Tuesday. Jon Meyer, additive layer manufacturing research team lead at EOS, […] More

Battelle has been awarded a five-year, $12.6 million contract to help run a national repository of human biological samples for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The nonprofit research firm will help CDC maintain blood, tissue, urine and genomic specimens that are stored inside large metal vats at the agency’s CASPIR biostorage facility in […] More

The Verizon Foundation is investing $100 million in cash and in-kind contributions over the next three years in programs to promote science, technology, engineering and math for students and teachers. Verizon’s planned STEM programs are intended to bolster professional development for teachers on how to use technology to help students achieve STEM careers,the company said […] More

Brent Shafer has been tapped to serve as the next chief executive officer of Philips North America where he will be responsible for the company’s operations in the healthcare, consumer lifestyle and lighting markets. Shafer succeeds Greg Sebasky who retired Feb. 3 and will report directly to Frans van Houten, Royal Philips CEO, the company […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton‘s Cyber University Program has been selected as the recipient of Training Magazine’s Outstanding Training Initiative of 2013. A 14-member Training Hall of Fame panel and the magazine’s editors voted on the award, Booz Allen announced Tuesday. The Cyber University provides virtual and informal training and development opportunities to Booz Allen employees. “As the highest […] More

CACI International will manage system security and support business intelligence reporting work for the Interior Department’s business integration office under a potential five-year, $95 million contract, according to a Jan. 31 FedBizOpps post. DOI aims to leverage software products such as SAP ECC, SAP BusinessObjects and Compusearch PRISM to further develop mobile and light applications, the […] More

CGI will work with Sweden’s national transport administration to install Microsoft’s Windows 8.1 operating system on computers housed inside 11,000 workplaces across 120 locations in the country. The company will provide the modernization and operation services to Trafikverket under a potential seven-year contract worth up to an estimated $76.9 million, CGI said Tuesday. Sweden’s Trafikverket agency has […] More

Lockheed Martin will develop software for the U.S. Air Force to plan air and missile defense missions with the goal of linking weapon and sensor data with map-based planning and other decision tools. The U.S. Air Force Operations Center intends to integrate missile defense data sources into a single visualization platform so operators can generate […] More

General Dynamics‘ Mediaware subsidiary has supplied a set of portable video exploitation technology to the Australian military for analyzing and reporting of tactical image data. The D-VEX platform is built to integrate with unmanned aerial systems and display live or recorded digital images in the battlefield, General Dynamics said Monday. D-VEX is part of General […] More

QinetiQ has assessed the structural design of a multinational submarine rescue platform to determine how the system responds to fatigue and fracture problems. The Submarine Rescue System is built for NATO allies such as France, Norway and the U.K. and has undergone a stress-life fatigue analysis by QinetiQ, the company said Monday. Lloyds Register and […] More