Lockheed Martin will partner with Neya Systems to integrate a mission planning and management system with a military unmanned aerial vehicle that carries out casualty evacuation and cargo resupply missions in Afghanistan. Neya Systems said Monday the companies will install VERTI on the K-MAX delivery drone as part of a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research program. Dr. Jeffrey Poulin, a […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton will support the American Public Health Association’s National Public Health Week through health services projects during April. Booz Allen will work with clients to develop technologies for raising awareness and helping to improve response times to public health crises, the firm announced Wednesday. “Booz Allen is committed to helping our clients enhance the lives […] More

Bryan Martin joined SRA International in April 2013 and serves as the Fairfax, Va.-based technology and services contractor’s vice president for cybersecurity and privacy, where he works to identify innovative technologies and set strategic vision in those areas. The Intelligence National Security Alliance member has more-than-20-years of experience in the federal market providing cybersecurity, systems […] More

A team comprised of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and Aerojet Rocketdyne has tested a thruster with “green” fuel technology in a space lab environment as part of NASA‘s Green Propellant Infusion Mission program. The project’s goal is to demonstrate the AF-M315E eco-friendly propulsion system as an alternative for the toxic hydrazine fuel used on […] More

Tim Reardon serves as vice president and general manager of Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin‘s defense & intelligence solutions business units, a 15,000-employee organization. The 15-year Lockheed veteran was most recently the president of the information systems and global solutions-national unit and has previously served as the president of the former IS&GS-global unit and the enterprise integration group. Reardon, a 10-year CIA veteran, […] More

Merlin International has won a five-year contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide antivirus, host intrusion prevention and anti-spyware/malware services and supporting technologies through its partnerships with McAfee, NetApp, Cisco and F5 Networks. Merlin said Thursday that the VA may also procure $21 million in solution, infrastructure and storage components from Merlin’s partners, as well […] More

Lockheed Martin and a Poland-based university have partnered to carry out an applied research project and explore methods for integrating technologies in manned and unmanned aircraft. Warsaw Polytechnic’s students will study how to build multiple systems used in aerial vehicles and ground stations through the Lockheed-backed initiative, Lockheed said Thursday. “Our mission is to develop […] More

Autodesk has been awarded a contract to provide building information modeling services for Qatar Rail’s work to construct an integrated railway network in the Middle Eastern country. The company will advise Qatar Rail on implementing BIM technologies and practices and help to train Qatar Rail’s staff for the railway project over the next three years, Autodesk […] More

QinetiQ’s space division has won a $1.5 million contract from the European Space Agency to develop a prototype unit for space water treatment. The prototype will be built to pioneer a system for recycling urine and waste water for future space missions, QinetiQ said March 10. Sanjay Razdan, managing director of new technologies at QinetiQ […] More

Lockheed Martin has signed a contract to help design Atlantis Resources‘ AR1500 tidal turbine set for the MeyGen tidal stream project, which aims to leverage tidal energy as a commercial power source. The 1.5-megawatt, single-rotor turbine will play a role in the Scotland-based MeyGen project that targets 100-percent renewable energy usage in the country by 2020,” Lockheed said Tuesday. Other […] More

The GDNexus web portal now offers to help clients find relevant technologies for mission requirements in the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance business, says Jay Mork, chief technology officer at General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems. “By opening up the GDNexus aperture to include ISR, we help our customers access new and existing technology, as we continue […] More

Boeing collaborated with Wipro, HCL Technologies and the Indian Institute of Science to develop a wireless antenna and sensor system for commercial and noncommercial aircraft, CIOL reported Monday. The India-based Aerospace Network Research Consortium built the compact energy-gathering system to reduce airplane weight, fuel and power usage. Mike Sinnett, vice president of product development at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, […] More