An industry team led by BAE Systems has won a $79 million contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency design technology for converting large volumes of sensor data into threat intelligence. DARPA seeks to build a device that can help defense organizations process information from multiple sensors and predict threat behaviors by using […] More

QinetiQ North America and BroadSoft have moved to extend their partnership to develop unified communications services for federal, defense and intelligence customers. QNA will provide hosted, BroadCloud-based unified communications technology and expand existing offering with BroadSoft’s unified communications services, QNA said Tuesday. John Sutton, executive vice president and general manager of mission services at QNA, said […] More

On the heels of the late 2013 release of his second book, Treasury’s War: The Unleashing of a New Era of Financial Warfare, Juan Zarate caught up with ExecutiveBiz to discuss his and the Treasury Department’s work in the years after 9/11 to promote U.S. national security interests through sophisticated global financial campaigns. As the […] More

IBM said that in 2013, its inventors have received 6,809 patents, the 21st consecutive year that the company ranked first in the annual list of patent leaders in the country. Some of the company’s patents for 2013 include inventions for the Watson supercomputer, neuromorphic and synaptronic spiking neural network and an automated validation and execution […] More

Jacobs Engineering Group has won a contract to provide architectural design, engineering and construction management services at military distribution centers run by the Defense Logistics Agency. Jacobs will perform work at various domestic and international DLA sites under the potential three-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, Jacobs said Tuesday. “We are delighted to continue our ongoing relationship with […] More

CACI International has been awarded potential four-year, $45 million contract to help the FBI implement and maintain a system for managing financial and acquisition processes. This order was awarded under the bureau’s information technology supplies & support services contract vehicle known as Triple S and contains one base year and three option years, CACI said Tuesday. The […] More

Researchers at Battelle are exploring the impact of cold temperatures on various equipment and materials, The Columbus Dispatch reported Monday. Dean Narciso writes Darren Wolfe, a Battelle research scientist, tested a panel from Blackhawk helicopter’s dashboard in very low temperatures. The dashboard’s incandescent lighting stopped working due to vibrations and Battelle researchers switched the material […] More

Rockwell Collins has received approval from the National Security Agency for a data link system designed to help soldiers transmit radio communications in the battlefield. NSA certified Rockwell Collins’ TacNet platform to manage and secure network-centric communications up to the Top Secret classification level, the company said Thursday. Mike Jones, vice president and general manager […] More

Teresa Carlson, vice president of Amazon Web Services’ worldwide public sector, has said agencies will control costs, enhance quality and boost the speed of cloud services in 2014, FCW reported Thursday. Carlson writes that the government and private sector have already shifted focus to core business operations from running data centers. Agencies are now able […] More

Jacobs has won a $7.6 million contract to redesign a NJ Transit rail yard to serve as a permanent location for storing and repairing state public transport system’s trains, NorthJersey.com reported Thursday. Karen Rouse writes work will involve extending the Middlesex County rail yard to connect with the neighboring Mile Run rail yard, which is […] More

CGI has signed a four-year information technology outsourcing agreement worth approximately $18 million to work with a government agency in Sweden that was established on June 1, 2013. The Swedish Health and Social Care Inspectorate works to manage health, medical care and social services in the country, CGI announced Wednesday. Under the agreement, CGI will provide […] More

Mike Haysley, a two-decade legal veteran, has been appointed director of strategic services for the CounselLink business at LexisNexis Legal & Professional. He will be responsible for driving growth and client results for the CounselLink strategic consulting services, LexisNexis announced Tuesday. Haysley will work with executives and legal departments to work on strategic services process stages […] More