Deltek‘s Alex Rossino has outlined his analysis of the U.S. Army‘s spending on the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions 2 – Services vehicle in an effort to help vendors prepare for the upcoming ITES-3S iteration in fiscal year 2015. “ITES-3S is expected to be even more heavily utilized than its predecessor due to the Army’s desire to push more of its IT acquisition […] More

Lockheed Martin flight controllers will oversee the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft’s health and safety functions as the company and NASA prepare for MAVEN to enter Mars’ orbit on Sunday. MAVEN’s orbital insertion concludes its 10-month interplanetary mission and starts its mission to collect data on upper-atmosphere gases on Mars and their interaction with solar winds, NASA said Wednesday. “The MAVEN science mission focuses on […] More

Kevin Winter serves as Booz Allen Hamilton’s vice president and chief information officer, with responsibility in executing the firm’s IT infrastructure strategy and ensuring its delivery of services to their clients. Prior to Booz Allen, he held leadership positions at SRA International, most recently as vice president and chief information security officer. He has also […] More

John Lind serves as vice president of federal sales at QTS and is responsible in leading the company’s efforts to grow its federal systems group, which works with customers across the public sector. He has more than 20 years of information technology and telecommunications operations and sales leadership experience and most recently served as director of federal markets at […] More

Airbus Group‘s defense and space division will design and produce an electric telecommunications satellite for satellite operator Eutelsat as they prepare for its launch in early 2017. EUTELSAT 172B would be the first European satellite to use electric propulsion in performing orbit-raising and on-orbit maneuvers, Airbus said Thursday. According to François Auque, head of space systems at Airbus Defence and […] More

Exelon has signed an equity financing agreement for Bloom Energy-built fuel cell systems that would provide 21 megawatts of energy for 75 commercial sites in four U.S. states. The energy firm said Tuesday it will back Bloom Energy projects in California, New York, Connecticut and New Jersey through a service that enables companies to buy […] More

Boeing has received an order from Intelsat for the ninth Epic Next Generation satellite. Boeing develops the 35e EpicNG satellite based on its 702 medium power platform, Boeing said Tuesday. Thierry Guillemin, Intelsat executive vice president and chief technical officer, said the company aims for the satellite-based infrastructure to meet customer demands for commercial plane bandwidth […] More

Laurent Collet-Billon, a former executive at France’s defense procurement agency and representative of the state’s golden share in Thales, has been elected into the company’s board of directors following Bruno Parent’s resignation as board member. The company said Wednesday Bertrand Le Meur, a general armaments engineer, will replace replace Collet-Billon as the French state’s representative. Collet-Billon will serve as board member until Thales’ […] More

A Thales–Siemens joint venture will implement signalling, telecommunications and security technologies for a rail line in southern Spain under a $284.9 million contract with ADIF Alta Velocidad. The companies said Thursday the contract covers Thales’ project management services and electronic interlocking product and Siemens Rail Automation’s European Rail Traffic Management System level 2 with automatic braking and signal announcement systems. ADIF Alta […] More

Thales will supply and operate communications for the European Union Force based in the Central African Republic to help with field operations and other military missions. Systems and technologies to be used in the Central African Republic will include satellite communications and secure voice over Internet Protocol services capable of working simultaneously and quickly in field operations, Thales […] More

Boeing has completed their second Mexsat 720HP geomobile satellite for the Mexican government, Boeing said Monday. The satellite is named Morelos 3 and will be joining the first that was completed November 2013, Centenario, in storage awaiting launch. Boeing, working with The Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transportation, is now closer to their goal of […] More

Pakistan Telecommunication Co. has selected SAP AG’s cloud computing technology to develop new human resource processes, Daily Times reported Friday. PTCL will use SAP’s Success Factors talent management tools to centralize HR operations, according to the reports. The technology comprises systems for employee profile and organization chart, visualization, goals and performance, succession and career development, compensation […] More