The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wants industry partners to support a potential $80 million Defense Department investment for physical security updates at close to 900 recruiting centers across 70 metropolitan areas, Military Times reported Wednesday. Jeff Schogol writes the Corps plans to install cubical walls with ballistic protection at a capacity to stop 7.62-millimeter rounds as well as visual identification features, […] More

DTECH Labs, a subsidiary under Cubic Global Defense, will now offer a full two-year extended warranty on all of the company’s ruggedized Mobile Modular Micro-Secure Enclave network communications products. The warranty looks to provide customers with reliable equipment that can be used by customers at any time, Cubic said Wednesday Mike Barthlow, Cubic Mission Solutions vice president […] More

Iron Mountain has opened a new record storage, shredding and document imaging facility in Spokane, Washington to serve the area’s business community. The company said Thursday the 40,000 square foot establishment features a total storage capacity of 416,000 cubic feet, on-site imaging on demand and information destruction services. Ben Whitley, an Iron Mountain district manager, […] More

A team of contractors led by an L-3 Communications division will deliver warfighter readiness and training research services to the U.S. Air Force under a seven-year, $200 million contract awarded in April. L-3 Link Simulation and Training will collaborate with Cubic‘s global defense unit, Ball Aerospace and Leidos to develop technology that will work to create wide-spectrum readiness features, Cubic said Monday. “As part […] More

United Launch Alliance and Bigelow Aerospace have formed a partnership to build and launch habitable volumes into low Earth orbit in an effort to support research efforts in space. Bigelow Aerospace plans to integrate the habitable volumes with the B330 expandable module and launch the module onboard the Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture ULA’s Atlas V […] More

The National Association of Corporate Directors has gathered retired and current military officers during its annual From Battlefield to Boardroom program intended to help soldiers transition to the private sector. With support from KPMG and CACI International, the program provides insights on the roles and responsibilities of a corporate director and discusses oversight and stakeholder management issues, […] More

An Iron Mountain records storage and shredding facility in Illinois has received approval from the National Archives and Records Administration for compliance with federal records storage regulations. The company said Wednesday the Hanover Park facility is its eighth NARA-compliant storage and shredding services operations branch, which brings Iron Mountain’s total compliant storage space to 5.2 million cubic […] More

Iron Mountain will open a new center Tuesday that will store government records for federal agencies that seek to comply with policies to reduce their physical footprints. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) is scheduled to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the federal records facility in Sterling, Virginia, Iron Mountain said Wednesday. “A well-managed offsite records management program creates more efficiency […] More

Rick Lober serves as vice president and general manager of Hughes Network Systems‘ defense and intelligence systems division, an organization that delivers satellite communication technologies and services to defense and intelligence agencies. In this capacity, he manages a portfolio of fixed Ku, Ka and X band very small aperture terminals as well as mobilesat and […] More

Victory Media has selected Parsons as the top defense and GovCon firm on the publication’s 2015 “STEM Jobs Approved Employers” list of companies that offer work in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Parsons said Wednesday the list is the first to rate businesses on the effectivity of their programs to produce and fill high-growth STEM-related jobs. “As a global engineering, […] More

A subsidiary of Fluor in Brazil will help construct a system that would collect up to 8.5 million cubic meters of natural gas per day in Maranhao, Brazil, as part of a consortium that secured a $100 million contract from Parnaiba Gas Natural. Fluor said Thursday its Brazil division will work with Construcap CCPS Engenharia […] More

Urban Insights Associates has formed a new consulting practice that will work to help transit agencies leverage big data and analytic tools to improve commuter service. The Cubic Transportation Systems subsidiary intends to collaborate with industry to manage urban transportation efficiency by harnessing an Apache Hadoop-based data management platform, Urban Insights said Monday. “One of […] More