Raytheon Co. has launched a $125,000 scholarship program aimed to help students pursuing a four-year degree related to science, technology, engineering and math or any related field. The Raytheon- Zumwalt Scholarship, established through the Anchor Scholarship Foundation, is also meant to honor Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr., a former chief of Naval Operations, Raytheon announced […] More

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

Avaya’s Government Solutions subsidiary has been selected to provide communication and video services for National Security Technologies’ operations at the Department of Energy’s Nevada national security site. NSTec intends for the Avaya communications system to upgrade the voice and video infrastructure currently in use at the site, Avaya said Tuesday. Mike Paige, president and CEO of […] More

MTSI and Guardtime have jointly released a keyless signature infrastructure offering intended to help customers detect and mitigate insider threats in real time. The KSI services build on Guardtime’s GuardView SOC and GuardView Videri systems for the Defense Department and intelligence community clients to respond to insider threat activities, MTSI said Tuesday. Jim Blom, president […] More

AECOM will use a suite of Trimble software products to help government clients manage workflow, costs, scheduling and technical processes in construction projects. AECOM will deploy Trimble’s Proliance platform to monitor capital investments and assignment delivery for customers throughout the design-build-operate lifecycle, Trimble said Tuesday. Bryn Fosburgh, vice president of Trimble, said the company’s portfolio […] More

BAE Systems has been awarded a $39 million contract to provide 300 units missile warning systems to the U.S. Army for finding and protecting against infrared threats. The third-generation CMWS units will be integrated with the Army’s Gen3 system, which is designed to help detect and evade adversarial small arms fire, BAE said Tuesday. “Our […] More

LMI will mentor Premier Group Advisors through a mentor-protege program run by the Small Business Administration as Premier seeks to further build up its federal contracting activities. Through the mentorship deal, LMI intends to counsel Premier on governmental program management in areas such as training, strategic communications, infrastructure, human capital development and sustainability, LMI said Tuesday. “We are […] More

Lockheed Martin has concluded Milestone C testing of an electronic warfare system the company built to defend U.S. Navy combat vessels from anti-ship missile attacks. Lockheed is updating threat detection technology on the Navy’s cruisers, destroyers and aircraft carriers under a contract awarded in 2009 through the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program, Lockheed said Tuesday. […] More

Boeing is collaborating with the Federal Aviation Administration and other stakeholders to complete the approval process for using “green diesel” as an aircraft fuel source in an effort to help reduce carbon emissions. Green diesel is a renewable energy for land transportation that can also be used for aviation and works to emit 50 percent less […] More

Airbus Group has started construction of a new office campus in five hectares of land next to the Blagnac Airport in Toulouse, France. The new campus will house the company’s headquarters, a building for support and shared services, a security control room, a canteen, fitness center, concierge and welfare services, the company announced Tuesday. The […] More

Unisys Corp. has completed the beta testing of its new enterprise computing platform with Aspasiel s.r.l., a Terni, Italy-based information technology solutions and infrastructure services company. During the testing, Unisys was able to migrate Aspasiel’s SAP ERP applications to the lower-cost Forward! by Unisys platform from IBM Power 770 mainframe in just a few days, […] 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