Lockheed Martin has moved to extend its laser weapon technology for air, land and sea military applications by demonstrating a 30-kilowatt electric fiber laser. The company integrated fiber lasers into a beam of light that uses low power as part of an internally-funded research and development program, Lockheed said Tuesday. Ray Johnson, senior vice president and […] More

Sotera Defense Solutions has been awarded a $60 million task order to help the FBI maintain its Sentinel information and case management program. The five-year order falls under the Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 3 Unrestricted Government-Wide Acquisition Contract, Sotera announced Tuesday. “Sotera is honored to be awarded this contract with Sentinel, which is used by the dedicated men […] More

NDP, a net-centric systems engineering company, has won a task order to design a communications  infrastructure framework for the U.S. Air Force‘s Space and Missile Systems Center. The Air Force picked NDP to build a prototype of a network-independent messaging system using open-source software, NDP said Monday. NDP won the contract under the General Services […] More

Jacobs Engineering has been awarded a two-year oil sands and plant services contract by Suncor Energy Services to work at the Fort McMurray Base Plan in Edmonton, Alberta. Jacobs will provide management services and plant maintenance support for mechanical, rotating and operating equipment, Jacobs announced Tuesday. “We have provided services to Suncor at their facilities across […] More

Microsoft Corp. has joined Facebook Inc.’s cloud initiative which aims to develop and share data center infrastructure designs, The Next Web reported Tuesday. Citing a Microsoft blog article, Kaylene Hong writes the software company intends to contribute its cloud server specification for data center hardware to the Open Compute Project. Bill Laing, Microsoft’s corporate vice […] More

Siemens’ smart grid division has launched a new distribution management system that is intended to help customers in North America meet business and regulatory requirements. The Spectrum Power ADMS (advanced distribution management system) is built to integrate supervisory control and data acquisition, outage management and fault and network analysis operations into a software platform, Siemens […] More

Autonomic Resources has become an official supporter of a non-profit coalition of technology companies and industry groups that provide information on cloud computing to lawmakers and the public. As a silver supporter of the Cloud Computing Caucus Advisory Group, Autonomic Resources will help fund the Cloud Computing Caucus Advisory Group to promote understanding of the […] More

Leo Burnett Worldwide is using IBM technology to manage its workforce talent through surveys analysis to drive revenue, increase retention and strengthen its global workforce. The company is using IBM’s data analytics and worked with IBM’s Smarter Workforce consultants to create valuable insights from its annual global people survey of about 8,500 people, IBM announced Monday. […] More

Randy Hayes serves as the director of federal sciences and healthcare at DataDirect Networks, where he acts as a strategic technical and business consultant to government organizations. Hayes has led lighthouse bioinformatics and healthcare projects at laboratories run by the Department of Health and Human Services and by other federal agencies. He also focuses on projects […] More

Sotera Defense Solutions will develop tools and provide services for the U.S. Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic under a potential $900 million contract. SPAWARSYSCEN intends for that equipment and work to help build, test and deploy C5ISR (command, control, communications, computers, combat Systems, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance), information operations, enterprise information services and space technologies, […] More

Northrop Grumman and the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs have partnered to implement courses and internship activities focused on science, technology, engineering and math, The Colorado Springs Gazette reported Tuesday. Debbie Kelley writes UCCS students will have access to research and development, scholarship programs, seminars and job fairs sponsored by Northrop. The STEM program’s […] More

Jamey Barbas, a three-decade bridge design and management veteran, has joined engineering consulting contractor Louis Berger Group as senior vice president of the firm’s global practice for major structures. She has led inspection, design and construction work for New York City’s Williamsburg Bridge and served as bridge design manager for a public-private partnership project in Montreal, […] More