Craig Olson, formerly a group senior director at Rockwell Collins, has been named vice president and general manager of business and regional systems at the Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based avionics manufacturer. He will report directly to Kent Statler, executive VP and chief operating officer of Rockwell Collins’ commercial systems business and succeeds Jeff Standerski, who is […] More

Alex Fox serves as vice president of defense and intelligence at DigitalGlobe, where the 25-year GovCon sector veteran helps lead business development and sales in the U.S. government market. Prior to joining DigitalGlobe in 2011, he worked to hone his skills in operations, engineering and development functions in leadership roles at TASC, Northrop Grumman, GeoEye, Orbital […] More

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has unveiled a rebranding of the company’s McAfee Antivirus software as part of efforts to gain a larger share of the mobile security market, CNet.com reported Monday. Seth Rosenblatt writes that Krzanich told an audience at Las Vegas’ Consumer Electronics Show on Monday the product will now trade under the name Intel Security. […] More

Autonomic Resources has earned FedRAMP reauthorization for its ARC-P cloud offering, the first company to pass the federal agency’s ongoing assessment process. The ARC-P Community and ARC-P Private infrastructure-as-a-service platforms received initial accreditation in December 2012, the company said Monday. The re-inspection performed by a third-party assessment organization was checked against more than 100 NIST […] More

Boeing Co. has finished the first of two high power satellites for Mexico’s communications system. The Centenario geomobile satellite is built to enhance Mexico’s Mexsat social communications for public, military, civil and humanitarian needs, Boeing said Tuesday. Craig Cooning, vice president and general manager of Boeing Space & Intelligence Systems and CEO of Boeing Satellite […] More

Oracle has updated its electronic health records and omics data platform in an effort to help healthcare clients further efforts to identify medicines. The new version of Oracle Health Sciences Translational Research Center is built to feature more than 70 tables and new attributes such as medical encounters, treatment results and medical histories of patients, Oracle […] More

A U.K. fighter jet equipped with metal components made with BAE Systems‘ 3D printing technology has taken its maiden flight. The Tornado aircraft flew from the UK Ministry of Defence’s airfield at Warton, Lancashire late last month, BAE announced Monday. 3D printing has the potential to yield approximately $2 million in maintenance and service savings for […] More

Synergy Research Group has released a new report on market performance of colocation providers in the U.S., Fierce Telecom reported Friday. Sean Buckley writes Equinix and CenturyLink‘s Savvis subsidiary are among the dominant players U.S. colocation market through continued surges in colocation and managed service earnings. Equinix generated $517 million in recurring revenues for colocation, […] More

IBM and Technicolor have partnered to introduce a cloud-based monitoring and management service for the consumer electronics market, IT Pro Portal reported Friday. Jamie Hinks writes the Virdata service is built for customers to manage Internet-connected objects and machine-to-machine services using device and application tools such as big data analytics stacks. Vince Pizzica, senior executive […] More

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said that U.S. spending on healthcare increased by 3.7 percent to $2.8 trillion in 2012, Reuters reported Monday. Caroline Humer writes that national health spending has been growing at a slower pace and CMS has linked the slowdown to recession-induced changes in medication prices and care payment policies. […] More

Integrity Applications Inc. has won a potential $42 million contract to perform research and development work on intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting systems for the U.S. Navy. The five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity prime contract covers services to the Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command Air Warfare Center in China Lake, Calif., IAI announced Monday. Kenneth Abeloe, IAI senior […] More

Northrop Grumman has signed a licensing agreement with Trex Enterprises to develop a celestial navigation technology intended to help address the precision targeting needs of the U.S. military and allies. Northrop will build and integrate Trex’s navigation systems into ground targeting platforms for users to locate targets, Northrop Grumman said Monday. Gordon Stewart, vice president […] More