An Exelis business unit’s contract with Airservices Australia has been extended to provide six more airports in the country with Exelis voice communications technology to manage response systems in case of airport emergencies. Exelis C4i’s SwitchplusIP Alarmon will connect the airports’ voice communications system to the aviation rescue fire fighting service for coordination during critical […] More

Pratt & Whitney has officially opened a maintenance, repair and operations hub for PW4000 aircraft engines in Singapore as part of a $110 million capital investment. The facility is located at the Seletar industrial aerospace park which already houses Pratt & Whitney’s component solutions business and global services engineering team, the UTC Technologies Corp. subsidiary […] More

Government contracting analyst Chris Dixon believes there is potential as well as risk for technology vendors working with consortium-based buyers and they must include several factors in their risk assessments, he writes in a column published Saturday  by the Washington Post. Dixon, a senior manager at Deltek, writes state and local governments buy as a […] More

Raytheon‘s tactical control system was designed to operate drones in all branches of the U.S. military and the TCS is now receiving a software upgrade, according to a Military Aerospace article. John Keller writes that Raytheon Technical Services is poised to switch the software on the control system from Solaris to Linux software as well as upgrade the […] More

IBM has launched several information technology programs in Africa to build a workforce with next-generation IT knowledge and skills and contribute to the continent’s economic development and growth, IBM said Thursday.  “Leaders in business, education and government agree that enabling the existing and future workforce to perform at the cutting edge of technology trends such as […] More

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $60 million subcontract to perform sustainment and technical support work on electro-optical detector systems for the U.K. military’s fleet of Apache helicopters. The company will maintain AH Mk-1 modernized target acquisition designation sight/pilot night vision sensor and spares as well as provide engineering, logistics and repair services, Lockheed said […] More

Jacobs Engineering Group has received a contract for an undisclosed amount from the Delaware Department of Transportation for various system support work, Jacobs said Tuesday. Jacobs will help plan event and incident management as well as conduct homeland security inspections, evaluations and reviews of current infrastructure. “We are very pleased to receive this award from the Delaware […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton‘s Cyber University Program has been selected as the recipient of Training Magazine’s Outstanding Training Initiative of 2013. A 14-member Training Hall of Fame panel and the magazine’s editors voted on the award, Booz Allen announced Tuesday. The Cyber University provides virtual and informal training and development opportunities to Booz Allen employees. “As the highest […] More

QinetiQ has assessed the structural design of a multinational submarine rescue platform to determine how the system responds to fatigue and fracture problems. The Submarine Rescue System is built for NATO allies such as France, Norway and the U.K. and has undergone a stress-life fatigue analysis by QinetiQ, the company said Monday. Lloyds Register and […] More

ICF International will work with the European Commission’s Directorate General for Development and Cooperation to develop and implement emissions trading systems in China. The company will design greenhouse gas emissions trading in China with the goal of helping the country lower emissions, ICF International said Wednesday. David Hathaway, vice president and managing director for ICF […] 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

Jacobs Engineering Group will work with the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center to oversee a Federal Railroad Administration program under a potential five-year, $70 million contract. Jacobs will provide monitoring, technical assistance, review and training to grantees and borrowers of the FRA Grant and Loan program, Jacobs said Tuesday. “Passenger and freight rail systems are vital components […] More