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

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

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

Leidos has donated $100,000 to The Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health to assist in the upkeep of the inn’s park and playground. The company also gave 25 gift cards to families staying at the inn during the December holiday season, Leidos announced Monday. Since 2011, Leidos and its employees has donated nearly […] More

Cherreka Montgomery joined SAP NS2 – the independent national security subsidiary of SAP — in late 2012 to serve as national vice president for corporate development. In this role, the State Department and intelligence community veteran works to help agencies in the defense and intelligence arenas manage their missions. Her career in government services includes […] More

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

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

Doug Pasko has joined the board of advisors of Q Factor. where he will work with the board’s technical advisors as the company gets ready to launch its first products in the marketplace in early 2014. Pasko currently serves as a director in the network and technology organization of Verizon, Q Factor announced Monday. “We […] More

The United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Education plans to have 25 testing centers for Microsoft‘s online information technology program before the end of the academic year, Khaleej Times reported Thursday. Marwan Al Sawaleh, undersecretary for MoE, told the publication the ministry plans to add 11 more Microsoft IT Academy centers in order to help students pursue […] More

  Boeing subsidiary Argon ST is working with Hilbert Technology to develop a context independent anomaly detection system for the U.S. Army. Argon has been under contract to support the Joint Unified Multi-Capable Protection System project and has worked to develop a military sensor test bed, laboratory and data center over the past seven years, Hilbert said […] More