Steve Lefrancois, chief technology officer of Verizon‘s public sector markets, highlighted several technologies that he believes will see increasing rates of adoption within the public sector in an interview published Thursday on Verizon’s website. Lefrancois cited cloud computing, mobile, big data and the Internet of Things or machine-to-machine technologies as among several potential growth areas for the public sector market. He […] More

Jim Reagan, chief financial officer at Vencore, brings nearly two decades of financial leadership to his role at the technology services contractor and oversees the company’s fiscal support functions. Vencore, formerly known as The SI Organization, closed its potential $165 million purchase of QinetiQ’s U.S. services and solutions group in May and announced the new name of “Vencore” […] More

Ball Aerospace & Technologies has been awarded a prime contract to provide design analysis services for Laser Light Communications‘s all-optical satellite system that will support space-based laser communications. Under the first-phase contract, Ball Aerospace will help complete eight out of 12 satellites in Laser Light’s constellation on medium Earth orbit, Ball Aerospace said Wednesday. “Ball’s selection for the contract […] More

Deltek has launched a new educational program with the aim to keep companies up to date on government contracting procedures and federal acquisition regulations. The company said Friday it offers several GovCon courses year-round at its learning facility in Herndon, Virginia. “Knowledge of federal government regulations can be a barrier to market entry for many […] More

Iridium Communications worked with Boeing and L-3 Communications to build the system control segment for Iridium’s NEXT satellite and a facility for managing after-launch and early-orbit satellite operations. The NEXT control segment is designed with L-3 Telemetry-West‘s InControl software that will work to manage command and control of the satellite constellation, Iridium said Wednesday. Boeing […] More

Pratt & Whitney today announced it is teaming up with IBM to enhance the engine fleet and health solutions. The partnership could provide Pratt & Whitney’s customer base with more time on-wing, current asset maintenance alerts and better insight into flight operational data. “By incorporating learnings from our military engines programs where we are pushing […] More

BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin are bidding to secure F-16 modernization contracts with international customers as U.S. and European military organizations turn to upgrade work instead of new orders amid decreased funding, Reuters reported Monday. Sarah Young and Andrea Shalal report that the global market for F-16 upgrades is worth $10 billion over the next decade. John […] More

The Huntington Ingalls-built amphibious assault ship “America” left the company’s shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi on its maiden voyage ahead of the scheduled Oct. 11 commissioning in San Francisco. “America” is built for a crew of between 1,200 and 1,900 sailors including space for Marine helicopters, F-35 jets and other aircraft, Huntington Ingalls said Friday. “The sailors and Marines serving aboard […] More

A Northrop Grumman Block 30 Global Hawk unmanned aerial system was evaluated in NATO’s recent 10-day Unified Vision 2014 trial of the alliance’s joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance portfolio. U.S. European Command flew the Global Hawk over three days from Orland Main Air Station in Norway alongside trials for satellites, naval vessels, ground sensors and other ISR […] More

Christopher Bogdan, head of the F-35 Joint Program Office, has said the organization has developed a framework to sustain F-35 fighter jets and boost competition globally, Defense News reported Sunday. Aaron Mehta writes that JPO plans to group the F-35 user base into North America, Europe and Pacific regional categories and evaluate required sustainment work […] More

Genesys today announced that the Business Edition on the Genesys Customer Experience Platform was selected by Red Hat to help transform customer experience in the cloud while striving to provide reliability and high-performance hybrid cloud technologies to customers worldwide. Red Hat chose the platform on their capability to offer a fully-integrated cloud-based customer experience, evaluated […] More

Data Direct Networks has unveiled its latest generation of storage enclosures that each have a capacity of 5 petabytes per rack, an increase the company says the amount of data that can be kept than was previously offered. The SS8460 is designed for clients with high-performance computing environments that seek big data tools without costs […] More