Several Sotera Defense Solutions platforms have been included in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s online database of open-source software programs. The company’s contributions to the database include the Zephyr big data tool, Spark MicroPath analytics system and Louvain Modularity method, Sotera says. DARPA launched the Open Catalog website Monday to share technologies and research data […] More

Cisco and AGT International have created a smart city global strategic alliance that applies the concept of the Internet of Everything in urban management and security, using technology to detect and resolve incidents. Cisco said Wednesday, a combination of its video management technology and AGT’s platform of sensors and data analytics is expected to provide […] More

Hewlett-Packard has been awarded a potential eight-year contract to help the state of Texas install a new pension administration system intended to serve more than 1 million active and 300,000 retired teachers. The Teacher Retirement System of Texas manages a $120 billion trust fund that was started to finance member benefits and manage accounts, HP said […] More

The International Institute for Strategic Studies says reducing acquisition costs will increase demand for unmanned aircraft for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance applications, Agence France-Presse reported Tuesday. IISS published its “Military Balance 2014” report stating that globally, more drones are being used by militaries, private companies and individuals. “We’re going to see more of these things,” […] More

Autodesk will donate $250 million in technology resources to a White House program aimed at helping secondary school teachers prepare students for STEAM careers (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics). The company will provide teachers at more than 27,000 U.S. secondary schools with 3D design software, project-based lessons, training and certifications through its Design the […] More

Lockheed Martin and the University of Arizona have delivered an infrared camera to NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center, where that technology will be installed on the James Webb Space Telescope. The near infrared camera joins three other instruments at the Goddard center and that camera is intended to serve as JWST’s central imaging system, Lockheed said Monday. […] More

Raytheon’s vision systems business unit will develop infrared sensor technologies for the U.S. Army’s night vision and electronic sensors directorate, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Friday. John Keller writes scientists at Raytheon will work to research and build III-V infrared focal plane array systems under a two-year contract with the Army Contracting Command‘s Aberdeen Proving […] More

Kevin Kelly, CEO of LGS Innovations LLC, was recently interviewed in a National Defense Magazine article where he spoke about the necessity of attracting new business opportunities besides traditional Defense Department work. Sandra Erwin writes that many companies see a stagnant military market and are turning to opportunities such as a nationwide network for emergency responders. “The defense market […] More

CenturyLink Technology Solutions will use an IO software-defined data center infrastructure to extend its colocation and managed hosting services into the Phoenix market. The CenturyLink subsidiary aims to deliver up to 9 megawatts in data center capacity to Phoenix customers using IO’s Intelligence Control platform, IO said Wednesday. Jeff Von Deylen, president of CenturyLink Technology […] More

Harris Corp. has started to deliver hardware and software systems for installation in a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite network after the equipment passed a pre-shipment review. Those systems will be used to build the ground segment for NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – R series program, Harris said Thursday. “We have worked closely with NOAA […] More

General Atomics will spend $11 million to expand manufacturing operations in Lee County, Miss. and plans to create about 80 new jobs there, The Clarion-Ledger reported Monday. The publication reports GA will transfer production of defense, energy and nuclear equipment to an 87,650-square-foot building at the company’s existing campus in the Tupelo Lee Industrial Park. […] 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