Siemens‘ plant data services division has installed an online predictive maintenance monitoring service at NASA‘s Armstrong Flight Research Center that works to analyze the condition of critical assets and provide actionable recommendations. The company said Wednesday it implemented the data-based subscription service as well as a data acquisition system at NASA Armstrong to measure data on the condition of assets such […] More

Siemens and the Energy Department-led Jump online crowdsourcing community have partnered to crowdsource building technology ideas that could support interaction between personal smart devices and public facilities. The company said Monday the Jump challenge seeks concepts, use cases and business models that could help building occupants in commercial, public or corporate spaces to achieve the level of device interconnectivity […] More

The Food and Drug Administration has granted an emergency use authorization to a Siemens subsidiary for an assay kit built to detect the presence of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in patients. PCR Zika Virus assay VERSANT Zika RNA 1.0 Assay (kPCR) Kit. The FDA uses the EUA designation to clear unapproved medical products and unapproved uses of them in certain […] More

Siemens‘ federal subsidiary Siemens Government Technologies seeks to help the Naval Facilities Engineering Command design, install and repair fire protection systems at various U.S. Navy installations under a $49 million contract the service branch awarded in May. SGT said Wednesday it is eligible to bid on task orders to deliver fire suppression systems, water supplies, low and high expansion foams, gaseous special […] More

A subsidiary of Siemens has worked to help the U.S. Postal Service automate the agency’s mail sorting systems within its delivery units. Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics integrated address-reading software into USPS’ Delivery Schemeless Sortation system in an effort to accelerate mail processing, Siemens said Monday. The company designed its address-reading platform to automatically process the picture on mail items, compare the photo with the […] More

Siemens has secured a $24.6 million contract from the U.S. Army to install, maintain and operate a combined heat and power system at the Installation Management Command’s headquarters at Sembach Garrison in Germany. Siemens Government Technologies will also install the Desigo CC building automation and control platform at the garrison under the Energy Savings Performance […] More

The Department of Transportation in Seattle, Washington, has selected Siemens to provide a platform that works to manage traffic and reduce congestion through integration with traffic control centers, parking guidance systems and other third-party platforms. Seattle DOT will install Siemens’ Concert software to generate intelligence data in order to detect and facilitate response to traffic-related incidents […] More

Alan Bloodgood oversees energy and infrastructure projects with responsibility over those with alternative financing models in his executive vice president role at Siemens Government Technologies — the German conglomerate’s federal business organization. Bloodgood’s portfolio at SGT includes programs that are funded under evolving contract arrangements such as energy performance savings contracts and power purchasing agreements agencies […] More

The Federal Bureau of Prisons has awarded a $38.6 million Energy Savings Performance Contract to Siemens to establish energy and water conservation measures at two correctional facilities in Kentucky. The company said Wednesday its government technologies unit will implement 44 individual projects at the Federal Correctional Institution in Ashland and the Federal Medical Center in Lexington to help modernize energy and […] More

Airbus Group and Siemens have forged an alliance to further develop hybrid electric propulsion systems in an effort to reduce passenger aircraft’s noise and fuel consumption. The companies have established a team of approximately 200 employees to develop hybrid propulsion platforms and conduct technical demonstrations of such systems by 2020, Airbus said Thursday. “Electric and […] More

Siemens has unveiled three Cyber Security Operations Centers located in Milford, Ohio, in the U.S. and in Lisbon, Portugal, and Munich, Germany, for industrial facilities protection. The CSOCs will house industry security specialists tasked to monitor facilities around the globe for cyber threats, send out warnings to companies regarding incidents and coordinate possible countermeasures, Siemens said […] More

A Siemens subsidiary and the National Park Service have deployed two solar panels at Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia under a $29 million Energy Savings Performance contract that Siemens’ federal business secured in 2014. NPS said Jan. 5 that Siemens Government Technologies installed the solar array systems at the park’s ranger office building and headquarters and […] More