Textron subsidiary Bell Helicopter has won a contract to supply the New York Police Department four twin-engine aircraft for use in law enforcement activities over the city. Bell expects to complete the delivery of its 429 helicopters to the NYPD by next year, Textron said Friday. The NYPD has used Bell helicopters since 1948 to […] More

Exelis has updated its environmental intelligence platform to incorporate a redesigned analytics and camera interface technology for real-time weather data collection. Helios features a built-in mapping system and works as a radar system for professionals to monitor changes in rainfall patterns and surface moisture, Exelis said Monday. Eric Webster, vice president of geospatial systems at […] More

IBM sold 900 patents to Twitter in December under a patent cross-license agreement, IBM said Friday. “[The deal] demonstrates our commitment to licensing access to our broad patent portfolio,” said Ken King, general manager of Intellectual Property for IBM. “We look forward to a productive relationship with Twitter in the future,” he added. The financial terms […] More

Tom Suder serves as the president and founder of Mobilegov, a company established in 2011 to provide mobile offerings for academic and research institutions. He previously served as co-founder and vice president of Concert Technologies for 15 years where he led the team that moved the company’s email to the cloud. Suder is also a […] More

Erin-Michael Gill, formerly a managing director and chief intellectual property officer at MDB Capital Group, has joined Qbase Technologies as an executive vice president responsible for managing products and intellectual property. Gill’s responsibilities include overseeing business processes from product design and creation to marketing and sales, and IP strategy and protection, the company said Monday. […] More

Teradata has partnered with business intelligence services provider Jaspersoft to integrate its BI functions with Teradata’s data management platforms and produce insights to guide business decision-making. Jaspersoft’s BI suite includes a tool that parses through big data sources for reporting on current and historical data, Jaspersoft said Thursday. “The growing number of data-driven businesses has […] More

FireEye has moved to update its network security and email protection technologies through a new release of its central management offering for customers. FireEye OS 7.1 is scheduled for rollout by the end of February and works to scan links within emails and detect malicious attachments and files through the FireEye EX platform, which uses threat […] More

Elbit Systems Ltd. is highlighting its sales within the unmanned aerial systems sector in 2013, UPI reported Thursday. The Israel-based defense company built one Hermes 900 system every week and completed deliveries to customers in Israel and worldwide last year, according to the report. Elad Aharonson, general manager of Elbit System’s UAS division, told the […] More

Data visualization is as significant a component of cybersecurity as resources, personnel or the data itself, Tim White, global head of government and intelligence at YarcData, wrote in a Jan. 22 op-ed in the New York Times. Click here to read White’s full piece “Finding a Needle in a Haystack” According to the executive, the recent escalation […] 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

CenturyLink Technology Solutions, formerly known as Savvis, is working to expand its data center reach in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Ariz. with the help of IO. Under the partnership, CenturyLink Technology will use IO’s Intelligent Control technology platform to provide control, data collection and business intelligence services across data centers, CenturyLink Technology announced Wednesday. Users and […] More

Lou Von Thaer started a new chapter of his three-decade GovCon career in June 2013 as president of a business once part of Science Applications International Corp. that eventually became Leidos‘ national security sector. Von Thaer now leads a team of 13,000 professionals in the sector after previously leading 7,000 employees at General Dynamics Advanced […] More