Ball Aerospace & Technologies has supplied four phased array antennas and three cameras for the Lockheed Martin-built Orion spacecraft. Orion’s antenna system is comprised of more than 5,000 components and designed to transmit data and voice communications from the capsule’s liftoff until its splashdown, Ball Aerospace said Friday. The company based its Orion flight test […] More

CACI International has won a three-year prime contract potentially worth $31 million from the Bureau of Naval Personnel to provide business processing reengineering, requirements analysis and enterprise architecture services for the bureau’s personnel and pay systems. As one of the three awardees of the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, CACI will also develop workflow and organizational processes to update the systems’ […] More

Serco Inc. will compete for up to $77 million in task orders to help the U.S. Navy maintain electronic surveillance systems under a potential five-year contract vehicle. The British contractor’s U.S. subsidiary is one of three awardees on the Naval Electronic Surveillance Systems vehicle, Serco said Monday. Dan Allen, Serco Inc. chairman and CEO, said the subsidiary will […] More

ETL Systems will provide its radio frequency signal distribution technology for three satellites in Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress constellation. Boeing selected ETL to supply the technology for the satellite, one of which Boeing built with 89 beams and six spot beams, ETL said Thursday. ETL’s Alto line amplifiers and RF splitters/combiners are intended for GX’s ground segment, which work to distribute RF […] More

Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies will provide NASA‘s Intelligent Systems division with research and development services under a three-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth up to $300 million. Greenbelt, Md.-based SGT will also support the NASA division’s technology infusion on missions as part of the contract, which begins April 1, the agency said Wednesday. The R&D work will be performed at NASA’s Ames Research […] More

An Engility Holdings subsidiary has been awarded a position on a $10 million systems engineering support contract with the U.S. Army Armament Research Development and Engineering Center. Dynamics Research Corp. will provide systems analysis and architecting, product data acquisition and management, model-based systems engineering and other related services to the center’s systems engineering directorate, the company said Monday. Tony Smeraglinolo, […] More

Elbit Systems has been awarded a three-year, $290 million contract to install night vision technology into combat tanks for an Asian-Pacific customer. The company will also provide equipment such as gunner sights and fire control systems to the international client for tank modernization, Elbit said Thursday. “Asia-Pacific is one of Elbit Systems’ key markets and […] More

A tool developed by Three Wire Systems LLC to connect veterans with career coaches was has been nominated for an innovation competition run by the Northern Virginia Technology Council. Three Wire’s VetAdvisor platform will compete in the social category of the competition’s preliminary stage, the company announced Monday. The Washington Post’s Capital Business weekly business […] More

Dell, Three Wire Systems and enterprise software developer Sqrrl have forged an alliance with the goal of delivering a big data management platform for U.S. government cyber operators. The companies seek to offer federal customers a technology for managing emails, system configurations, audits, intelligence feeds, networks and social collaborations across an enterprise, Three Wire says. […] More

CACI International has been awarded potential four-year, $45 million contract to help the FBI implement and maintain a system for managing financial and acquisition processes. This order was awarded under the bureau’s information technology supplies & support services contract vehicle known as Triple S and contains one base year and three option years, CACI said Tuesday. The […] More

Three Wire Systems is among the latest federal partners to join RedSeal Networks‘ amplify channel partner program. Other new members in the program include immixGroup, MAD Security, SMS Data Products, TSPi and VAE IT, RedSeal said Dec. 10. Santa Clara, Calif.-based RedSeal aims to maximize its market reach with the expanded partner ecosystem to also include […] More

Chief Technology Officers are executive positions that handle a company’s scientific and technological initiatives. Other job names for this position are Chief Technologist and Chief Technical Officer.   A CTO oversees the planning and implementation of technologies to benefit business customers and partners. The holder of this position uses technological resources to meet an enterprise’s […] More