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Carl Salzano retired in the Spring of 2014 as a senior vice president for acquisition services at Booz Allen Hamilton, where he also served as co-chairman of the Veteran and Wounded Warrior Committee. The U.S. Navy veteran joined Booz Allen in 1986 after holding leadership roles at firms including Bendix Aerospace and Advanced Technology. Soon […] More
Leidos will maintain and update software the Department of Veterans Affairs uses at seven facilities to fill and ship approximately 117 million prescriptions per year. The company said Monday that the potential three-year, $12 million contract also covers work to integrate and standardize the Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy‘s production systems. Steve Comber, president of Leidos’ health group, said the company will […] More
Cubic Corp. will provide a Turkish government customer with customized and instrumented tactical engagement simulation systems, as well as systems operation and maintenance training, under a contract worth at least $4 million. Cubic will deliver the Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System consisting of command-and-control software and equipment such as small arms and anti-tank laser engagement systems later […] More
ExecutiveBiz: Tell us a little bit about BRTRC’s recent acquisition and how it’s indicative of where the company is heading Terri Thomas: It is a very exciting time for us at BRTRC. SecureForce is our first acquisition. It’s a company that we’ve been working with for two years. We’ve teamed with them repeatedly in the […] More
Cubic Corp. will provide combat search and rescue and other personnel recovery missions to the U.S. military under an estimated $3.4 million contract. The company’s Personnel Locator Systems work to carry out voice and data transfer functions during searches for soldiers, Cubic said Thursday. Dave Schmitz, president of Cubic Defense Systems, said PLS systems are used […] More
Boeing has completed a 20-minute flight test of its AH-6i reconnaissance helicopter to demonstrate its close-air support and light-attack features as the company prepares for full-scale production. “This first AH-6 flight in the production configuration takes us closer to delivering an advanced light attack and reconnaissance helicopter that meets the needs of defense forces around the world,” Scott Rudy, Boeing’s […] More
Research and development work in the life sciences fields can yield a large amount of data that can be difficult to consolidate and analyze for specific insights, says Ted Slater, a solutions architect at YarcData. Slater said Tuesday that for such a data environment, using traditional knowledge management tools such as relational databases could be inconvenient as they require a […] More
SAP is planning to open a big data innovation center to be hosted by Otto-von-Guericke University in Magdeburg, Germany The company said Wednesday that the center is part of a collaboration between SAP University Alliances and OvGU’s SAP University Competence Center. The center is planned as an interdisciplinary research hub that will work closely with the new SAP University Alliances Innovation Lab at the […] More
Lockheed Martin and NASA have completed a series of environmental tests on the Orion spacecraft to monitor how it performed during simulated launch and ascent vibrations. Engineers who conducted the Multi-Point Random Vibration Testing compared results and predictions and worked to verify the performance of at least 20 avionics and propulsion systems, Lockheed said Tuesday. The company and […] More
Xerox has launched four new information management products to address an enterprise’s information security, workflow automation and print management needs. “Our three-stage strategy – assess and optimize, secure and integrate, and automate and simplify – continues to evolve with these new offerings,” Mike Feldman, president of large enterprise operations at Xerox, said Tuesday. The company’s new products include the Xerox Secure Print Manager […] More
Federal agencies have a wealth of data that could be mined using machine-to-machine technology to improve real-time decision making, but adoption rates have been slow, a new study from AT&T Government Solutions and the Government Business Council found. Just 19 percent of 355 senior federal officials polled said their departments use or plan to use […] More
Motorola Solutions has begun talks to sell its enterprise business to Zebra Technologies for $3.45 billion in a bid to beef up asset tracking tools for their clients, Health IT Outcomes reported earlier this month. John Oncea writes the two companies expect to finalize the all-cash transaction by yearend. The combined organizations intend to integrate […] More
