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The Canadian city of Ottawa in Ontario has chosen Parsons to carry out seismic retrofitting work for the 1964-built McIlraith Bridge. Parsons will provide construction services for the 662-foot-long highway bridge with four traffic lanes above the Rideau River, and plans to partially implement lane closures during the bridge’s rehabilitation, the company said Friday. Todd […] More
The IKONOS imaging satellite made by Lockheed Martin for DigitalGlobe has been retired after nearly two decades of gathering and sharing more than 400 square kilometres of images of the Earth’s surface. The satellite, launched in September 1999, concluded its operation on March 31 after 15 years of collecting high-resolution images used in mapping, agriculture, […] More
D-J Engineering has secured a subcontract from Boeing to help manufacture machine parts for a space capsule under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, Spaceflight Insider reported Sunday. Collin Skocik writes D-J Engineering will manufacture hatch frame and frangible joints for the CST-100 spacecraft that is meant to bring astronauts to the International Space Station and Bigelow […] More
By Light Professional IT Services will provide the Defense Information Systems Agency exclusive rights to use dark fiber, equipment and related services under a 10-year, $15.4 million contract. The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization received four bids for the indefeasible right of use deal through the FedBizOpps website and is obligating all funds at the […] More
Engility‘s TASC subsidiary has won a six-year, $66.9 million contract to provide horizontal integration and systems engineering support services for the U.S. Air Force. TASC will carry out baseline maintenance, verification and testing work at Los Angeles Air Force Base under the firm-fixed-price contract, the Defense Department said Friday. The Space and Missile Systems Center received three […] More
Boeing has delivered the first two CH-47F Chinook tandem-rotor helicopters to the Australian army as the country’s military branch works to upgrade its fleet of cargo helicopters. The company will deliver five additional Chinook aircraft this year and provide operational maintenance services for the seven helicopters through its Boeing Defence Australia business, Boeing said May […] More
Students from the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School have completed a series of flight tests of two prototype aircraft from Textron subsidiaries Textron AirLand and Beechcraft Defense Co. for the school’s Capstone Project. The student pilots performed 19 flight demonstrations at the company’s test centers in Wichita, Kansas, to assess the Scorpion intelligence, surveillance and […] More
A subsidiary of NIC Inc. in Arkansas has introduced a government application for Apple Watch. The Gov2Go app from NIC’s Arkansas Information Consortium LLC works like a personal digital assistant to remind users about deadlines of car registration tag renewal, property tax payments and other government-related events, NIC said Thursday. “Since the founding of our […] More
NJVC has opened a new office in the downtown area of St. Louis to provide information technology systems and services to potential clients and establish new partnerships with government and corporate organizations. “This new office marks a milestone for NJVC by expanding our footprint in the St. Louis region, a major strategic focus for the company,” […] More
Raytheon has shipped the initial hardware it built for the operational control technology of the U.S. Air Force’s global positioning system. The company said Thursday GPS OCX is designed to oversee the movements and capabilities of GPS satellites during ground, naval and aerial missions and safeguard the equipment from potential cyber threats. The Colorado-based Schriver […] More
At least 1,000 enterprises in many sectors have started to access IBM’s threat intelligence database through a cloud-based network to facilitate information sharing and industry collaboration in an effort to address cyber attacks. The company said Thursday the IBM X-Force Exchange platform, launched in April, is designed to provide users access to a 700-terabyte repository that contains […] More
Airbus Defence and Space has secured a three-year contract with Beijing Just Top Network Communications Co. Ltd to provide maintenance services for the Beijing government’s digital trunked system. Under the deal, Airbus will perform software and hardware maintenance, help desk and emergency support services for the Beijing Government Shared Tetra Network, which offers communication services for […] More
