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BAE Systems has been awarded a $6.9 million contract modification for spare parts on 18 U.S. Army Paladin artillery vehicles, following the original deal to upgrade components of the vehicles, York Dispatch reported Thursday. Candy Woodall writes work under the contract will continue at the company’s facility in West Manchester Township, York County, Penn., for completion by Sept. 30. The original, $668 million contract […] More
Raytheon has built a new test cell at the company’s Redstone Arsenal, Ala. facility and increased the capacity of the missile testing and integration center by 30 percent, AL.com reported Thursday. This project follows the construction of a 42,000-square-foot office building in 2013 and adds to the facility’s 70,000-square-foot area, Leada Gore writes. Raytheon builds Standard Missile-3 and SM-6 weapons […] More
Comtech EF Data and Intelsat has launched a series of mobile backhaul services on more than 1.5 gigahertz of capacity for satellite-based mobile network operators in South America. Comtech said Thursday its integration of Intelsat’s satellite coverage with C- and Ku-band frequencies is intended to address the need for streamlined operations, optimized capacity and sustainable connectivity. “As MNOs expand their networks in […] More
A Xerox technology delivery center has received an ISO 9001:2008 certification for quality management systems after seven facilities were assessed on several business areas and found to be in compliance with international standards. The company said Thursday the certification covers compliance to software development, systems engineering, hardware design and other business standards in the U.S. and India. “Our customers […] More
Autonomic Resources and Akamai Technologies have partnered to provide cloud computing products to public sector agencies under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, through which both companies hold Joint Authorization Board provisional authorizations. The companies said Thursday Autonomic Resources Cloud Platform will be combined with Akamai’s DDoS mitigation, web application security and other services to create an end-to-end […] More
Northrop Grumman’s Ron Foudray has suggested that federal IT experts re-examine their cybersecurity strategies and seek new methods beyond encryption to protect information, GSN reported Wednesday. Ashley Bennett writes that Foudray, vice president of business development at Northrop’s cyber solutions division, noted cybersecurity best practices include “moving away from protecting assets at the perimeter†and […] More
Oracle has launched a mobile security product that is built to integrate identity and access management systems in order to protect enterprise data and applications on corporate and personal devices used in the workplace. The company said Feb. 26 that the Oracle Mobile Security Suite works to isolate personal and enterprise data and help corporate information technology staffers […] More
Red Hat‘s Enterprise Linux computing platform is available to government customers, agencies and system integrators through the Amazon Web Services GovCloud (US) region. Red Hat intends for Enterprise Linux users move workloads into the AWS cloud while maintaining the tools available through on-premise deployments, the company said Tuesday. “On AWS GovCloud (US), agencies can use Red Hat Enterprise […] More
Bechtel will provide management and other preliminary services to prepare for the construction of the Louisiana International Gulf Transfer Terminal off the state’s Gulf Coast under an agreement with the LIGTT Project Company. It will support the facility design, procurement and integration with the terminal operator for Louisiana’s planned 250-acre, deep-water, cargo transfer port, Bechtel said Wednesday. According to Walker […] More
Information Builders has opened a new office in Sao Paulo, Brazil as part of the company’s move to expand in that country’s enterprise technology market. Miguel Reyes will lead the office as it works to offer business intelligence and analytics tools to customers and partners in Brazil, the company said Wednesday. “Information Builders is focused on […] More
Iridium Communications will provide its M2M Short Burst Data technology to industrial telematics company ZTR Control Systems for satellite connectivity and wide-scale data services coverage. Iridium said Wednesday it will work to automatically route data with the ZTR inReach telematics device starting in April. Bryan Hartin, executive vice president of sales and marketing at Iridium, said the company will launch […] More
CAE will help the city of Ottawa implement a new emergency management information system for agencies to collaborate, share and track information with one another during crises. As the deal’s prime contractor, CAE’s integrated enterprise solutions unit will integrate Intermedix‘s WebEOC incident management system and Amika Mobile Corp.’s AMS critical communication system to build a new product, CAE said Tuesday. […] More
