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Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $31.7 million contract to produce an anti-missile system for the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command. The company is scheduled to complete the delivery of three new pods to the military customers by 2017, Northrop Grumman said Monday. Carl Smith, vice president of Northrop’s infrared countermeasure programs, […] More
IBM and Sogeti have forged an alliance to provide developers access to IBM’s cloud platform-as-a-service in an effort to help them analyze data. Sogeti will use IBM’s Bluemix tool to develop hybrid cloud applications across public, private and on-premise infrastructure, IBM said Thursday. Steve Robinson, general manager of IBM cloud platform services, said the partnership […] More
Lockheed Martin is set to deliver the final batch of F-35B Joint Strike Fighter jets to the U.S. Marine Corps on June 30 following completion of aircraft production, Flightglobal reported Thursday. James Drew writes an independent team will evaluate the aircraft and submit a report to Lt. Gen. Jon Davis, deputy commandant for Marine Corps aviation, once the squadron […] More
DataDirect Networks has been selected to store video surveillance data generated by the Public Transport Authority’s network of surveillance cameras in Perth, Australia. DDN’s video surveillance and storage archive system is designed to store up to 20 petabytes of data, the company said Monday. PTA intends for the centralized video surveillance storage to help detect […] More
Colorado’s Revenue Department has tapped CSG Government Solutions to help the state government validate motor vehicle driver licenses and produce identification cards. The company will work to test system functionality, review past projects, evaluate risks and give recommendations for the technical aspects of the project, CSG said Monday. Patti Garofalo, director of CSG’s program modernization practice, […] More
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has been awarded an $8.95 million contract to develop new camera systems for the Canadian Space Agency’s mobile servicing system onboard the International Space Station. The camera systems will be designed to capture visiting spacecraft and aid in ISS maintenance and inspection work, MDA said Thursday. “The technology will be applicable […] More
Boeing has launched a new center in Alabama that is designed to help academic institutions and research partners develop technologies in collaboration with the company. Engineers and technicians will work together at the center to conduct research on simulation, analytics, chemicals,  materials, propulsion, avionics systems, sensors, communication and cybersecurity, Boeing said Friday. Steve Swaine, Boeing research […] More
The Commerce Department has struck an agreement with Microsoft Corp. for the agency to obtain licenses of the company’s software product. The department said Thursday it will have access to Microsoft software items and product updates under the blanket purchase agreement. Commerce intends for the three-year deal to achieve its productivity goals. Microsoft will also provide access to its license […] More
Rockwell Automation and Cisco have expanded their converged plantwide Ethernet architectures in a move to meet the security requirements of customers. Cisco said Wednesday the companies added new design guidance and validated architectures to the CPwE security technology to help operations and information technology professionals form multiple defense layers. “These new architectures and guides build on […] More
Northrop Grumman has concluded the flight test for its new open mission systems architecture onboard a NASA Global Hawk unmanned aerial system. The flight was intended to demonstrate the architecture’s ability to transmit a payload command and receive subsystem status response over a Ku SATCOM communications link between the Global Hawk and an operations center, Northrop said […] More
Odyssey Systems Consulting Group Ltd. has won a $36,970,361 contract to perform technical services for the U.S. Air Force. The company will work to advise and assist the Air Force in areas such as systems engineering, operations and sustainment and acquisition security services, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Odyssey will carry out the task at […] More
SAP has been selected to modernize the financial reporting software of the European Schools in an effort to help the institution streamline its operations. SAP said Tuesday the company has deployed its enterprise resource planning application and the SAP Simple Finance service in the European organization to standardize the accounting, controlling and procurement business […] More
