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Steve Williams, capability manager for Finmeccanica‘s airborne and space systems division, has said his company developed its Falcon Shield system to help reduce the risks from small unmanned aerial vehicles, Defense News reported Monday. Lara Seligman writes Falcon Shield is designed as a modular system to ward off drone threats in small areas and large infrastructures. Williams […] More
The Canadian air force’s first class of CH-147F Chinook helicopter aircrews has completed its training with the Boeing-built helicopter using a CAE-developed training system. The Chinook aircrew comprises six first officers, two flight engineers and two loadmasters who graduated during a ceremony held at Garrison Petawawa in Ontario after a 24-week course, CAE said Monday. CAE […] More
Salient CRGTÂ has received a two-year, $1.44 million task order to develop and deploy a data management tool for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The company will provide master data management and enterprise data exchange services to NRC using its current technology through an agile approach, Salient CRGTÂ said Monday. Mark Colturi, senior vice president of Salient […] More
Deltek has launched its 2016 surveys for government vendors and architecture and engineering firms with the goal to analyze potential operational, financial and program management issues these companies may face. The surveys run through Feb. 29 and Deltek will develop market data based on survey results in order to help firms gauge competition and conduct business planning, Deltek said […] More
Lockheed Martin has introduced Solutionary to the former company’s cybersecurity alliance in an effort to help bolster initiatives to combat cyber attacks. Solutionary, an NTT group security company, provides managed security, professional security and global threat intelligence services for information technology infrastructures, cloud environments and mobile data, Lockheed said Thursday. Angie Heise, vice president of commercial […] More
Tim Conway, president of public sector at NTT Data, has highlighted several practices for information technology that he believes will help refresh the way government operates. Conway wrote in an opinion piece for Nextgov published Monday that chief information officers consider legacy modernization as among their upgrade priorities. He said technologies such as business analytics, […] More
Beechcraft Defense Company has been selected to manufacture military training aircraft for the U.K. defense ministry under a contract with Affinity Flying Training Services. The Textron subsidiary will produce 10 Beechcraft T-6C Texan II aircraft to replace the Shorts Tucano T1 aircraft under the U.K. MoD’s military flying training system program, Textron said Wednesday. The aircraft […] More
SN3, a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries, will provide general and technical business insights to Synergy Solutions under the Small Business Administration’s mentor-protege program. SN3 will collaborate with Synergy Solutions to develop new systems and expand capabilities to pursue business opportunities with future government contracts, Huntington Ingalls said Thursday. “SN3 welcomes the opportunity to mentor […] More
Hitachi Data Systems has introduced a new hyper scale-out platform combined with Pentaho enterprise platform in an effort to help customers meet big data requirements. The HSP 400 series incorporates compute, storage and virtualization technologies designed to support big data integration, embedded business analytics and data management tasks, Hitachi said Wednesday. Sean Moser, senior vice […] More
Parabon NanoLabs has been selected to recalibrate the U.S. Army’s Snapshot Kinship Inference software as part of an effort to expand the range of the DNA forensics tool. The Snapshot software will be standardized on a wide array of reference samples to extend its sensitivity to include distant kinship relationships under the Defense Department’s Past […] More
Trowbridge & Trowbridge has received a $33 million task order to help transition the information systems of the Defense Information Systems Agency to a managed facility. Work under the contract will support the Implementation and Sustainment Center’s personnel, payroll, logistics, accounting, and medical records processing services, Trowbridge said Tuesday. Chris Brandell, chief operating officer at Trowbridge, […] More
Lockheed Martin has been selected to build an S band satellite for SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. based on the A2100 design. Lockheed said Wednesday it will produce JCSAT-17, the eighth satellite SJC has ordered for disaster relief missions. The company will manufacture the satellite in Denver, Colorado, and deliver the product in 2019. “We’ve built a number […] More
