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Lockheed Martin has transported an 11th Littoral Combat Ship the company built for the U.S. Navy to the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Wisconsin. USS Sioux City will be outfitted and tested at the shipyard prior to its scheduled delivery to the Navy in 2017, Lockheed said Saturday. “The future USS Sioux City’s interchangeable mission modules will […] More
Raytheon has tested the in-flight performance of the company’s Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle during a Missile Defense Agency demonstration intended to gather data on the capability of the vehicle’s thrusters. The redesigned EKV’s thrusters have been modified to control the impact with incoming threats while outside of the Earth’s atmosphere, Raytheon said Thursday. “Testing is critically important to […] More
Smiths Detection has been awarded a five-year, $1.27 million contract to supply a radiation detection system to the Department of Homeland Security. The company will deliver its RadSeeker handheld radioisotope detector and identifier to DHS’ Domestic Nuclear Detection Office under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, Smiths Detection said Wednesday. “Under a competitively-awarded contract RadSeeker was developed in cooperation with the […] More
CenturyLink has won four task orders worth $10 million combined from the Defense Information Systems Agency to supply network and data transmission services to Defense Information Systems Network users in various regions across the U.S. The company will deliver Ethernet private line and Internet Protocol services to support networks in Colorado, Virginia, Alabama and Nebraska through […] More
Grant Thornton has been authorized to assess cloud vendors that work with the federal government under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation administered the FedRAMP accreditation process for Grant Thornton, the company said Wednesday. As a third-party assessment organization, Grant Thornton will assist companies as they comply with FedRAMP […] More
Vazata has received an authorization from the Joint Authorization Board to provide a Virtual Federal Image cloud platform to government agencies. The infrastructure-as-a-service and cloud managed service provider received provisional authority to operate cloud services for federal clients under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, Vazata said Wednesday. The FedRAMP authorization means Vazata’s IaaS […] More
Jacobs Engineering has been selected to advise on the Welsh government’s plan to upgrade the transport link between Dowlais Top and Hirwaun in South Wales, U.K. The company will work to design and perform environmental impact assessment for the expansion of sections 5 and 6 of the A465 transport network, Jacobs said Tuesday. The Welsh […] More
The Woolpert–KZF joint venture has been selected to support Jacobs Engineering in the design of the $150 million CV-22 Osprey campus in Japan under task orders worth $6.95 million from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Japan district of USACE intends for the complex at Yokota Air Base in Fussa, Japan, to support the beddown of […] More
Cray has been awarded a $36 million contract to upgrade the high-performance computers and storage system at the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. The company will update the XC supercomputers to Cray XC40 systems and provide additional Sonexion 2000 Lustre storage and a 32-node system to the weather research center, Cray said Monday. The Intel […] More
Capstone Turbine has been selected to produce microturbines for installation in the combined heat and power plant of a U.S. federal government headquarters building in Washington, D.C. The government ordered C800 and C200 microturbines from E-Finity Distributed Generation, Capstone’s distributor for the mid-Atlantic and southeastern U.S. region, Capstone said Monday. “Capstone is thrilled to be able […] More
Igate is set to begin operations under the Capgemini brand six months following the completion of the company’s acquisition by the consulting firm. The rebranding of Igate is part of a process to incorporate the company into Capgemini’s global production center network and financial services sector, Capgemini said Monday. “Operating as one brand means that […] More
The U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps’ Boeing-built RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aircraft system will kick off its initial operation after the program received a go signal. Lt. Gen. Jon Davis, Marine Corps’ deputy commandant for aviation, said the first Marine unmanned aerial vehicle squadron has been confirmed for deployment with the RQ-21A system, the Navy […] More
