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Lockheed Martin personnel have visited Cheyenne in Wyoming to assess available resources in the area as the company chases an estimated $60 billion missile system renovation project with the U.S. Air Force, Wyoming Tribune Eagle reported Tuesday. Matt Murphy writes the project will cover updates to launch facilities and missile silos at F.E. Warren Air […] More
Saab has received a contract from Sweden’s defense material administration to develop and produce torpedo integration systems for A26 submarines. The company said Wednesday it will construct, manufacture and verify integration systems for two A26 submarines the agency ordered for the Swedish navy last year. Saab will also update current systems on Visby-class corvettes and Gotland-class submarines under the contract. “With […] More
The General Services Administration has awarded White Construction a contract to build a 305,000-square-foot federal courthouse building in San Antonio, Texas. White Construction is scheduled to finish the project in November 2020, GSA said Thursday. The courthouse will have inside parking spaces that will be located at the former City Police Headquarters site along 214 West Nueva Street. […] More
IBM’s research business and Rice University have developed a robot assistant that uses Watson-based cognitive computing application to help manage care for elderly people. The prototype IBM Multi-Purpose Eldercare Robot Assistant is designed to measure an individual’s heart rate, heart rate variability and respiratory rate and provide answers to health-related queries as part of a study that aims to improve eldercare, IBM said […] More
BAE Systems has transported a new dry dock to the company’s San Diego shipyard as part of its $100 million investment to support the U.S. Navy’s fleet repair efforts on the West Coast. The Posh Terasea Eagle ship towed the 55,000-lifting-ton floating dry dock to the shipyard, where it will undergo testing, installation, final assembly and certification, BAE said Thursday. Joe […] More
The Environmental Protection Agency has selected consulting firm eGlobalTech to deploy the agency’s information collection system on Amazon Web Services’ cloud platform. EGlobalTech said Wednesday it will work to update, restore, operate and maintain EPA’s Information Collection Request, Review and Approval System under a new task order. The electronic system is used to prepare, monitor, report […] More
Sandia National Laboratories and the government of Singapore have inked a four-year cooperative research and development agreement to set up the nation’s first grid energy storage test-bed. Singapore’s Energy Market Authority has tapped Sandia Labs, operated by Lockheed Martin’s subsidiary Sandia Corp., to assess up to three energy storage test-beds at existing electrical substations with […] More
Cloud-based data analytics provider NetComm has signed up for the Advanced Technology Academic Research Center’s Federal Big Data Test Lab in a push to help the government address challenges through data and analytics technology. NetComm said Wednesday the ATARC Federal Big Data Test Lab program will work to provide preconfigured data and analytics tools to government agencies […] More
Airbus‘ helicopters business has received a purchase order for three H215 multi-role rotorcraft from the German federal police through Germany’s federal ministry of interior. The company will deliver the helicopters in early 2019 and the German federal police will use the aircraft to perform maritime emergency and police missions, Airbus said Wednesday. The twin-engine rotorcraft is part […] More
DynCorp International has landed a $23 million task order with the U.S. Air Force to maintain the 357th Aircraft Maintenance Unit’s A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft. The company said Wednesday it will perform contract work at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona through March 2018 under the Davis-Monthan Contract Field Team task order. Mark Mirelez, DI’s aviation engineering, logistics […] More
The Department of Veterans Affairs has implemented tools from small business ID.me in the agency’s online portal designed to help veterans manage their healthcare and benefits electronically. VA said Wednesday that Vets.gov has met the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Level of Assurance 3 standard for information assurance to provide additional features on a single […] More
ClearDATA has joined the Amazon Web Services Public Sector Partner Program in a move to help government and nonprofit healthcare organizations access Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act-compliant cloud platforms. AWS added ClearDATA to the partner network for the healthcare cloud platform and managed services provider’s ability to help customers store, process, transmit and analyze […] More
