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Cisco, Kloudtrack and the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business have teamed up to develop a sandbox exchange intended to help fulfill various technology guideline requirements of healthcare communities. The public and private sector healthcare community, as well as medical and life science organizations, will have access to the HealthTech Innovation Sandbox […] More

Sabre Industries has formed a joint venture with shelter provider Module X Solutions, adding to Sabre Building Systems’ production space with 50 acres of staging area to help expand their product line and global presence. The parties said Thursday their Louisiana-based facilities in Shreveport and Bossier City will enable them to leverage their engineering and manufacturing capabilities to meet customer needs and […] More

Lockheed Martin will work to apply its existing wind measurement system to develop airdrop technology for the U.S. Air Force’s C-130 and C-17 aircrews. Lockheed will adapt its WindTracer system in order to design a Precision Air Drop prototype unit for demonstration at a U.S. ground forces test site, Lockheed Martin said Thursday. The WindTracer technology […] More

A panel of financial industry experts gathered at a Verizon-sponsored event Tuesday in New York to discuss technology and customer relationship issues facing retail banking and wealth management companies. Verizon said Wednesday that Niti Badarinath, head of mobile and money movement at US Bank, and Chandan Sharma, global managing director of financial services at Verizon, […] More

Intel Corp. and San Jose, California have partnered to kick off a clean technology pilot program in the city in an effort to further economic growth, environmental sustainability and job creation. San Jose has installed a network of sensors using an Intel-built gateway for the Internet of Things with a Quark processor as part of […] More

Gerard “Jerry” DeMuro, president and CEO of BAE Systems‘ U.S . subsidiary, has implemented strategic initiatives since taking the helm in February with the aim of helping the business maintain a steady cash flow and shareholder value, Forbes reported Tuesday. DeMuro joined BAE Systems Inc. from General Dynamics as defense spending cuts were starting to hit the […] More

Boeing unveiled the prototype design for its commercial space taxi during a ceremony held Monday at a former shuttle processing site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Orlando Sentinel reported Tuesday. Richard Burnett writes that Boeing showcased a full-size CST-100 model as the end of a two-year industry competition under the NASA Commercial […] More

Siemens‘ PLM software unit and Sierra Nevada Corp.‘s space systems business are expanding their partnership through the SNC Dream Chaser program’s “Dream Team,” where Siemens will support development of spacecraft technologies. SNC said Tuesday that Siemens’ membership in the Dream Team is an extension of their long-time business relationship, as Siemens provides its engineering software tools to support SNC’s spacecraft […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries has selected the armor materials from TenCate for its new amphibious assault ship that is being developed under a $2.38 billion incentive contract. Huntington Ingalls will combine the Tripoli (LHA 7) assault ship with TenCate-built composite armor, TenCate said Tuesday. “We are proud that Huntington has selected TenCate materials to be incorporated […] More

A Lockheed Martin-made autonomous system fitted into a convoy of unmanned tactical vehicles has been tested by Lockheed and the U.S. Army‘s Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center. Lockheed and Army personnel have performed a second round of tests on the Autonomous Mobility Applique System during a demonstration event held at the Savannah River Site, […] More

In a series of recent flight tests off the coast of San Diego the Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy victoriously took to the air with the unmanned MQ-8B Fire Scout simultaneously with the MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, what was their first time in flight. The testing took place aboard the USS Freedom Littoral […] More