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LexisNexis’ risk solutions business unit has acquired identity management and anti-fraud services provider Tracesmart with the goal of bolstering offerings for banking, insurance and public sector clients. Tracesmart develops Web-based software applications for identity validation, debt collection, anti-money laundering and fraud prevention in the U.K., LexisNexis said Tuesday. Rick Trainor, CEO of business services at LexisNexis […] More

Leidos has been awarded three separate contracts to provide two municipal utilities and an electric services cooperative with a cloud-based technology designed to manage power grid infrastructures. The company’s smart grid-as-a-service platform is comprised of software and hardware systems that work to help utilities install metering systems as well as track customers’ energy usage, Leidos […] More

DynCorp International has been awarded a potential one-year, $8.5 million task order to help maintain engines and components for the U.S. Air Force‘s C-5 aircraft. Jim Myles, senior vice president of the DynAviation business, said Wednesday that the company will perform “intermediate level engine overhaul services on one of the largest military aircraft ever built.” The […] More

Array Information Technology will help the U.S. Air Force operate and manage two financial systems based at Air Force Materiel Command’s headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The company said Wednesday that its team, which includes CACI International, will support at least 1,600 users of the Keystone Decision Support System and Command Management System. “KDSS and CMS represent vital financial […] More

Leidos has completed level three of the Capability Maturity Model Integration appraisal for the company’s logistics services operation. The company’s logistics solutions operation provides integrated logistics services and logistics systems management, Leidos said Wednesday. Larry Hill, a Leidos group president, said the certification is intended to validate the company’s effort to comply with industry standards […] More

DLT Solutions posted full-year revenue of $857.1 million for fiscal 2013, up 4 percent from the year before. The company attributes this growth in part to its cloud computing and other information technology contracts with the National Institutes of Health, Defense Department and National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance, DLT Solutions said Tuesday. “We were able to […] More

BAE Systems has helped to launch Transport for London’s new website as part of the agency’s project to offer more public services through digitized systems and platforms, BAE UK Services Managing Director Julian Cracknell says. Cracknell said Tuesday that the company and TfL aim to help up to millions of people each month plan their journeys through London. […] More

NASA‘s commercial partners have completed the design reviews of their respective spacecraft and rockets intended for the agency’s program to transport mission crews to low-Earth orbit. Blue Origin, Boeing, Sierra Nevada and Space Exploration Technology continue to develop space transportation systems and prepare for tests in 2014 under the second round of their commercial crew […] More

A BAE Systems facility in Adelaide, Australia has started operating new machining equipment to produce titanium components for the F-35 fighter aircraft. BAE makes the metallic parts of F-35 vertical tails by using twin-spindle long spars and longeron machinery, the company said Tuesday. The company also uses the technology at its F-35 components machining plant […] More

A team comprised of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and Aerojet Rocketdyne has tested a thruster with “green” fuel technology in a space lab environment as part of NASA‘s Green Propellant Infusion Mission program. The project’s goal is to demonstrate the AF-M315E eco-friendly propulsion system as an alternative for the toxic hydrazine fuel used on […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton and business incubator 1776 have partnered to combine the companies’ workforce and consulting strategy with the goal of helping clients meet global requirements. Organizations can develop new products and services and pursue growth opportunities through the strategic partnership, Booz Allen said Monday. Karen Dahut, executive vice president at Booz Allen, said the […] More