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Lockheed Martin has moved to extend its laser weapon technology for air, land and sea military applications by demonstrating a 30-kilowatt electric fiber laser. The company integrated fiber lasers into a beam of light that uses low power as part of an internally-funded research and development program, Lockheed said Tuesday. Ray Johnson, senior vice president and […] More
Sotera Defense Solutions has been awarded a $60 million task order to help the FBI maintain its Sentinel information and case management program. The five-year order falls under the Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 3 Unrestricted Government-Wide Acquisition Contract, Sotera announced Tuesday. “Sotera is honored to be awarded this contract with Sentinel, which is used by the dedicated men […] More
General Atomics will spend $11 million to expand manufacturing operations in Lee County, Miss. and plans to create about 80 new jobs there, The Clarion-Ledger reported Monday. The publication reports GA will transfer production of defense, energy and nuclear equipment to an 87,650-square-foot building at the company’s existing campus in the Tupelo Lee Industrial Park. […] More
ICF International will work with the European Commission’s Directorate General for Development and Cooperation to develop and implement emissions trading systems in China. The company will design greenhouse gas emissions trading in China with the goal of helping the country lower emissions, ICF International said Wednesday. David Hathaway, vice president and managing director for ICF […] More
Jacobs Engineering has been awarded a two-year oil sands and plant services contract by Suncor Energy Services to work at the Fort McMurray Base Plan in Edmonton, Alberta. Jacobs will provide management services and plant maintenance support for mechanical, rotating and operating equipment, Jacobs announced Tuesday. “We have provided services to Suncor at their facilities across […] More
Jacobs Engineering Group will work with the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center to oversee a Federal Railroad Administration program under a potential five-year, $70 million contract. Jacobs will provide monitoring, technical assistance, review and training to grantees and borrowers of the FRA Grant and Loan program, Jacobs said Tuesday. “Passenger and freight rail systems are vital components […] More
The MITRE Corp. and Harvard University are collaborating to develop a nanocomputer system. A team of scientists and engineers worked to design and assemble an ultra-small control processor called nanoFSM (nanoelectronic finite-state machine), which uses very little power to function, MITRE said Monday. The nanoFSM is comprised of hundreds of nanowire transistors within circuits on […] More
Verizon Terremark is adding 4 megawatts of power capacity in its Santa Clara, Calif. data center by installing Active Power electrical infrastructure containers in the roof, Data Center Dynamics reported Friday. Yevgeniy Sverdlik writes that the PowerHouse containers are intended to grow capacity without expanding the building and are built with uninterruptible power supply systems, switchgear and monitoring […] More
McKinsey & Co. has outlined the information technology agenda that businesses are likely to embrace in 2014 based on key challenges they faced during the past year. Björn Münstermann, Brent Smolinski and Kara Sprague, principals at McKinsey, propose various tips that could enable IT infrastructure managers to meet budgetary limits, protect business and develop new […] More
Ball Aerospace & Technologies has wrapped up integration work on DigitalGlobe‘s commercial satellite that is built to collect high-resolution images of the Earth. The WorldView-3 will be the fourth satellite in DigitalGlobe’s remote-sensing constellation and is scheduled for launch this summer at Vanderberg Air Force Base, Calif., Ball Aerospace said Monday. Cary Ludtke, Ball Aerospace […] More
ICF International has won five-year, $5.9 million contract to help the Environmental Protection Agency formulate and enact strategies for addressing renewable energy issues. The company will recommend ideas and provide resources to update the agency’s programs designed to bolster energy security, control air pollution and fight climate change in the U.S., ICF said Monday. “With more […] More
DynCorp International will provide engineering design and support services to a U.S. Air Force squadron currently stationed in the United Arab Emirates. The company will perform the work under a potential three-year task order worth up to $4.4 million over one base year and two option years, DynCorp announced Friday. This order falls under the Air Force Contract Augmentation […] More
