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Esri will oversee and host Michigan’s imagery data under an agreement with the state’s Department of Technology, Management and Budget. Esri will use its cloud platform to host up to 25 terabytes of light detection and ranging data and orthophotography for DTMB’s center for shared solutions that is responsible for the state’s geographic data sharing […] More
General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business unit has conducted the first flight of a company-owned remotely piloted aircraft at its Unmanned Aircraft System Flight Training Academy in Grand Forks, North Dakota. David Alexander, GA-ASI president of aircraft systems, noted the first Predator flight milestone for the academy works to demonstrate the company’s UAS training operations within the National Airspace System, General Atomics […] More
United Launch Alliance has launched a national security payload into space Thursday as part of the National Reconnaissance Office‘s NROL-61 mission. The Boeing and Lockheed Martin joint venture said Thursday it launched the NROL-61 payload aboard the company-built Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Atlas V EELV 421 configuration was built to […] More
The U.S. Air Force has awarded DynCorp International three task orders to provide transient aircraft support and base operation services under the Air Force Contract Augmentation Program IV contract. DynCorp will provide personnel, supervisory support and other transient aircraft services to run the service branch’s fixed- and rotary-wing planes in Afghanistan, Qatar, Kuwait and other […] More
BAE Systems‘ Australian subsidiary has chosen Pittsburgh-based Evoqua Water Technologies to design and produce seawater electrochlorination technology for Australia’s warships. Evoqua said Thursday it expects to deliver Chloropac systems to BAE during the next six years for installation onboard eight ANZAC-class frigates of the Australian navy. The system will work to prevent marine growth in the ships’ seawater cooling systems, according to […] More
The U.S. Air Force plans to award a sole-source contract to Boeing to update and sustain the service branch’s F-15 Strike Eagle aircraft. The service branch said in a FedBizOpps presolicitation notice posted Monday the proposed indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will cover software and hardware design, installation of updated kits, product support, structural and subsystem component production, development […] More
Booz Allen Hamilton has been designated as a member corporate organization of the International Consortium for Agile, a global agile certification and accreditation body. Under the partnership, Booz Allen will support ICAgile’s learning roadmap and training providers as they administer ICAgile-accredited courses, Booz Allen said Thursday. Booz Allen intends for the partnership to apply agility […] More
DigitalGlobe has entered into separate letters of intent with two international defense and intelligence agencies to provide the organizations access to imagery from the company’s WorldView-4 satellite. One agency is slated to become the company’s 12th Direct Access Program client under a multi-year commitment to task and receive imagery from all WorldView satellites, DigitalGlobe said Thursday. The company noted the second agency expressed interest for WorldView-4 […] More
A United Technologies Corp. unit has begun flight trials of a vehicle health monitoring platform to assess the airworthiness of sensors onboard the U.S. Air Force’s C-5 Galaxy aircraft. The flight tests on the UTC Aerospace Systems-built Pulse Health Monitoring System are part of a contract awarded by the service branch to Metis Design, UTC said […] More
Salient CRGT has elevated John Edgar, former company vice president and chief strategist for information technology transformation, as a senior VP while Kevin Bahumian and Anuj Mathur have been promoted to the roles of vice president from their former directorial positions. The software development and technology services company said Thursday Edgar will continue to manage Salient’s innovation centers and provide leadership […] More
Outgoing Washington city council member Vincent Orange has been selected as the D.C. Chamber of Commerce’s next president and CEO, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday. Andy Medici writes Orange, who currently serves as chairman of the committee on business, consumer and regulatory affairs, will continue his term as councilman until January 2017 and will take helm as D.C. […] More
Jacobs Engineering Group has appointed Steven Demetriou, company president and CEO, to take the additional role of chairman of the board and named Linda Fayne Levinson, a director at Jacobs and VendareNetblue chairman, as lead director. “The board concluded it is in the best interest of the company and its shareholders to combine the roles of chairman and CEO,” Noel […] More
