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Mary Margaret Evans, vice president of business development for the defense sector at LMI, has been appointed to the National Defense Industrial Association’s board of trustees. LMI said Monday Evans will bring her defense industry and acquisition reform experience to her role at NDIA. NDIA aims to promote the development of weapons systems, technology platforms, training […] More
Factom has been awarded the $199,000 Blockchain Software to Prove Integrity of Captured Data From Border Devices project contract from the Department of Homeland Security science and technology directorate to deliver security options for IoT Devices. The company will leverage on the Blockchain network and develop an identity log to gather device identification, including the manufacturer, available updates, […] More
The USS Zumwalt’s key functions and Raytheon-made systems underwent performance tests as the ship sailed through acceptance and builder’s trials. The company’s Total Ship Computing Environment integrated mission system and all other systems, including DDG 1000’s engineering control systems, integrated bridge, navigation and electro-optic surveillance systems, passed the performance test during the trials trials, Raytheon said Friday. Pat […] More
Mercury Systems has received a $2.8 million follow-on order from a defense contractor to produce digital processing subsystems for an unmanned airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance program. The company booked the order in the fourth quarter of its 2016 fiscal year and is scheduled to deliver the subsystems in the company’s fiscal 2017 third quarter, Mercury Systems said Tuesday. Didier Thibaud, an executive vice president […] More
Raytheon plans to recruit more than 140 employees in Pensacola, Florida, under a $1 billion cyber system support contract with the Department of Homeland Security, The Pulse reported Friday. Raytheon will conduct an open house in Pensacola to look for cybersecurity professionals, information technicians and systems engineers in support of the contract, Drew Buchanan writes. […] More
CACI International has secured a multi-million task order contract under the U.S. Army‘s Rapid Response 3rd Generation contract vehicle for continued counter narco-terrorism support for Central Command forces in Afghanistan and other combatant commands. CACI said Monday it will seek to help protect U.S. soldiers, as well as establish and support CNT networks and infrastructure in areas including program management, advisement, […] More
Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos, has begun to conduct town hall” meetings to brief approximately 16,000 employees of Lockheed Martin’s information systems and global solutions business about IS&GS’ impending merger with Leidos, Forbes reported Friday. Loren Thompson writes such efforts by Krone, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2016, aim to explain his company’s strategy behind […] More
Serco‘s North American subsidiary has won a potential five-year, $38 million contract to modernize the high-altitude electromagnetic pulse protection of Ballistic Missile Early Warnings Systems at Thule Air Base in Greenland. Serco Inc. will apply a design-build-install-test approach to update the radar system’s HEMP protection for the U.S. Air Force Space Command, the company said Friday. Dan Allen, Serco  Inc. chairman and CEO, said the contract supports the […] More
Researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology and the Office of Naval Research have developed an artificial intelligence software program the team designed to serve as a “human user manual” for robots. The U.S. Navy said Thursday Quixote will be used to teach robots how to read stories, learn acceptable behavior and ways to conduct itself in […] More
Massachusetts-based medical technology developer Hologic has received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for a device the company developed to help clinicians detect Zika virus infections. Hologic said Friday its Aptima molecular diagnostic assay is designed for qualitative detection of ribonucleic acid from the mosquito-borne virus in human blood samples. The assay is based on the company’s Panther system that works to […] More
The U.S. Navy has awarded Evoqua Water Technologies a five-year contract to provide wastewater treatment services to a naval air station located in Jacksonville, Florida. Evoqua will provide its Wastewater Ion Exchange technology for the service branch to clean inorganic and metal compounds in industrial wastewater at Jacksonville Naval Air Station, the company said Friday. The company also aims to help the Navy comply with […] More
Calibre has partnered with Information Innovators Inc. to offer a range of information technology and project management services under the Department of Veteran Affairs‘ Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation contract vehicle. Alexandria, Virginia-based Calibre said Friday it will work to support Triple-i’s position as a prime contractor for the VA’s T4NG vehicle that covers work in areas […] More
