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A PaR Systems subsidiary has concluded a series of tests on an electric aircraft elevator to be installed on the USS John F. Kennedy carrier for the U.S. Navy. PaR Marine will install the elevator for carrier constructor Huntington Ingalls Industries and additional qualification tests will take place sometime in mid-2016, PaR Systems said Thursday. “Passing the performance […] More
eGlobalTech has been awarded a contract to support a Department of Homeland Security office responsible for the management of communication technologies used by emergency response personnel and other government officials. The management consulting and information technology company said Tuesday DHS’ emergency communications office helps coordinate, train and guide government agencies and industry partners. Allan Potter, eGlobalTech senior director for homeland security, […] More
Harris Corp. has secured a contract to provide U.K.-based air navigation services provider NATS a cloud-based voice over Internet protocol communications platform to support air traffic management operations in the U.K. and Europe. The contract covers the installation of the Harris-built Voice Communications System for the 21st Century at three NATS-run facilities in the U.K. […] More
Intelsat and Marlink have moved to extend their existing strategic agreement that covers connectivity services to maritime customers via the former company’s global Ku-band capacity and terrestrial network. Marlink plans to increase its throughput in order to meet end-user demand as Intelsat prepares to integrate its EpicNG satellites into a network in the second quarter of 2016, Intelsat […] More
CyrusOne has completed the steel framework for the company’s future data center campus in Sterling, Virginia. The new building will cover an area of 230,000 square feet upon its scheduled completion in the third quarter of 2016 and operate with up to 30 megawatts of power, CyrusOne said Tuesday. Tesh Durvasula, chief commercial officer at CyrusOne, […] More
Lockheed Martin has developed technology for the thermal management of high-powered microchips as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Inter/Intra Chip Enhanced Cooling Applications initiative. The company said Tuesday its microfluidic cooling system aims to increase the performance of monolithic microwave integrated circuit-based power amplifiers and embedded systems. A team of DARPA and Lockheed researchers found during a study that […] More
James Brunke, formerly a vice president at Boeing and CEO of its Shanghai aviation services business, has joined the industry advisory panel of Associated Aircraft Manufacturing and Sales Inc. The industry advisory panel will be part of AAMSI’s growth strategy, the aviation-focused small business said Monday. AAMSI works to design, produce and repair legacy electronic systems for various […] More
Mark Walsh, a top official at the Small Business Administration, will lead a fireside chat session with corporate executives and venture capitalists at the Big Idea CONNECTpreneur XVIII Forum April 28 at the Bethesda, Maryland-based Hyatt Regency. Walsh joined SBA in late 2015 as associate administrator of the office of investment and innovation, an agency component responsible for initiatives […] More
NASA has named the winners of the Small Business Industry Awards for fiscal year 2015 at the spring 2016 NASA Industry Forum meeting held Tuesday. The space agency said Wednesday this year’s awards went to Dynetics, Arcata Associates, Teledyne Brown Engineering and the Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International and Mathematical Research Inc. partnership. NASA holds the SBIA program every fiscal year to recognize the […] More
Inmarsat has received a Mobility Satellite Innovation Award from the Mobile Satellite Users Association in recognition of the company’s Global Xpress satellite communications constellation. Inmarsat accepted the 2016 Top Government Mobility Satcom Innovation award during MSUA’s inaugural awards ceremony at the four-day Satellite 2016 conference in Maryland, Inmarsat said Tuesday. Peter Hadinger, president of U.S. […] More
General Dynamics will provide lightweight two-channel radio technology to the U.S. Army through the company’s position on a potential $12.7 billion contract that the military service awarded on Feb. 26. Bill Ross, a vice president at General Dynamics’ mission systems business, said Monday the company aims to help military personnel exchange and secure tactical communications with its an […] More
Accenture‘s U.S. federal government subsidiary plans to hire up to 300 workers by the end of 2016 as the business works to expand its technology and innovation center in San Antonio, Texas. The San Antonio facility will also house an organization dedicated to SAP‘s HANA in-memory technology platform designed to help users apply analytics in functions such as logistics, […] More
