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Saab has been selected to upgrade the live training equipment for Bulgaria’s military under a contract with the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation. Saab will integrate the deployable instrumented training system hardware into the client’s training systems, the company said Wednesday. “This contract is important in that it increases the training capability […] More
IBM and Thomson Reuters have partnered to provide IBM’s Watson cognitive technology to Thomson Reuters’ customers. Thomson Reuters will apply Watson technology to content analytics, natural language processing and evidence-based learning areas in order to assist clients in gaining insights into large volumes of data, IBM said Thursday. Mike Rhodin, a senior vice president for […] More
Intelsat General — a subsidiary of the satellite services conglomerate Intelsat S.A. — moved its headquarters in the summer of last year to Tysons Corner, Va, which also houses offices for the parent company. Kay Sears has led Intelsat General as president for 9 years and the business was one of 14 contractors selected for a potential […] More
The U.S. Army is seeking a contractor to help configure and make the AH-64E Guardian attack helicopter platform conduct missions with an unmanned aerial platform as a team. In a FedBizOpps sources sought notice published Tuesday, the Army said it also aims to embed a radar frequency interferometer and an interoperability function into the AH-64E […] More
Raytheon  has received an $18.6 million contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to implement monitoring systems along the Jordan-Syria border. The company will install sensors, cameras and barrier fences in the area for DTRA’s Jordan border security project, Raytheon said Thursday. The project aims to help Jordanian armed forces deter, detect and interdict threats. Dave […] More
Pharmaceutical Product Development will provide research and development and vaccine services to the U.S. Army and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority as part of two new contracts. The company said Thursday it will support Army R&D activities that work toward force readiness, improved health outcomes and the delivery of high-quality medical and preventative care to deployed service members […] More
Lockheed Martin has subcontracted NEC Corp. to produce Ka-band multipack converters for installation in Lockheed’s A2100 satellite bus. NEC Space Technologies will design the converter for the Arabsat 6A and Hellas-Sat-4/SaudiGeoSat-1 communication satellites, NEC said Wednesday. The equipment is set for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2016. “We are proud to contribute to Lockheed Martin […] More
Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory has conceptualized a new smartphone-based emergency alert technology that works to provide location-specific notifications to users. The lab said Wednesday the Arbitrary-Size Location-Aware Targeting concept utilizes geolocation technologies to boost the alerts’ accuracy of delivery. “ASLAT uses the location awareness of wireless devices — their internal knowledge of where they are […] More
Iron Mountain will open a new center Tuesday that will store government records for federal agencies that seek to comply with policies to reduce their physical footprints. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) is scheduled to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the federal records facility in Sterling, Virginia, Iron Mountain said Wednesday. “A well-managed offsite records management program creates more efficiency […] More
Booz Allen Hamilton will deploy tools for federal agencies to identify vulnerabilities and build their cyber defense environments under a three-year, $82.9 million task order. Booz Allen said Wednesday that the contract, awarded by the Department of Homeland Security and the General Services Administration’s Federal Systems Integration and Management Center, represents the second task order for the company under […] More
Research and Markets has reported that increased activity toward the integration of remote monitoring and diagnosis systems will drive activity in the global healthcare information technology market through 2019. The company said Tuesday its latest report predicts a compound annual growth rate of 6.44 percent for the market over a five-year period ending 2019 due to the increased IT integration […] More
Lockheed Martin has handed over the first updated PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptors to the U.S. Army. The company said Tuesday it installed new support systems, larger solid-rocket motors and control fins on the PAC-3 MSE interceptor that works to counter threats from aircraft, cruise and tactical ballistic missiles. “As enemy threats grow in number and complexity, these […] More
