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Erickson has landed a contract to look into the concept of operations for NASA‘s third-generation Mid-Air Retrieval Project. The aviation services company said Tuesday it will study the possible use of an S-64F Aircrane helicopter to retrieve NASA vessels in midair upon re-entry to Earth’s atmosphere. Erickson’s S-64F helicopter has a payload capacity of 25,000 pounds and has been employed for […] More
Rockwell Collins and Stauder Technologies have formed a strategic alliance to create join targeting, coordination and communications services to be offered in the worldwide joint fires defense market. The partnership looks to offer products and services that will meet the demands and requirements in the defense market, Rockwell Collins said Monday. Mike Jones, Rockwell Collins […] More
PAR Technology‘s government systems subsidiary landed an approximately 42-month $3.4 million Integrated Information Management System Cyber Technology Maturation Framework contract from the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force Research Laboratory’s information directorate tasked PAR Government‘s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance team to build and sustain a cyber-systems testbed that could potentially integrate cyber defense operating concepts, PAR said […] More
Lockheed Martin has selected John Mollard, vice president of financial planning and analysis, to serve as both VP and treasurer as well as a newly elected corporate officer beginning April 4. The company said Monday Mollard will be in charge of its LMC Properties subsidiary and global banking activity and oversee treasury operations, rating agency relations, capital planning and risk management. […] More
Lockton has named Jeff Purdy as the new leader of its government contracting practice. Purdy brings Lockton more than 25 years of experience in the corporate risk management and insurance field from his previous work with government contractors, Lockton said Tuesday. “Jeff Purdy is a widely respected risk professional who understands first-hand the challenging risks that […] More
Four employees at the nonprofit technology and research organization Mitre Corp. have received the 2016 BEYA Awards for their professional accomplishments during a conference in Philadelphia sponsored by Career Communications Group. CCG presented the Senior Investigator Award to Mallik Rao and the Modern-Day Technology Leader Awards to Diane Hanf, Carla Kendrick and Gina Guillaume-Joseph during the […] More
Stanley McChrystal, a retired U.S Army general, has joined FiscalNote‘s board of directors after prior service as an adviser to the Washington-based open data services company since 2014. “Stan’s remarkable military career and exemplified leadership skills will be invaluable resources to FiscalNote as the company grows and expands into the business compliance and international law sectors,†[…] More
Intelligent Decisions seeks to provide information technology infrastructure to the U.S. Army under the potential $5 billion Information Technology Enterprise Solutions 3 Hardware contract the service branch awarded in February. The company said Tuesday it will work to meet Army requirements for Unix-based and non-Unix-based servers, workstations, storage systems, networking equipment, network printers and scanners, cables and connectors, […] More
AT&T plans to bid on task orders to provide communication services to the Defense Information Systems Agency as part of the $4.3 billion Global Networking Services contract the agency awarded in December. The company said Tuesday it can deliver software-defined networking, Ethernet, network integration as well as global and regional transport services through the contract. Kay Kapoor, president […] More
The U.K. navy used a BAE Systems PLC-built command-and-control platform to test-fire a torpedo onboard Artful, an Astute-class nuclear-powered submarine. BAE’s submarines business designed and integrated the Common Combat System in partnership with Dell, VMware and Aish Technologies, BAE said Monday. The submarine crew members used the system to process data from the vessel’s sensors, analyze sonar […] More
FireEye has launched a new cybersecurity assessment system for intended use by industrial control systems operators for technical analysis functions and to model network architectures and dataflow. The company said Monday it designed the Mandiant ICS HealthCheck service to include threat model diagrams, ICS HealthCheck reports and technical and strategic recommendations. “Cyber security threats to (infrastructure control systems) are becoming more tangible as […] More
WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff has released a guide that aims to give government officials perspective on the state of driverless vehicles and the infrastructure and policy changes that could be made in response to them. The company said Monday the guide, titled “Driving Towards Driverless: A Guide for Government Agencies” was authored by Lauren Isaac, WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff manager of sustainable transportation. […] More
