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  • Army Taps Motorola Solutions Software for VoIP Communications; Michael Thurston Comments
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    Army Taps Motorola Solutions Software for VoIP Communications; Michael Thurston Comments

    The U.S. Army has purchased a Motorola Solutions-built software platform intended to facilitate communication between disparate devices, the branch website said Thursday. The service branch will integrate the WAVE software tool with its tactical communications network to meet program requirements of the Program Executive Office Command, Control and Communications – Tactical in Maryland. WAVE is designed to convert […] More

  • Northrop Subcontracts Ferra Engineering to Produce Triton UAS Components; Ian Irving Comments
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    Northrop Subcontracts Ferra Engineering to Produce Triton UAS Components; Ian Irving Comments

    Northrop Grumman has awarded Ferry Engineering a contract to manufacture structural components for the first four MQ-4C Triton drones that Northrop is building for the U.S. Navy. Ian Irving, chief executive of Northrop’s Australian arm, said Thursday the business intends to partner with local suppliers to produce and sustain Triton unmanned aircraft systems for the […] More

  • Lockheed Tests Orion Fairing Separation System Changes; Mike Hawes Comments
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    Lockheed Tests Orion Fairing Separation System Changes; Mike Hawes Comments

    Lockheed Martin has evaluated the changes in the Orion spacecraft’s fairing separation system design. Engineers performed the tests on Orion’s new push-off springs, crew module structural attachments, star trackers and pyrotechnic variances, and higher load cases in preparation for the first exploration mission, Lockheed said Thursday. “The fairing separation is one of our very first […] More

  • Northrop Completes Deformable Mirror for Solar Telescope
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    Northrop Completes Deformable Mirror for Solar Telescope

    A Northrop Grumman subsidiary has completed its work to design a deformable mirror for a solar telescope. AOA Xinetics engineered the ground-based Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Maui, Hawaii with funds from the National Science Foundation, Northrop said Thursday. The National Solar Observatory and the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy led development work […] More

  • Navy Taps SAIC to Help Deploy New Mgmt Info System Release
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    Navy Taps SAIC to Help Deploy New Mgmt Info System Release

    Science Applications International Corp. will provide software development and other services to help deliver the U.S. Navy‘s Global-Theater Security Cooperation Management Information System Release 3 under a $11.4 million contract. The Defense Department said Thursday SAIC will carry out design, integration and testing services; technical and engineering support; configuration and program management; contract administration; and logistics services. SAIC will […] More

  • CACI’s Jack London: Character, Integrity Keys in Contract Mgmt Operations
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    CACI’s Jack London: Character, Integrity Keys in Contract Mgmt Operations

    Jack London, CACI International‘s executive chairman and chairman of the board of directors, said during a keynote speech Wednesday at a National Contract Management Association event that ethical practices are fundamental to the government contracting process. “Trust, confidence, and integrity are what drive successful contract management … and they are driven by character,” London told […] More

  • Raytheon|Websense Study: Many US Firms Blame Employee Errors for Insider Threat Cases
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    Raytheon|Websense Study: Many US Firms Blame Employee Errors for Insider Threat Cases

    A Raytheon|Websense-commissioned study has revealed that unintentional human mistakes are the primary cause of many information technology security incidents at U.S. and German companies. Seventy-percent of U.S. security professionals surveyed by Ponemon Institute attributed employee negligence to insider threat cases and 64 percent of German security personnel acknowledged the problem during the survey, Raytheon|Websense said […] More

  • Pentagon Taps IBM for Finance System Integration Project
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    Pentagon Taps IBM for Finance System Integration Project

    IBM has won a $23.1 million contract from the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency to help consolidate budget, accounting and finance management systems at the Defense Department. The company will provide technical and functional support services for the Defense Agencies Initiative under the cost-plus-incentive-fee and firm-fixed-price contract, DoD said Thursday. The program’s goal is to leverage […] More

  • Neustar Adds Deborah Rieman, Paul Ballew to Board; Lisa Hook Comments
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    Neustar Adds Deborah Rieman, Paul Ballew to Board; Lisa Hook Comments

    Neustar has appointed Deborah Rieman of Metamarkets and Paul Ballew of Ford Motor Company as new members for its board of directors. “They both bring a wealth of expertise in identity management, customer analytics, marketing and security services,” Lisa Hook, president and CEO of Neustar, said Thursday. Rieman, executive chairman of Metamarkets, has served as CEO of Check Point Software and […] More

  • Daniel Collins Joins Cubic as Urban Insights VP, GM; Matt Cole Comments
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    Daniel Collins Joins Cubic as Urban Insights VP, GM; Matt Cole Comments

    Daniel Collins, formerly senior solutions executive at IBM, has joined Cubic Corp. as vice president and general manager of the company’s Urban Insights subsidiary. He will report to Matt Cole, executive vice president of strategy and business development for Cubic Transportation Systems, Cubic said Thursday. “Dan’s tremendous experience and knowledge in this field will be […] More

  • Boeing to Relocate Aircraft Sustainment, Modernization Division in Oklahoma City
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    Boeing to Relocate Aircraft Sustainment, Modernization Division in Oklahoma City

    Boeing has begun construction work on a new facility in Oklahoma City as part of its plan to move the aircraft sustainment and modernization division’s headquarters there. The company said Wednesday it will open the 290,000-square-foot building in the summer of 2016 to accommodate personnel involved in research and development and engineering operations. Leanne Caret, president […] More

  • TCS Adds 14 US, 9 Foreign Patents in 2Q; Maurice Tose Comments
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    TCS Adds 14 US, 9 Foreign Patents in 2Q; Maurice Tose Comments

    TeleCommunication Systems has added 14 U.S. patents and nine foreign patents for public safety, location-based services, GIS/mapping, messaging and wireless data technology during the second quarter of its current fiscal year year. The company said Thursday it purchased two of the new U.S. patents while the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued the other 12 U.S. patents. “This patent portfolio protects […] More