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The D.C. Public Service Commission has rejected Exelon‘s proposed $6.4 billion merger with Pepco Holdings due to concerns on the latter’s potentially diminished role in the future management structure, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. Thomas Heath writes that the commission also indicated a lack of evidence to prove that the transaction will improve utilities services for consumers […] More
United Launch Alliance has worked with the U.S. Air Force to implement off-site vertical integration on the Atlas V rocket’s Centaur upper stage and other structural components. The company said Tuesday OVI works to drive down the number of lifting operations at the Cape Canaveral Vertical Integration Facility and relocate them indoors to the Delta Operations Center. These […] More
EMC has partnered with Avnet to offer the VSPEX Blue converged infrastructure appliance to Australian enterprise clients beginning in early 2015. Avnet said Tuesday it will serve as a distributor of EMC’s platform to independent software vendors, system integrators and value-added resellers throughout Australia. The companies’ agreement also covers big data, storage and cloud computing […] More
OSIsoft and root9B have forged a partnership to combine their platforms and services designed to help government and commercial clients protect their supervisory control and data acquisition platforms and other industrial control systems from cyber threats. Root9B said Monday OSIsoft will integrate its PI System open infrastructure with root9B’s technology offerings and services for malware analysis, vulnerability assessments, […] More
GE Healthcare and Temple University Health System have forged an alliance to provide radiologic imaging services in an effort to help improve clinical outcomes for patients. GE Healthcare will supply the technologies needed to update TUHS’ radiological imaging equipment and provide data storage and retrieval, service contract consolidation and consultation services, GE said Tuesday. “Like […] More
The U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has issued a request for information on existing methods for modeling and forecasting of low-frequency events. IARPA said Aug. 12 in a FedBizOpps notice it also seeks industry’s help to find alternative approaches to test and evaluate if rare event prediction techniques work. Areas of interest highlighted in […] More
The U.S. Army has test-fired a Raytheon-built missile from the service branch’s land-based Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2-I Block 1 Multi-Mission Launcher. The test sought to evaluate the capability of AIM-9X Block II missile to intercept and destroy unmanned aircraft systems and other aerial targets when launched from the ground, Raytheon said Wednesday. Mike Jarrett, […] More
Research and Markets has released a new report that predicts the computer aided design market in North America’s aerospace and defense sector will grow 4.2 percent year over year from 2014 through 2019. The report is based on industry input and market analysis, and segments the market into three-dimensional CAD and 2D CAD, Research and […] More
The University of Maryland University College will honor John Hamre and Steven Shirley at a cyber event for their contributions to the field of cybersecurity. UMUC said Friday that Hamre, president and CEO of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and former defense deputy secretary, will receive the Pioneer Award in Cybersecurity. The university […] More
Mississippi State University will host an empowerment dinner on Thursday to recognize six professionals in both the public and private sectors for their leadership, public service, vision and contributions to society. Marilyn Crouther, senior vice president and general manager for the U.S. public sector at HP Enterprise Services, will join five other awardees at the […] More
An ICF International business unit has received the 2014 Vendor of the Year for Innovation award from Amway for its work in developing the Amway MyBiz website and Amway Business Owners applications. ICF said Tuesday Amway awarded ICF Interactive the 2015 CIO Award earlier this year for its contributions in the MyBiz launch. The company utilized an agile development process, collaboration and […] More
Paul Brubaker, formerly director of U.S. federal government at mobile security services provider AirWatch by VMware, has been named vice president of strategic accounts and customer strategy at IT Cadre, FCW Insider blog reported Tuesday. He will work to help IT Cadre’s clients implement projects that seek to improve mission performance and operational efficiencies. During his tenure at AirWatch by VMware, Brubaker helped […] More
