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Exelis and partner U&U Engineering have won a more than $10 million contract to supply night vision tubes to the government of Taiwan. The companies are scheduled to deliver the tubes during the first six months of 2015 under the direct commercial sale contract, Exelis said Tuesday. “This is our first contract award of night […] More
Northrop Grumman has incorporated a reflector system into NASA’s recently launched soil moisture mapping satellite in order to help the spacecraft collect data upon deployment. The AstroMesh-Lite reflector, developed by Northrop’s Astro Aerospace company, is designed for high frequency communications and radar applications, Northrop Grumman said Tuesday. “Ultra-lightweight technology is critical to meet the demanding […] More
IBM has unveiled its new cloud-based analytics offering for the energy and utility sector that works to facilitate situational awareness and data-driven decision-making for managing the energy generation-to-distribution process. The company said Tuesday the IBM Insights Foundation for Energy platform combines data integration, visualization and analytics software to deliver insights on asset performance. “Utilities need flexible and comprehensive […] More
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract of an undisclosed value to produce five more AN/AES-1 Airborne Laser Mine Detection Systems for installation on the U.S. Navy‘s MH-60 helicopters. The company said Monday it will also provide subsystems, equipment and spares and technical support for the ALMDS mine countermeasure pods. AN/AES-1 systems are designed with pulsed […] More
The Ambit Group has received three task orders worth an estimated $28 million to provide program and project management services to several agencies within the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Today reported Monday. DHS awarded the task orders via the Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading-Edge Solutions II contract vehicle to facilitate efficiencies in information technology investments, the report said. […] More
Darrell Pope has been named vice president of flight operations for Dynamic Aviation. He most recently served at Dynamic Aviation as director of ISR flight operations and previously as ISR flight operations manager, Dynamic Aviation said Tuesday. Pope began his aviation career with the U.S. Army, where he flew rotary and fixed-wing aircraft for 28 […] More
Kelly Collins, a more than 30-year enterprise technology professional, has joined Digital Reasoning as president of the cognitive computing firm’s public sector business. Digital Reasoning also named two-decade U.S. Navy veteran Dan Dzenitis a sector vice president for business development, the company said Tuesday. Collins will oversee the organization’s customer services and strategic partnerships across […] More
Lockheed Martin has ordered radar systems from Northrop Grumman for Lockheed’s project to upgrade Taiwan’s fleet of F-16 fighter jets. Northrop is scheduled to deliver the first lot of 142 APG-83 beam radars to Lockheed in 2016, Northrop said Monday. The fire control radar is designed to provide air-to-air and air-to-ground radar functions to F-16 planes. Jeff […] More
An annual budget plan from the U.S. Air Force would set aside up to $7.1 billion for the military branch’s space programs in fiscal 2016, Reuters reported Monday. Andrea Shalal writes the Air Force plans to invest $938 million in the research, development and acquisition of a tenth Global Positioning System III satellite. The budget would […] More
DRS Technologies has unveiled a new product accreditation program in an effort to highlight the original equipment manufacturers’ products that incorporate DRS’ thermal imaging technologies. The Powered by DRS Technologies accreditation is open to OEMs that integrate DRS’ Tamarisk thermal imaging camera modules, infrared detectors and thermal systems into their products, DRS said Monday. Todd Brown, senior director for worldwide […] More
Booz Allen Hamilton has opened the company’s Southeast Asia operations hub in Singapore as part of efforts to expand its business in the region. Mike Jones, an executive vice president at Booz Allen, said Tuesday the company’s expansion in Singapore is intended to address the region’s demand for new technologies “to improve productivity.†Don Pressley, a […] More
Adobe has introduced new cloud service offerings for government customers in an effort to help public sector organizations develop and deliver content and websites to citizens. The company unveiled the product at the Adobe digital government assembly, where the company also announced tools and resources designed to complement the offerings, Adobe said Tuesday. John Landwehr, Adobe’s public sector chief […] More
