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The U.S. Air Force expects to approve Space Exploration Technologies to compete for military satellite launch work by mid-2015, six months later than originally anticipated, Reuters reported Wednesday. Andrea Shalal writes the Air Force said SpaceX has met 80 percent of the requirements for the company to be certified to pursue the branch’s Evolved Expendable […] More
Tammy Breene, a two-decade government consulting veteran and former technical officer at BAE Systems, has been appointed chief learning officer of Cubic Corp.‘s mission support services business. She will report to Mission Support Services President Bill Toti and work with customers to help them develop and implement training platforms, Cubic said Wednesday. In her previous […] More
David Silberstein, formerly a senior partner at Teradata‘s healthcare providers practice, has joined Leidos‘ health business as service line director for analytics. Leidos said Tuesday that Silberstein will work with colleagues, partners and clients to develop strategies that help hospitals leverage their data to bolster healthcare and business outcomes. “With significant experience in business development and […] More
(Jack London is executive chairman of the board at CACI International) Many use the start of a New Year to reflect on blessings, lessons learned and goals for the coming year. I propose that we all start the year with a new, or refreshed, commitment to good character. As we look back over the past […] More
Iridium Communications has completed the initial test phase on the primary functions of the Thales Alenia Space-developed Iridium NEXT platform software ahead of the first satellite launch this year. Iridium said Tuesday this testing phase is the first of a series of tests on the platform software’s systems integration and other functions to check Iridium NEXT’s operational autonomy. “Completion […] More
DriveSavers and GC Micro have partnered to deliver e-discovery, data recovery and digital forensics services to federal agencies under the latter’s position on the NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement IV governmentwide acquisition contract. DriveSavers said Monday GC Micro’s SEWP IV contract will facilitate government procurement of the partners’ IT products and product-based services. “Partnering with GC Micro is an honor, and we look forward […] More
A new Research and Markets report predicts that the global platform-as-a-service market will grow to $7.98 billion by 2020. The figure represents a 25.7 percent compound annual growth rate, up from a market size of $1.60 billion in 2013, Research and Markets said Monday. The market research firm attributes the PaaS market growth to the […] More
Exelis has embedded new application program interfaces into the company’s applications and systems for users to access the Helios platform. The Helios4Forecast, Helios4Apps and Helios4Enterprise APIs are designed to help weather forecasters, product managers and logistics operations managers view data on weather conditions through Helios, Exelis said Tuesday. “Our APIs… [allows] our customers to look at […] More
A camera system Lockheed Martin and the University of Arizona developed for NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope has passed cryogenic testing at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. Lockheed said Tuesday the near-infrared camera technology will act as JWST’s main optical instrument and is built to also align the primary mirror system of the […] More
Research and Markets has forecast the automatic number plate recognition systems market’s value would grow 13.5 percent annually through 2020 due to an increasing adoption of the technology for surveillance activities. The research firm said Monday ANPR technology is designed to recognize vehicle registration plates, convert license plate characters into digital records and automatically store that information […] More
Agilex has agreed to offer professional services for U.S. government customers of an Amazon Web Services cloud offering. The partnership allows Agilex to deliver consulting, development, engineering and operational services to agencies that aim to leverage the AWS GovCloud (US) system, Agilex said Tuesday. AWS designed the GovCloud region platform for public-sector organizations to transfer sensitive […] More
Mike Rogers, the former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, has started hosting this week a new nationally syndicated radio show available through Cumulus‘ Westwood One distribution platform three times every weekday. Westwood One said Nov. 6 that Rogers’ segment, called Something to Think About, will address relevant national issues as well as smaller stories that demonstrate “American exceptionalism.” “From the […] More
