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  • Dennis Kelly: A-T Solutions to Launch New Mobile Data Collection Tools
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    Dennis Kelly: A-T Solutions to Launch New Mobile Data Collection Tools

    A-T Solutions is participating at Fed Summits‘ 2014 Federal Mobile Computing Summit this week in Washington, where CEO Dennis Kelly said the company will unveil its new mobile data collection tools. The company said Wednesday it will showcase the new Data Collection Toolkit and release the “Top Three Ways In-Field Data Collection Helps Achieve Urgent Objectives” white paper. A-T Solutions wrote […] More

  • Andrew Tyler: Northrop in Talks With Potential Global Hawk Buyers in Europe
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    Andrew Tyler: Northrop in Talks With Potential Global Hawk Buyers in Europe

    Andrew Tyler, CEO of Northrop Grumman‘s businesses in the U.K. and Europe, said that three European nations are interested in buying Global Hawk surveillance drones from the company, Reuters reported Wednesday. “At the moment I would say that the hottest three (potential European buyers) are Germany, U.K. and Norway, in the sense that we’ve got […] More

  • SAP HANA Software Gets 3,600 Users
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    SAP HANA Software Gets 3,600 Users

    SAP SE has reported that the number of clients that use its SAP HANA information technology solutions platform has reached more than 3,600 to date. SAP HANA combines multiple business processes in one simplified system in real time, with customized solutions based on specific IT requirements intended to lower overhead costs and open new revenue […] More

  • Michael Baker International to Build U.S. OSCE Offices
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    Michael Baker International to Build U.S. OSCE Offices

    The State Department has awarded Michael Baker International a contract to build the U.S. headquarters for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The work will include construction and engineering services in compliance with OBO objectives for U.S. facilities in their host countries, the company said Friday. Baker indicated that the OSCE offices will occupy […] More

  • NSA Certifies Harris Falcon III Manpack Radio; George Helm Comments
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    NSA Certifies Harris Falcon III Manpack Radio; George Helm Comments

    Harris Corp. has attained certification from the National Security Agency for the company’s new multi-channel manpack radio system. Harris will be able to deploy Falcon III RF-340M radios up to the Top Secret level of secure voice and data communications under the Type-1 certification, the company said Wednesday. The Army intends to use the multi-channel manpack in its […] More

  • Lockheed Puts New Northrop AESA Radars In F-16V Jet
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    Lockheed Puts New Northrop AESA Radars In F-16V Jet

    Lockheed Martin has completed the integration of Northrop Grumman‘s Scalable Agile Beam Radar into the F-16V aircraft as part of a design review stage in the U.S. Air Force‘s F-16 modernization program. Lockheed said Wednesday that the active electronically scanned array radar meets its requirements and those of the Air Force as they aim to launch the F-16V variant in Taiwan. Other updates to Taiwan’s fleet […] More

  • InfoZen Moves NASA Web Portals, Apps to Amazon Cloud; Roopangi Kadakia Comments
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    InfoZen Moves NASA Web Portals, Apps to Amazon Cloud; Roopangi Kadakia Comments

    NASA has partnered with cloud services provider InfoZen to migrate several of the space agency’s public-facing websites and applications to a cloud computing environment. InfoZen moved 110 online NASA portals into an Amazon Web Services-powered, open-source content management platform within 22 weeks under the NASA WESTPrime web migration contract, InfoZen said Wednesday. “WESTPrime provides a […] More

  • Research and Markets: APAC, Middle East to Lead Global Ammo Market by 2020
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    Research and Markets: APAC, Middle East to Lead Global Ammo Market by 2020

    A new Research and Markets report forecasts a 4.2 percent compound annual growth rate for the global ammunition market by 2020 due to modernization programs and ongoing conflicts in some parts of the world. The market research firm said Tuesday that ATK, BAE Systems, General Dynamics, Nammo and Raytheon could lead the market as it shifts focus from the west to Asia-Pacific and the Middle […] More

  • TSA Certifies Eid Passport ID Mgmt Offering; Steve Larson Comments
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    TSA Certifies Eid Passport ID Mgmt Offering; Steve Larson Comments

    Eid Passport has obtained a certification from the Transportation Security Administration for the company’s identity management tool following tests and demonstrations. TSA has placed Eid Passport’s RAPID-RCx program on the agency’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential Qualified Technology List, Eid Passport said Tuesday. “We now offer maritime terminal operators a unique, portable solution through our RAPID-RCx program and […] More

  • Battelle to Help Build Army Weapons, Equipment
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    Battelle to Help Build Army Weapons, Equipment

    Battelle holds a position on a potential five-year, $300 million contract to help the U.S. Army develop and test munitions, explosive detectors, mobile robots and other military systems. The Army selected Battelle as one of seven contractors for the branch’s Rapid Prototyping and Technology Insertion program, the company said Tuesday. A Battelle-led industry team and […] More

  • Air Force Used Cobham In-Flight Refueling Tool for South Sudan Rescue Mission
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    Air Force Used Cobham In-Flight Refueling Tool for South Sudan Rescue Mission

    Cobham’s air-to-air refueling system has worked to facilitate in-flight refueling for three Bell–Boeing CV-22 Osprey aircraft of the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command under attack during a rescue mission in South Sudan. The CV-22s sustained substantial system damages from attacks by hostile forces after the AFSOC rescue team tried to leave a UN compound […] More