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Leidos has been awarded a prime contract by the Wichita Airport Authority, formerly known as Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, to install information technology and communications systems for a new airport terminal. Contract work will take place over up to 12 months and the company will design, install and integrate network security for the new facility, Leidos said […] More
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy have demonstrated an Aegis combat system in a series of three tests for Standard Missile-6 long-range engagement. The Baseline 9 air and missile defense system onboard the USS John Paul Jones worked to identify and destroy targets during the over-the-horizon tests, Lockheed Martin said Tuesday. Jim Sheridan, director of […] More
IBM is donating $100 million in big data and analytics software and establishing programs at 100 universities in China as part of the IBM U-100 project to foster a future workforce skilled in big data and analytics. The company said Tuesday that U-100 is an extension of the existing partnership between the company and China’s education ministry and aims to train 40,000 […] More
The U.S. Air Force operated its military-code GPS signal in a jamming environment by using a Raytheon-designed receiver as the branch sought to test navigation and jamming levels. Raytheon’s Miniaturized Airborne GPS Receiver 2000 carried out satellite tracking and navigation functions during the exercise at White Sands Missile Range, the company said Wednesday. Testing work occurred during […] More
Accenture has made a series of changes in its technology organization by appointing Paul Daugherty as chief technology officer and Bhaskar Ghosh as group chief executive for technology delivery, with each move set to take effect in September. The company said Tuesday that Martin Cole will retire on Aug. 31 as group chief executive for technology. “I am delighted to […] More
Armin Groth and Maik Stoevhase have been named managing directors of L-3 Marine Systems International’s SAM Electronics business, Marine Log Magazine reported Tuesday. Groth and Stoevhase will report to Ulrich Weinreuter, president of L-3 MSI, according to the report. Groth will retain his role senior vice president of integrated systems for L-3 MSI and Stoevhase […] More
Greg McIntosh, an information technology veteran and co-founder of financial software firm Cyence International, has joined Iron Mountain as senior vice president and general manager for the company’s Canadian business. He succeeds Pierre Matteau, who will retire from the company after a 17-year career, and will lead an organization that provides data management and document […] More
Adaptive Biotechnologies has appointed Sean Nolan, a 13-year veteran at Microsoft, to fill the role of chief technology officer and serve on the company’s executive leadership Team. Nolan will oversee Adaptive’s software development and architecture, IT and automation work after previously serving as general manager and distinguished engineer for Microsoft’s HealthVault line and health solutions group. “There […] More
Patricia Walsh has joined Parsons‘Â transportation business team to serve as vice president and director of business development based in Chicago. Walsh has worked in the transportation sector for more than 18 years, with construction and engineering experience, as well as in assembly, management and oversight of technical pursuits. “Tricia brings to Parsons a wealth of […] More
Ashish Mahadwar, formerly a Cognizant senior vice president, has joined Computer Sciences Corp. as executive vice president and general manager for that company’s strategic business. Mahadwar will report to CSC President and CEO Mike Lawrie and will be responsible for promoting growth in the company’s line of big data, cloud computing and cybersecurity products and services, the company said Wednesday. […] More
Technology companies Atmel, Broadcom, Dell, Intel, Samsung and Wind River have partnered to start a consortium that will work to bolster interoperability and define connectivity requirements for products that are a part of the Internet of Things. The Open Interconnect Consortium seeks to ensure the interoperability of billions of devices that could come online by 2020, the companies said Tuesday. “Having […] More
EMC has unveiled a new enterprise-grade big data offering equipped with Pivotal HD that seeks to combine analytics capabilities and a highly scalable infrastructure. The new Data Lake Hadoop storage arrays include EMC Isilon X410 nodes that have been preconfigured for quick deployment as well as the SQL-compliant Pivotal HAWQ query tool for HDFS file […] More
