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CAEÂ has won $55 million in contract awards to supply full flight simulators to Air China, Garuda, Air New Zealand and an unidentified international client. The contracts are the four initial FFS sales deals the company has booked for fiscal 2015 that began April 1, CAE said Wednesday. “As demand in our commercial segment remains strong, […] More
Lockheed Martin has partnered with the Open Information Security Foundation to integrate cybersecurity standards into OISF’s open source intrusion detection and intrusion prevention platform for automated sharing of cyber threat data. The company and organization integrated TAXII, STIX and CybOX standards to the Suricata Engine in order to communicate data on cyber threats between the OISF and a “cyber sensor,” Lockheed said […] More
General Dynamics C4 Systems‘s Sectera vIPer Universal Secure Phone has been chosen by the FBI as a replacement for the old Secure Terminal Equipment phones used by federal law enforcement and national security personnel. The vIPer Voice over Internet Protocol phones are designed to secure voice and data communications and can interoperate with all government secure phones, Defense Department networks […] More
Jim Kelly, senior director for the U.S. Army business at Microsoft, said the Army’s transition to cloud computing started with enterprise email but called that move “just a stepping stone” into the future.. “The Army, like all of our Defense Department customers, is facing tremendous pressure to reduce spending, reduce headcount and gain efficiencies,†Kelly said Tuesday in a […] More
McKinsey & Co. has polled senior executives at businesses that generate more than $1 billion in revenues to examine the levels of their organizations’ research and development reallocation. Data from the research shows that annual R&D budget shifts range between 12.7 percent and 13.7 percent, on average, regardless of a firm’s innovation performance, McKinsey said. […] More
Raytheon and the U.S. Navy have demonstrated the Joint Standoff Weapon‘s air-to-ground functions by launching the weapons from aircraft flying at 25,000 feet to hit land targets. During the flight tests, two JSOW II C weapons followed the preplanned routes to reach the simulated cave targets, the company said Thursday. “Naval aviators employed JSOW’s firepower in a tactically realistic cave scenario […] More
Northrop Grumman plans to expand its Melbourne, Fla.-based manned aircraft design center with a new series of investments. The company wants to grow its Melbourne facility by 220,000 square feet and open 300 additional jobs, Northrop said Thursday. “This expansion further cements our strong partnership with Florida, and will greatly benefit our employees, customers and shareholders,†[…] More
Ronald Sanders, a corporate vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, has co-edited a book that suggests methods to help government agencies hone leadership skills and build collaborative programs to address issues such as cybersecurity, FCW reported Wednesday. Reid Davenport writes the book, titled “Tackling Wicked Government Problems: A Practical Guide for Developing Enterprise Leaders,” highlights […] More
Data from the Office of Science and Technology Policy shows that federal agencies hosted 87 technology-related prize competitions during fiscal 2013, an 85 percent increase over the prior fiscal year.. Cristin Dorgelo, assistant director for grand challenges at OSTP, wrote in a blog post that the White House has been urging agencies to use prize programs to […] More
Lockheed Martin‘s Missiles and Fire Control and Mission Systems and Training business areas have awarded 21 small business suppliers for the “outstanding quality” of their products and services to Lockheed in the past year. “Lockheed Martin’s small business suppliers are critical to helping manufacture products that support customer missions around the world,” Pat Sunderlin, vice president of […] More
Greg Yadzinski, former acting director of MacAulay-Brown‘s Commonwealth Technology Division, has been promoted as the division’s vice president responsible for its business and technology development and customer support services. He will still report to Mark Chadason, senior vice president and general manager of the company’s National Security Group, as his group serves the intelligence, defense and homeland […] More
Parsons Group President Mary Ann Hopkins will deliver remarks at Syracuse University’s commencement ceremony for graduating engineering and computer science students on Saturday. “I look forward to the opportunity to share with the engineers of tomorrow some of what I’ve learned in the last two decades and to encourage them to pursue their passion,†she […] More
