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Lockheed Martin Corp. has invested $80 million in its mission systems and training unit in Central Florida, creating up to 200 jobs, Orlando Business Journal reported Wednesday. Megan Ribbens writes the new Orlando, Fla.-based employees will work on Lockheed’s training and logistics operations for the F-35, F-16 and F-15 aircraft programs. About 7,000 employees already […] More
Serco will continue providing management support to Britain’s National Physical Laboratory under a one-year contract extension with the U.K.’s department for business, innovation and skills. The company will work with the department to transition four universities into a government-owned/contractor-operated business model, Serco said Friday. Ian Downie, managing director of Serco’s strategic partnerships unit, said the company will […] More
ETL Systems will provide its radio frequency signal distribution technology for three satellites in Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress constellation. Boeing selected ETL to supply the technology for the satellite, one of which Boeing built with 89 beams and six spot beams, ETL said Thursday. ETL’s Alto line amplifiers and RF splitters/combiners are intended for GX’s ground segment, which work to distribute RF […] More
Siemens and Shanghai Electric Group have signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese utility company Huaneng Power International to further develop gas turbine, steam turbine and wind power technology. Huaneng intends to bolster its power generation efficiency and sustainability work in the area of clean energy development, Siemens said Friday “We can look back on a long and successful partnership […] More
Jeff Curry has been appointed as a director of the governance, regulatory and risk strategies practice at Deloitte to help assist the company’s banking clients regarding stress tests, enterprise risk management and regulatory compliance. Curry has more than 35 years of experience focusing on banking risk management in the public and private sectors, the company announced […] More
Maggie Chan Jones, senior vice president of North America marketing at Level 3 Communications, has been chosen to receive a Most Powerful and Influential Women Award for 2014 from the Colorado Diversity Council. The award honors high-ranking female executives in various industries, L3 Communication announced Thursday. “This award highlights the positive impact female leaders can […] More
A Harris Corp. web-based platform has been certified by ICSA Labs to help medical practices manage electronic health records and meet the federal government’s meaningful use rules. ICSA Labs assessed and validated Harris’ FusionFX patient portal system as an Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology-authorized certification body, Harris said Thursday. “The certification […] More
General Dynamics and Stratosat Datacom Ltd. have jointly installed an initial lot of radio antennas to form a telescope array in South Africa. The MeerKAT radio telescope antennas deployed in South Africa’s Karoo region are built to receive remote radio-frequency signals, General Dynamics said Thursday. MeerKAT is slated for full installation over the next three […] More
Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies will provide NASA‘s Intelligent Systems division with research and development services under a three-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth up to $300 million. Greenbelt, Md.-based SGT will also support the NASA division’s technology infusion on missions as part of the contract, which begins April 1, the agency said Wednesday. The R&D work will be performed at NASA’s Ames Research […] More
Battelle has introduced a safety device for manufacturing and industrial facility operators to monitor hazardous airborne chemicals in the workplace. AirAlert is built to help occupational hygienists identify phosphorus and sulfur concentrations as well as detect chemical warfare agents such as nerve gas, sarin and sulfur mustard, Battelle said Wednesday. Dan Taylor, general manager for […] More
Computer Sciences Corp. and VMware will jointly offer customers a tool to migrate workloads between both companies’ respective cloud computing platforms and to conduct collaborative technical training for client-facing personnel. The companies said Thursday their hybrid cloud brokering product is intended to help users operate VMware’s vCloud Hybrid Service in conjunction with CSC’s BizCloud and CloudCompute through CSC’s ServiceMesh Agility Platform. […] More
Exelis has partnered with GeoMetWatch to develop geostationary satellite sounding instruments that would retrieve atmospheric data for weather forecasting purposes. GeoMetWatch’s partner organizations will host Exelis-made sensors on weather monitoring satellites through GeoMetWatch’s licensing agreement with the Commerce Department, GeoMetWatch said Wednesday. The Commerce Department has granted GeoMetWatch a license to operate up to six […] More
