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Shawn Bergquist Named Rockwell Collins’ Intertrade Subsidiary Director; Thierry Tosi Comments

Shawn Bergquist has been appointed to lead Rockwell Collins‘ Intertrade subsidiary as director, effective immediately. Bergquist will handle the company’s overall business and work to evaluate new business opportunities in his new role, Rockwell Collins announced Monday. He will also oversee strategic planning, supply chain management and market and competitive analysis. Thierry Tosi, vice president […] More

by Neel Mehta March 5, 2014, 12:00 am
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John Donovan: AT&T Announces Cloud Vision

AT&T is taking first steps in transformingÂ its network into a data center, according to a gigaom article. AT&T has started working withÂ Affirmed Networks to replace its LTE mobile core with a virtualized core. â€œWeâ€™re calling it the â€˜User-Defined Network Cloud.â€™ What does this mean for our customers? For one, this vision is focused on allowing […] More

by David J. Barton March 4, 2014, 3:59 pm
in Government Cloud, News

Peter Weber: Carpathia, VMware Team Aims for New Hybrid Federal Cloud to Fulfill FedRAMP

VMwareÂ andÂ CarpathiaÂ will collaborate to provide federal agencies a hybrid cloud computing service as both companies seek to acquire an authority-to-operate provision under the governmentwide FedRAMP program. The VMware vCloud Government Service will be designed to run legacy and new applications in order to help agencies extend their data centers into a cloud computing environment that holds […] More

by Ross Wilkers March 4, 2014, 3:31 pm
in News, Products & Service

Energy Software Company Opower to Become a Public Company

Opower, an energy software company based in Arlington, Va., has filed documents to become a public company and plans to raise $100 million, according to a Gigaom article. Opower was founded in 2007 by Alex Laskey and Dan Yates and works withÂ utilities to make products such as itemized energy bills, emailed energy efficiency tips and […] More

by David J. Barton March 4, 2014, 3:29 pm
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Facebook to Buy Titan Aerospace to Provide Internet Connectivity Around the Globe

Facebook is in talks to buy Titan Aerospace for $60 million, according to a TechCrunch article. Sarah Perez writes that Facebook would like to build 11,000 drones in order to blanket parts of the earth that currently do not have internet access, with connectivity. Facebook will utilize Titan Aerospace’sÂ Solara 60 for the project, according to […] More

by David J. Barton March 4, 2014, 3:04 pm
in Mobility, News

IBM to Tap Mobile Software Makers for Watson Project

IBM will seek the help of software developers worldwide to make mobile applications that use Watson’s data analysis and machine learning tools, Wired reported Feb. 26. Klint Finley writes that theÂ IBM Watson Mobile Developer ChallengeÂ will kick off March 31 and the company will select 25 finalists to use Watson’s developer application programming interface in order […] More

by Ross Wilkers March 4, 2014, 2:54 pm
in Big Data & Analytics News, News

Ball Aerospace, Infoscitex Picked for Air Force Lethality R&D IDIQ

Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. andÂ Infoscitex will compete for task orders to perform research and development work in areas of warfighter lethality and combat survivability for the Air Force under a potential six-year,Â $60.1 million contract. The Air Force Research Laboratory received three offers for theÂ indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract as the 711th Human Performance Wing pushes to use […] More

by Ross Wilkers March 4, 2014, 2:20 pm
in C4ISR News, News

Jack Dorsett: Northrop Extends Three Decades of Navy Combat Training Systems Design Work

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a potential $33 million task order to design and build training systems for the U.S. Navy to prepare sailors for navigation and weapons launching activities. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center selected Northrop for the order under the SeaPort-eÂ contract vehicle, Northrop said Tuesday. Work will also include system analysis, product assurance, […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman March 4, 2014, 1:14 pm
in Industry News, News

SpaceX to Test Thales-Built Simulators for Iridium NEXT Satellites; Scott Smith Comments

Thales Alenia Space has developed simulation systems that will be used by Space Exploration Technologies Corp. in the testing phase of communications satellites for Iridium Communications‘ next-generation constellation. SpaceX was chosen to help launch Iridium NEXT satellites into space with a Falcon9 rocket under a $453.1 million contract between both companies, Iridium said Tuesday. “With […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman March 4, 2014, 12:42 pm
in Big Data & Analytics News, News

Jim McCoy: Raytheon-PASSUR Team to Help Air Traffic Managers Use Data Analytics

Raytheon has signed a cooperative agreement with PASSUR Aerospace to jointly develop analytics-based tools for airline, airport and control tower operators to manage air traffic data. The alliance seeks to combine Raytheon’s ATM systems and PASSUR’s decision support software that is built with business intelligence and predictive analytics technology, Raytheon said Monday. “We are using […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman March 4, 2014, 11:11 am
in News, Products & Service

Jacobs Engineering to Support PennDOT Intelligent Transportation Systems; Randy Pierce Comments

Jacobs Engineering Group has been awarded a contract to provide design, system integration andÂ communication network andÂ construction management support services for theÂ Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’sÂ intelligent transportation systems, JacobsÂ said Tuesday. Randy Pierce,Â Jacobs group vice president, saidÂ the contract continues the company’s relationship with PennDOT. He added that the company has been providing similar services since 2008. Jacobs is […] More

by Elizabeth Leigh March 4, 2014, 10:33 am
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Tom Watson: SAIC Aims to Help SSC Atlantic Gain Interoperability Under ISR Task Order

Science Applications International Corp. will help the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic manage production engineering and logistics for the branch’s Distributed Common Ground System under a potential one-year, $13 million task order. Tom Watson, senior vice president and general manager of SAIC’s theÂ NavyÂ andÂ Marine Corps customer group, said Tuesday the company will work onÂ system […] More

by Elizabeth Leigh March 4, 2014, 10:01 am