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Raytheon‘s tactical control system was designed to operate drones in all branches of the U.S. military and the TCS is now receiving a software upgrade, according to a Military Aerospace article. John Keller writes that Raytheon Technical Services is poised to switch the software on the control system from Solaris to Linux software as well as upgrade the […] More
Raytheon will research and develop new cyber operations strategies for a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program under a $9.8 million contract. The company will identify approaches that are intended to help Defense Department to execute and assess cyber missions under DARPA’s Plan X program, Raytheon said Thursday. Jack Harrington, vice president of cybersecurity and special […] More
Sidra Berman, most recently head of market management operations at Savi Technology, has been promoted to serve as the company’s vice president of marketing. She will report directly to President and CEO Bill Clark and have responsibility for implementing strategies to help the company expand into new markets and build brand awareness, Savi said Wednesday. […] More
IBM has launched several information technology programs in Africa to build a workforce with next-generation IT knowledge and skills and contribute to the continent’s economic development and growth, IBM said Thursday.  “Leaders in business, education and government agree that enabling the existing and future workforce to perform at the cutting edge of technology trends such as […] More
Robert Hoffman, formerly government relations senior vice president at the Washington-based Information Technology Industry Council, has joined Motorola Solutions as corporate VP and government affairs lead. He will report directly to Mark Hacker, general counsel and SVP of legal and government affairs, and be based at Motorola Solutions’ office in Washington starting in March, Motorola Solutions […] More
Intel’s board of directors has appointed five new corporate vice presidents with additional responsibilities in various business groups units within the company, Intel said Thursday.  As general manager of the wireless platform research and development group in the platform engineering group, Aicha Evans works on wireless engineering.  Suzan Miller and Steven Rodgers are both deputy […] More
Deborah Doyle McWhinney, former CEO of CitiGroup‘s global enterprise payments business, has joined Fluor Corp.’s board of directors, Fluor said Thursday. Prior to Citi, McWhinney was president of Schwab Institutional, a division of Charles Schwab, Inc. where she was responsible for the global risk committee. “The perspectives we will gain from her experience in banking, finance and government […] More
Mobile operators are increasingly looking to real-time analytics as a means to help customers address issues with their devices as service providers aim to proactively address those situations and deliver a positive customer experience, Razorsight CEO Charlie Thomas has told Pipeline. Action on the part of operators would occur before a customer files a complaint, […] More
A team of Praescient Analytics researchers collaborated with a university research center during the week leading up to Sunday’s Super Bowl to study sex and drug trafficking in New Jersey and New York, Bloomberg reported Jan. 31. Michael Riley writes the company’s team worked to collect Internet data on telephone numbers and coded language used […] More
Several Sotera Defense Solutions platforms have been included in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s online database of open-source software programs. The company’s contributions to the database include the Zephyr big data tool, Spark MicroPath analytics system and Louvain Modularity method, Sotera says. DARPA launched the Open Catalog website Monday to share technologies and research data […] More
Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ shipbuilding division has acquired a Moss Point, Miss.-based property and plans to modify the site into a warehouse facility. The 12.26-acre property is scheduled to start operation in the fall after it undergoes renovation, Huntington Ingalls said Wednesday. “This purchase is another component of our strategy to consolidate facilities,” said Irwin Edenzon, […] More
Xerox researchers have designed a medical technology that uses a video camera and analytics software to track a patient’s vital signs. The Xerox Innovation Group is testing the wireless patient monitoring system at the Manipal University Hospital in India and University of Rochester Medical Center in New York, the company said Thursday. “This research can […] More
