Products & Service

China-based Chongqing General Aviation has purchased four Bell Helicopter-built aircraft to for parapublic missions such as search and rescue, firefighting and other disaster management efforts. Chris Jaran, managing director for Bell Helicopter in China, said Friday the two Bell 412EPI and two Bell 407GX aircraft are intended to support the Chongqing fire protection bureau. “We needed aircraft with capabilities above […] More

Granite Telecommunications has been added to a General Services Administration contracting vehicle, through which federal agencies will have access to the company’s technology offerings. Granite said Friday the GSA contract was awarded after the agency evaluated the company’s operations, among other criteria. Rob Hale, Granite CEO, said the company aims to grow its government customer base through […] More

General Dynamics‘ Bath Iron Works subsidiary will work with L-3 Communications and Spain-based shipbuilder Navantia to create a preliminary design for the Coast Guard’s future Offshore Patrol Cutter vessel. The Coast Guard will select a competing team after the 18-month first phase to develop a detail design and build between nine and 11 ships for the planned 25-ship […] More

VMware will cloud-based desktop services on Google’s personal computer device in order to help customers update their mobile infrastructure. VMware’s desktop-as-a-service platform offering will be integrated into Google’s Chromebook devices for businesses to access Windows applications and data through the cloud, VMware said Wednesday. Sanjay Poonen, executive vice president and general manager of end-user computing at VMware, said […] More

BAE Systems and engineering partner L-3 MAS Canada have completed a maintenance contract intended to support a fleet of the Royal Australian Air Force, Australian Defence Magazine reported Friday. The companies worked to maintain and add structural refurbishments to the F/A-18 Classic Hornet fleet to keep the planes combat ready before the Joint Strike Fighter […] More

Camber Corp. has won a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract worth an estimated $20 million from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division to provide training, equipment and mechanical support for one year and two one-year option periods. The company said Wednesday it will conduct classroom, computer-based and small arms weapons training for the Navy’s Center for Security […] More

GE Digital Energy has teamed up with asset management software provider Meridium to provide utility customers with an offering to view and manage their assets and distribution network. The GE business unit will integrate distribution management software Smallworld Electric and Gas Distribution Office with Meridium’s asset performance management system to monitor asset health and functionality, […] More

DLT Solutions, a value-added reseller of Amazon Web Services and other information technology company’s offerings, has won a contract to provide cloud services to the Texas Department of Information Resources. The products and services available to Texas education and public-sector customers through DLT can be procured at volume discount pricing, the company said Tuesday. “Adding a […] More

Cybersecurity firm IID has rolled out a collaborative intelligence platform for public and private sector organizations to exchange threat information and coordinate incident response strategies. ActiveTrust features a data governance architecture intended to help an ecosystem of prescreened users control what, when, where and to whom they want to share data, IID said Tuesday. “Much […] More

FireEye has refreshed its threat prevention technology product in an effort to help customers combat attacks. The Multi-Vector Virtual Execution- Intrusion Prevention Systems security layer incorporates the company’s MVX technology and threat intelligence for users to identify and view multi-vector attacks, FireEye said Monday. Manish Gupta, senior vice president of products at FireEye, said the FireEye […] More