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Northrop Grumman has installed a virtual instance of a common imagery processor in the company’s Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota. The company said Thursday the U.S. Air Force issued a requirement for Global Hawk sensor operators to process and display real-time visual data that is relayed to […] More
Deloitte and software firm XTec have been awarded contract extensions for an undisclosed amount to continue providing biometric and credentialing tools to the Department of Homeland Security, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Aliya Sternstein writes the two companies were given another 12 months to help oversee the agency’s smart ID card program. The Deloitte task order includes […] More
Salient Federal Solutions will host the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission‘s data center operations in a cloud computing environment under a potential five-year, $4 million contract. The company will use a managed services environment to host the commission’s telecommunications and e-government applications, as well as help migrate and integrate the EEOC’s systems into a cloud platform, Salient […] More
Darren McGrath of Unisys said a new study suggests that companies with a “holistic” approach to their mobile strategy may have a greater chance of reaping its advantages to the fullest, Mobility Techzone reported Feb. 13. Joe Rizzo quoted McGrath, global director of mobility solutions at Unisys, as saying this “concerted†effort would demand participation […] More
General Atomics systems integration has opened a program office in Warner Robins, Ga., to meet the needs of its Robins Air Force Base clients, the company said Wednesday. The General Atomics affiliated company delivers aeronautical engineering and maintenance services to clients such as the system program offices for the F-15,  C-130 and other aircraft. “GA-SI’s […] More
Parsons worked with UXB International and Dynasafe International under a U.S. government program to help secure then destroy chemical weapons in Libya, as a prime contractor in the Cooperative Threat Reduction Integrating Contract II. The Nunn-Lugar CTR Program was funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and tasked Parsons with securing the weapons storage facility and destruction area, […] More
Raytheon’s Space and Airborne Systems division has joined the Satellite Industry Association, a commercial satellite trade group, Satnews reported Tuesday. SIA is the voice of the U.S. satellite industry and attempts to affect policy, regulatory, and legislative issues. Patricia Cooper, president of SIA, noted the company’s commercial and government solutions in environmental sensing and space situational […] More
IBC Engineered Materials will design, manufacture and work to implement a hard tooling method for sensor technology used on the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jet. IBC-EMC, a subsidiary of IBC Advanced Alloys, will aim to establish Beralcast castings for the jet’s Electro-Optical Targeting System optical components under a subcontract awarded by Lockheed, IBC said Tuesday. The […] More
IBM will collaborate with George Mason University to research cybersecurity developments in the electric power industry to develop plans for policy and grid management part of IBM’s Shared University Research Award program. GMU said Wednesday professors specializing in management, engineering, homeland security and public policy will look into cyber matters related to smart grids and report […] More
Intel has launched a new processor family as an update from a previous generation with additional features designed to process large amounts of data and identify insights for business strategies. The Xeon processor E7 v2 processor family is built with a memory capacity of up to 1.5 terabytes per socket and works to support to 15 processing […] More
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
Cisco has launched the Evolved Services Platform and two virtual service modules in an effort to support the virtualization strategies of service providers for the Internet of Everything. The company intends for the ESP to help address concerns regarding virtualization on network infrastructure and operations, Cisco said Tuesday. “Service providers globally view virtualization not just to reduce […] More
