General Electric (NYSE: GE) has won a position on a potential $409 million U.S. Air Force contract to research and develop thermal, power and controls systems for aircraft engines and airframes. The Defense Department said Wednesday the Next Generation Thermal, Power, and Controls program is a multi-agency and industry effort that seeks to...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 19, 2017 ” Melvin Greer, chief data scientist for Intel‘s (Nasdaq: INTC) public sector business in the Americas, has said disruptive technologies such as data analytics, machine learning, cognitive computing and artificial intelligence build on government services through operational effici...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 19, 2017 ” Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, has said the Defense Department and other federal agencies are pursuing policies to drive partnerships with the commercial satellite communications sector to boost U.S. space capabilities, ExecutiveBiz reporte...
Army lasers, which previously had between 5 to 10 kilowatt strength, will be amplified to 50 to 100 kW weapons that could char helicopters and even small, fixed-wing aircraft, reports Breaking Defense. A truck-fired 50 kW weapon, an upgrade of the 10 kW HEL-MTT, will be tested next-year, while an 100 kW weapon on mobile...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 19, 2017 ” CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has added BroadSoft‘s cloud-based unified communications-as-a-service platform to its public sector offerings under the General Services Administration‘s Information Technology Schedule 70 contract vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. BroadSoft Government Cloud power...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 19, 2017 ” CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has promoted Matthew McFadden from chief technologist for the Defense Innovation Cell to cybersecurity service area director within the company’s digital consulting group, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. The company said Monday McFadden will work to expand its cyber consult...
The U.S. Digital Service released its first report to Congress under the Trump administration, detailing its progress on 10 projects to modernize digital functionality within Federal departments. Projects include the General Services Administration™s common identity project login.gov, modernizing the Small Business Administration̵...
Randy James, formerly vice president of cyber at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), has joined ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) as senior VP and general manager of the enterprise cybersecurity and resilience business. James will oversee ICF™s strategy to help organizations counter cyber threats without causing disruption to growth ef...
Cubic (NYSE: CUB) has wrapped up its purchase of U.K.-based radio and antenna communication platforms provider Deltenna for an undisclosed sum in a push to build up wireless communications capabilities for training and tactical applications. Deltenna designs and produces rugged antennas, broadband range extensions, Long Term Evolution base stat...
Bruce Stanski, president of Fluor‘s (NYSE: FLR) government group since March 2009, has been promoted to chief financial officer of the Irving, Texas-based construction and engineering services contractor in a move that takes effect Aug. 4. Fluor said Tuesday Stanski will oversee the company’s finance, audit, investor relations,...
