BAE Systems recently won a $173 million contract with the Brazilian navy to give design and manufacturing instructions of the 90-meter vessels to the Brazilian navy, according to the Financial Times. BAE will then hire a Brazilian firm to build the next tranche and BAE will also lend engineering support. Andrew Davies, managing director of BAE’s [...]
Five hopeful companies have made the IBM SmartCamp in Brazil finalist list after preliminary selections across eight Brazilian cities based on technology solutions they’ve developed to address issues such as food safety, traffic and healthcare.The winner will be announced on Nov. 11 in Rio de Janeiro. Camp attendees, including start-ups and senior government and business leaders from progressive [...]
For the last nine years, CH2M Hill employees have donated more than $1 million in total to the Water for People under the firm’s annual Workplace Giving Campaign. During this year’s month-long campaign alone, employees raised $223,000. The firm first hosted its Workplace Giving Campaign in 2003, raising $10,000. Employees in offices around the world, [...]
CSC has announced the acquisition of VIXIA, a Brazilian-based IT services firm that provides core operational software, business consulting and systems integration services to insurance companies, reinsurance and financial institutions. The deal will enable CSC to pursue its goal of increased presence in Latin America. During the global economic downturn of the past few years, [...]
Dell has teamed up with Forbes Woman publisher Moira Forbes to host the Dell Women’s Entrepreneurial Network event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 5-7. The event connects female founders, CEOs, business icons, experts and thought leaders who run businesses in the world’s top markets to celebrate the impact women-owned businesses have on today’s economy. [...]
After just seven more missions to the International Space Station (ISS), the Space Shuttle will retire without a replacement. Ex-Lockheed Martin CEO Norm Augustine, chair of the United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee review, has published his committee’s findings, and NASA’s budgetary future looks bleak. Augustine told PBS “the human space flight program really isn’t executable with [...]
