L-3 Communications‘ link simulation and training division has won a $38.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop a flight crew training system for the service branch’s airborne warning-and-control system aircraft. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will perform work on the Diminishing Manufacturing Sources Replacement of Avionics for Global Operations and Navigation program in […] More

Iron Bow Technologies and Zipit Wireless have partnered to sell an enterprise-grade messaging tool to federal customers through two governmentwide acquisition contract vehicles. The Zipit-built Enterprise Critical Messaging Solution will work to help agencies secure data and comply with federal information processing standards, Keith Finley, director of Iron Bow’s veterans affairs and defense healthcare business, said Wednesday. Iron […] More

The U.S. Air Force has completed the first installation of Telephonics‘ AN/UPX-40 “identification friend or foe” interrogation system onto the Boeing-built E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft. Justin Oakes wrote July 28 that the Air Force will equip its entire fleet of 31 AWACS aircraft with the new interrogation system, which replaces AN/APX-103C and features Mode 5 Interrogation upgrades. Nick Grudziecki, […] More

IBM has partnered with Applied Communication Sciences and AT&T to develop a technology that aims to reduce the provisioning time for cloud computing systems from days to seconds. The companies built the cloud-based architecture through a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s CORONET program, IBM said Tuesday. DARPA aims for the industry team to commercial the […] More

Applied Communication Sciences has introduced two new mobile device offerings intended to help protect sensitive data and secure mobile networks. The company designed the ACS mobile data storage for encrypting data applications stored in smart devices and the ACS Mobile Virtual Private Network Suite for uninterrupted network connection regardless of the users location, ACS said […] More

Applied Communication Sciences has secured funding from the Energy Department to research, build and demonstrate technology intended to help prevent cyber attacks on the nation’s smart metering infrastructure. DOE has distributed $30 million in grants to awardees under an initiative to provide utilities security analytics and intrusion detection tools for detecting and monitoring threats in wireless communication […] More

Dynetics has pledged to support a new American Cancer Society (ACS) study on the environmental, genetic and behavioral factors that lead to or prevent cancer. The Dynetics Solutions Complex on 1004 Explorer Blvd. at the Cummings Research Park will serve as one of five host sites where volunteers can sign up to participate in the […] More

Applied Communication Sciences has deployed mobile monitoring probes designed to help detect potential intrusions into smart grid and advanced metering infrastructure and distribution automation networks operations. The global positioning system-enabled probes are fixed on utility vehicles to analyze field area network communication and capture locations, ACS said June 10. The new offering is part of […] More

Charles Church, formerly a vice president at Sevatec, has joined Oracle as business development manager for civilian agencies, GovCon Executive has learned. He originally joined Sevatec in January 2010 as a vice president and program executive for the Department of Homeland Security“™s Eagle II contract vehicle. According to the company, he led the pursuit of prime awards […] More

Xerox subsidiary ACS Inc. is now managing California’s Medicaid claims processing system under a $1.6 billion contract signed in 2010, the company announced Tuesday. The subsidiary assumed operational responsibility for Medi-Cal in October 2011 and has processed more than 90 million claims to date, totaling $7.5 billion. The state has nearly 7.5 million people in […] More

The state of Iowa has selected ACS Inc., a Xerox subsidiary, to help the state implement a health information exchange system, ACS announced Thursday. ACS said the Iowa Health Information Network is intended to allow doctors and other health care industry personnel to electronically transfer and store medical information. According to Dr. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, director […] More

ACS, A Xerox Company has won a six-year contract worth $14 million to design and implement an information sharing system for the state of Connecticut’s Criminal Justice Governing Board, the company announced today. ACS said the system will include a portal for agencies to access and share records. It is intended to enable 50,000 users to […] More