BAE Systems has worked with small and medium enterprises, academia and government entities to support the development of emerging and disruptive technologies. Andy Wright, strategic technical director at BAE, wrote in a blog post published Monday that organizations and academic institutions should combine skill-sets and expertise to help create new technologies for military customers and governments. “Bringing […] More

Approximately 40 private sector firms have started to receive data on cyber threat indicators from the Department of Homeland Security through the Automated Indicator Sharing network, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday. Nicole Ogrysko writes that one company has begun to secure and share information on cyber vulnerabilities with DHS through the AIS network. DHS introduced AIS […] More

Lockheed Martin has started the construction of a training center focused on the C-130J Super Hercules airlifter and LM-100J commercial freighter at a site in Marietta, Georgia. The Hercules Training Center will work to train future air mobility pilots and crews for the C-130J and LM-100J and feature classroom space, training devices and a reconfigurable C-130J/LM-100J full-mission simulator, Lockheed said Tuesday. Sandy Samuel, […] More

Lockheed Martin and StemRad have started to study the potential application of StemRad’s radiation shielding technology to deep-space operations. The goal is to modify StemRad 360 Gamma into a radiation protection system that is intended to help protect astronauts during missions, Lockheed said Monday. Randy Sweet, business development director for civil space at Lockheed Martin, said the company […] More

Randy Wotring joined AECOM upon that company’s estimated $4 billion acquisition of URS Corp. in late 2014 and now holds the title of group president of management services at AECOM. The 30-year public sector and infrastructure veteran led URS’ federal services arm for 10 years as president prior to the transaction. Wotring discussed the integration of URS […] More

FLIR Systems Inc. has been awarded a $51.1 million follow-on order to produce chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives threat response systems for the Defense Department. The systems are designed to help U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and civil support personnel evaluate sites and handle missions, FLIR Systems said Thursday. FLIR Systems will build […] More

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has received the go-ahead to start building NASA’s Solar Probe Plus spacecraft following a critical design review of its full mission plan by an independent agency panel. The plan includes how the SPP team will perform construction and testing of the spacecraft tasked to study the outer atmosphere […] More

Randy Fuerst, a nearly three-decade GovCon veteran, elevated to the CEO post at Reston, Virginia-based Oceus Networks earlier this year from his prior chief operating officer role there. He joined the broadband technology contractor in 2011 from CACI International, where he served as that company’s COO. Fuerst recently caught up with ExecutiveBiz to discuss wide-ranging topics […] More

IBM has debuted an entrepreneurial program with the goal of helping technology startups and developers access cloud development tools and bring new offerings to the cloud market more quickly. The Global Entrepreneur Program for Cloud Startups initiative gives entrepreneurs a chance to leverage a suite of IBM platforms designed to help users build cloud-based applications […] More

IBM will not make the Watson cognitive computing system a large portion of the proposal that company and its partner Epic will provide to the Defense Department for the agency’s potential 10-year, $11 billion electronic health records contract, an IBM official has told the Washington Post. “We’re going to bid what the government asks for.. right now they’re asking […] More

AT&T has moved to grow its cloud ecosystem with the addition of Hewlett-Packard’s cloud services offerings. Clients of AT&T will gain access to HP’s Helion cloud portfolio through AT&T NetBond by using virtual private networks, AT&T said Monday. Andy Geisse, CEO of AT&T Business Solutions, said the company intends to meet customer demand for security […] More

Amazon Web Services has moved to introduce its cloud-based services in China in an effort to help address market demands, Xinhuanet reported Thursday. Meng Jing writes AWS will kick off its cloud-computing services in the country with a limited preview early in 2014. Andy Jassy, senior vice president of AWS, told a recent Beijing conference […] More