A joint venture of Fluor and Balfour Beatty Infrastructure has won a four-year, $581 million contract from the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority to provide engineering and construction services for the Bergstrom Expressway Project in Austin, Texas. Colorado River Constructors will perform reconstruction work on U.S. Highway 183, bridges, interchanges …

The U.S. Army has conducted an initial flight test of a Northrop Grumman-built integrated air and missile defense battle command system designed to intercept and destroy ballistic missiles. The IBCS has mission control software that aims to help engagement center operators intercept missile threats, the company said Thursday. Dan Verwiel, vice …

Rockwell Collins has secured a subcontract from Boeing to provide aviation electronics equipment and engineering services for the Canadian air force’s CH-147F Chinook helicopters. The firm-fixed-price contract calls for Rockwell Collins to service the Common Avionics Architecture System displays onboard the Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft until March 2018, Rockwell Collins …

Harris CapRock Communications has secured a contract to integrate 22 telecommunications systems in order to provide video conferencing services and wireless connectivity for Hess Corp.’s offshore oil and gas field project in the Gulf of Mexico. Under the contract, the Harris subsidiary will perform equipment procurement, design detailing, engineering, factory testing and project …

A business segment of Cubic Corp. has won a potential $5.5 million contract to provide a technology for Canada’s army to tailor the C16 Automatic Grenade Launcher System for use in combat training operations. Bill Toti, president of Cubic Global Defense, said Tuesday the adaptation technology is designed to “enable soldiers to …

Serco will continue to provide air navigation services for the Baghdad International Airport under a one-year contract extension with the Iraq Civil Aviation Authority. The company will also help train air traffic controllers at the airport through 2016, Serco said Monday. David Greer, CEO of Serco Middle East, said the extension continues …

Dynetics has unveiled an online portal that aims to help companies assess cyber threats and evaluate their performance in satisfying cybersecurity goals. The web-based SelfAssure platform, launched under the Cyber RiskScope product line, is designed to generate risk profiles, graphs and recommendations on how to better protect enterprises from cyber …

AtHoc has been awarded a two-year contract extension to continue to provide unified mass notification systems for U.S. Army installations worldwide as part of the Leidos-led Emergency Management Modernization Program. Under the contract, the military branch will continue to use AtHoc’s IWSAlerts platforms to send crisis information and emergency alerts to …

MarkLogic and General Networks have forged an alliance in an effort to help corporate clients manage their data and enhance decision-making processes. Under the partnership, MarkLogic will integrate its Enterprise NoSQL database system with General Networks’ content management platforms, General Networks said Tuesday. “Coordination with companies like General Networks are essential …

The Georgia Department of Labor has started adopting an Information Builders business intelligence tool to help monitor the progress of Employ Georgia, a statewide program that intends to help unemployed individuals find jobs. The state department’s workforce solutions unit also uses the WebFOCUS platform to transmit labor statistics and trends to state …

Lockheed Martin will develop, test and update computer software on two classes of Japanese navy destroyers under a $69.7 million foreign military sales contract modification awarded by the U.S. Navy. The contract is part of Japan’s Aegis Modernization program and calls for Lockheed to perform work in Washington, D.C.; Moorestown, New …

General Dynamics Mission Systems has completed the third software update to mission computers in AV-8B Harrier II ground-attack aircraft for the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command. The software upgrade is based on the Future Airborne Capability Environment Technical Standard, which aims to improve software interoperability and portability and lessen lifecycle costs across the …

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has formally launched the three-year mission of its Soil Moisture Active Passive satellite equipped with a mesh reflector developed by a Northrop Grumman subsidiary. Northrop said Tuesday the Astro Aerospace-built mesh reflector is designed to help SMAP measure soil moisture, gather data on thawed and frozen water, and …

Cloudera has been chosen by CounterTack to equip the latter’s Sentinel endpoint big data technology with its data hub infrastructure that works to protect servers, workstations, laptops and other endpoints across corporate networks from malicious malware and potential cyber attacks. The Apache Hadoop-based Cloudera Enterprise platform seeks to support more than 100,000 endpoint deployments …

A third batch of veterans has graduated from a SAP National Security Services training program designed to help retired servicemen land information technology jobs with federal agencies and companies, the Washington Times reported Sunday. Jacqueline Klimas writes the 11-week SAP NS2 Serves course offers veterans advice on how to improve their resumes …