Jacobs has secured a potential four-year, $10 million contract to design, build and implement the National Flood Risk Assessment 2 (NaFRA2) system for England's Environment Agency, the company announced Thursday.
Read More »MBDA Taps Harris for Missile Carriage & Release Systems
Harris has received a contract from MBDA to supply carriage and release technology for the latter’s SPEAR precision strike missiles. Harris said Tuesday it will deliver four internal bay-compatible SCORPION lightweight ejection rack units for each of the weapon bays of two U.K. F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. “The MBDA SPEAR weapon, …
Read More »Leonardo to Update UK Typhoon Aircraft Defense System Under $52M Contract
Leonardo has secured a two-year, $51.7 million contract to update the threat detection system of U.K.’s fleet of Typhoon fighter aircraft, Belfast Telegraph reported Thursday. The Defensive Aids Sub System upgrade effort will help Typhoon jets carry out homeland defense missions as well as air strikes against the Islamic State militant group …
Read More »BAE Unveils Cockpit Devt & Military Aircraft Training Facility
BAE Systems has opened a new cockpit development and training facility designed to integrate gaming technologies with military aircraft simulators and Formula One engineering. The company said Thursday it worked with Williams Advanced Engineering to build the $2.9 million Training and Simulation Integration Facility at Warton village in Lancashire, England. TSIF is designed to …
Read More »AECOM to Support Multiple Highway Improvement Projects in England
AECOM has secured five contracts worth a combined $31 million to provide multidisciplinary services in support of various road modernization projects across England, Surveyor Transport Network reported Monday. Chris Ames writes the one of the contracts will require AECOM to perform operational assessments, engineering design and traffic technology services for a pair of smart motorway projects. The …
Read More »CGI to Develop Cloud-Based Flood Forecasting System for England’s Environment Agency
CGI has secured a three-year, $6.1 million contract to design and operate a cloud-based system for England’s environment agency to generate and disseminate flood forecasts. The company said Tuesday that EA’s Future Flood Forecasting System will be designed to run on Microsoft‘s Azure Cloud platform and employ rich data analysis and visualization technologies. CGI will base FFFS on the company’s Digital Insight Platform …
Read More »BT Global Services Deploys BMC’s IT Service Mgmt Platform to Support Customers
BT Global Services has deployed a BMC-built information technology service management suite to support customers such as a police force in England. BMC said Wednesday its Remedy 9 platform is designed to support the management of incidents, problems, service requests and changes through a mobile-first user experience. The Houston-based software provider added …
Read More »Tripwire Survey: 64% of IT Professionals Say Exit from EU Would Not Affect UK’s Cyber Defense Function
A new Tripwire survey says 64 percent of information technology executives believe the U.K. government’s separation from the European Union would not have an impact on the country’s function to protect its networks from potential cyber attacks. Tripwire said Monday it polled 278 IT professionals who attended the three-day Infosecurity Europe 2016 that …
Read More »Rolls-Royce to Build $43M Aerospace Disc Manufacturing Plant
Rolls-Royce will allocate more than $42.7 million in funds to build a new facility in Tyne and Wear, England that will produce fan and turbine discs for its in-service aerospace engines. The proposed manufacturing plant is part of the company’s modernization initiative for its disc manufacturing business, Rolls-Royce said Friday. …
Read More »BAE Starts F-35 Parts Manufacturing Plant Expansion in England
BAE Systems has kicked off a project to expand a company facility in Samlesbury, England, that produces rear fuselage and tail sets for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft. BAE said Monday it aims to increase production capacity at the plant by up to 250 percent after the British government committed to acquire a …
Read More »Lockheed to Oversee Highway Agency’s Applications Tower; Robert Greaves Comments
Lockheed Martin Corp. has been awarded a $5.4 million contract to maintain the applications estate of England’s Highways Agency, Government Computing Network reported Friday. David Bicknell writes Lockheed will work to provide information technology services to the Highways Agency and modernize its applications tower for two years under the G-Cloud …
Read More »General Dynamics IT Helps Launch NHS Reporting Service; Kerry Weems Comments
A General Dynamics business unit and a British government agency have launched reporting service for England’s National Health Service to use in managing payments and purchases. Around 8,500 general practitioners will use the Calculating Quality Reporting Service to manage nearly $1.8 billion in payments and implement system changes as NHS …
Read More »Accenture Health IT Report: More Than Half of US Doctors Use E-Notes
Accenture released a study analyzing how countries and health systems apply systematic approaches to healthcare information technology. In the 16-page report, authors found nearly 59 percent of U.S. physicians enter patient notes electronically and 54 percent send prescription orders to pharmacies electronically. Accenture said in a release that authors conducted more …
Read More »Suspects Nabbed for Selling Fake Olympics Tickets Online
Five people were yesterday arrested in England as part of a police operation targeting illegal cyber crime associated with next week’s launch of the London 2012 Olympic Games tickets, according to The Telegraph. Detective Nick Downing, chief inspector in charge of the so-called Operation Podium, said the aim was to …
Read More »Teenager Jailed for Refusing to Give Up Computer Password
A British teenager has been jailed for refusing to give up his computer password in connection with being questioned for suspicion of possessing “indecent child images.” The 19-year-old was originally arrested last May, and a spokesperson for Lancashire Constabulary told PC Pro the young male was questioned “on suspicion of …
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