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DigitalGlobe has become a partner of two companies in the Asia-Pacific in a move to expand the availability of its technological and satellite imagery products in the region. The company’s affiliation with other APAC firms and organizations have helped it obtain major deals in Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand and …

Kathy Warden, Northrop Grumman Information Systems corporate vice president and president, addressed an event Friday that marked completion of an initiative intended to improve resources and tools in cybersecurity. The ceremony recognized graduates of the Cyber Cync Program, which thec ompany helped implement with the research arm of the University …

Whitney, Bradley & Brown Inc. has held an event to provide members of the military an opportunity to spend time with their families after years of active service. The two-day event was organized as part of the Wounded Warriors initiative and featured sporting activities and other recreational activities for soldiers …

BAE Systems will help produce hydrogen-powered vehicles as part of a $13.6 million U.S. Department of Transportation program that aims to develop fuel cells for commercial use, Hydrogen Fuel News reported Sept. 16. Alicia Moore writes work on three of eight projects that the DOT selected under the initiative will take …

Alfred Grasso, MITRE CEO and president, highlighted the company’s support of a Northern Virginia Technology Council program to help veterans find civilian jobs. The NVTC aims for its Veterans Employment Training project to help former soldiers use their skills for jobs in the information technology sector, MITRE said Monday. “In …

Jay Maneyapanda of INDUS Corp. has led employees to collaborate with a religious organization to implement a social program meant to provide financial support and school supplies to 2,600 financially-disadvantaged students. Staff from the company’s Vienna, Va. headquarters worked with the Reston Interfaith Church to carry out the joint initiative with the goal of assisting …

Lockheed Martin will partner with software and systems integrator Adacel Technologies to offer an air traffic management system tool to the Australian government, Proactive Investors Australia reported Friday. Bevis Yeo writes the companies are proposing Lockheed’s Skyline Enterprise platform for a joint initiative run by Australia’s Defence Department and AirServices …

Parsons has hosted middle and high school students under a Los Angeles Board of Public Works initiative that aims to expose students to working environments in fields of architecture, construction and engineering. Four interns spent five weeks at the company’s Pasadena headquarters and sought go gain hands-on experience of operations in different …

Deloitte has been named a founding sponsor of a new academic program expected to be introduced at the business school of The University of Texas at Austin starting this fall. The company intends to provide financial aid to help develop and launch the Master of Science in Business Analytics curriculum …

Tetra Tech AMT continues to support the Federal Aviation Administration in its implementation of performance-based navigation, a platform they have co-developed under the National Airspace System modernization program. PBN has two components that manage flight schedules and coordinate routing options to help save time and fuel costs, improve airport access, and drive efficiency in …

Battelle will collaborate with two medical firms to develop a method for treating sepsis with about $22.83 million in funds coming from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Columbus Dispatch reported Wednesday. Misti Crane writes the international research and development organization has set a four-year goal to curb mortality …

Boeing and Alcoa have launched a joint program that aims to reuse eight million pounds of aerospace aluminum alloys annually, Zacks.com reported Monday. The companies will recycle scrap materials from Boeing’s manufacturing plants in Kansas and Washington. Factories of sub-contractors and third-party manufacturers will undergo closed-loop recycling processes, according to …

Siemens will help a energy company based in the U.K. implement and maintain smart meters as the utility aims to help customers know how much energy they use and reduce consumption. First Utility chose Siemens’ metering, communications and services division to help manage distribution of the devices throughout the country, First …

Siemens AG and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group have forged a technical collaboration and global competition to help cities gauge and lower carbon emissions and honor those that help mitigate climate change impact, respectively. The two entities created the greenhouse gas measurement and planning initiative to enable C40 cities …