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Boeing and Orbital Sciences have completed construction of a communications satellite scheduled for launch Dec. 19, the companies announced Monday. Orbital designed, manufactured and tested the MEXSAT Bicentenario under a contract with Boeing, who will provide two larger satellites in a series scheduled for launch in 2013 and 2014. Orbital …

The Department of Veterans Affairs will launch apps next year for employees to access patient information through mobile devices, AOL Government reports. In September, the VA awarded FirstView Federal TS with a $9.3 million contract to develop apps for use by 100,000 VA employees. Jerry Ambrosh, FirstView’s senior vice president …

Science Applications International Corp. and Motorola Solutions are partnering to offer government and enterprise customers an open architecture and mobile applications, the companies announced Thursday. SAIC said it will use Motorola Solutions’ RhoMobile Suite to give clients a path to acquiring, building and managing mobile products and systems by using …

CACI International holds a prime position on a potential $10 billion contract to provide communications devices and systems to the U.S. Army, the company announced Tuesday. The company will compete for task orders to design, produce and integrate mobile and fixed-site communications system and networks for supporting both defense and …

Deltek is predicting 2013 will see an increase in government contracting activity for social media functions in information technology, AOL Government reports. Chris Cotner writes the research firm singled out higher education, general government, economic development, transportation, social services and healthcare as areas where agencies would seek contractors for social …

Hewlett-Packard has developed new functional and mobile testing software for information technology organizations to update application development and testing processes as they deliver mobile and cloud computing applications. The company said it designed HP Unified Functional Testing 11.5 and HP UFT Mobile to automate testing earlier in the life cycle, including testing …

Harris Corp. and Lemko Corp. have signed a reseller agreement to combine two Harris-made mobile communications platforms and Lemko’s software for mobile wireless network systems, Lemko announced Wednesday. Harris will combine its KnightHawk and KnightLite cellular platforms with Lemko's ODC Distributed Mobile Wireless Network software to provide warfighters, first responders and …

Two units within the U.S. Army‘s 10th Mountain Division are the first units to receive upgrades to its mobile communications infrastructure through Capability Set 13, the Army announced Monday. The 3rd and 4th Brigade Combat Teams started training on the new equipment Oct. 1, according to the release. General Dynamics‘ …

John Stratton, president of Verizon‘s enterprise solutions business, will be nominated to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee by President Obama, the company announced Monday. The committee, formed 30 years ago, is composed of up to 30 industry senior executives representing several communications, information technology, finance and aerospace companies. Panelists …

The Defense Department is looking to industry for a wireless network that could connect motor vehicles, unmanned aircraft and troops on ground, NextGov reports.  According to a Monday request for information, the U.S. Special Operations Command wants the floating network to have minimal-fixed infrastructure and connect troops via commercial devices. …

The National Security Agency has released a version of Android that features stricter-access control policies, according to InformationWeek. Security Enhanced Android was designed to identify and address gaps in Android’s security regarding applications, including problems with malicious and bad apps. The project page says the new version will limit damage …

The Coast Guard purchased 100 units of Unisys‘ stealth solution for secure virtual terminal intended to give mobile workers secure access to Coast Guard networks and data, Unisys announced Tuesday. According to Unisys, the terminal combines the solution with a USB device certified by the federal government. The company said …

In October, the director of the National Security Agency wanted to make clear to a Baltimore audience his views on the intelligence community using cloud computing. “We need to go from our legacy databases to the cloud,“ Army Gen. Keith Alexander said. Alexander explained that cloud computing offers a better end-to-end …

The “Bring Your Own Device” trend is all the rage at workplaces across the country and IBM unveiled new social networking and collaboration applications Wednesday to help employees get on the company’s secure enterprise networks. IBM itself is also part of the BYOD trend, as previously covered here on The …

Salesforce.com recently announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Model Metrics. Salesforce.com believes the acquisition will help accelerate the company's ability to both develop and lead the social enterprise in cloud computing, by offering improved services to their customers. Founded in 2003, Model Metrics is a mobile and social cloud consulting …