Jovita Carranza, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, has launched the $349B Paycheck Protection Program, an emergency loan program created last week with the President's signing of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, the SBA announced on Monday.
Read More »T-Rex Solutions’ Jason Keplinger on Role of Policy, Program, Tech in Federal IT Modernization
Jason Keplinger, chief technology officer at information technology services contractor T-Rex Solutions, told FedScoop in a video interview posted Wednesday that meaningful progress has been made when it comes to federal IT modernization driven by policy, program and technology at enterprise level.
Read More »DARPA Starts Air Warfare Systems Integration Project; John Shaw Comments
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has partnered with seven companies to build tools for distributing air warfare functions across multiple unmanned and manned platforms. DARPA said Monday it aims to blend new and existing airborne sensors, weapons, navigation, electronic warfare, positioning, navigation, communication and battle management architectures through the agency’s …
Read More »Army Announces Nat’l Winners of eCYBERMISSION STEM Student Competition
The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, on behalf of the Army Educational Outreach Program announced Friday the winners of the 2013-2014 national winners of the eCYBERMISSION competition. The Army Educational Outreach program said that the online competition, administered by the National Science Teachers Association, aims to build student …
Read More »Raytheon Tests Navy Missile’s Multi-Mode Seeker
Raytheon has demonstrated the features of a multi-mode seeker for the Navy’s Tomahawk missile under a program to update weapons technologies for long-range shooting exercises. The field test was conducted seven months after a series of laboratory trials and aimed to assess the seeker’s electronic support measuring tool for tracking and …
Read More »Air Force, Navy To Train Pilots for Lockheed’s F-35C; Lorraine Martin Comments
Lockheed Martin will provide a carrier variant of its F-35 aircraft for a joint training program of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy for pilots and seafarers. The VFA-101 Grim Reapers Squadron is meant to help air and sea-based navigators at Eglin Air Force Base control, handle and maintain the …
Read More »WBB Organizes Recreational Activities for Soldiers, Families
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 …
Read More »Mike Twyman on Northrop’s CMMI Rating for DISA Modernization Programs
Northrop Grumman Corp. has received the Software Engineering Institute’s highest rating for its implementation of two modernization programs for the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency. The company has obtained the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) for development level 5 as contractor for DISA’s a joint command and control system used …
Read More »CGI to Help British Utility Setup Smart Meter Program; Tara McGeehan Comments
CGI Group has won an eight-year, $120 million contract to help Smart DCC Ltd. deploy 53 million smart meters throughout the U.K. between 2015 and 2020. Smart DDC selected CGI to design, setup and operate a system that will work to help utilities acquire and deliver information to citizens for bill management and …
Read More »Shawna Matre of CTC Becomes Certified Safety Professional
Shawna Matre, an assistant safety and occupational health professional at Concurrent Technologies Corp., has passed examinations and met the requirements to become a certified safety professional. She will work to oversee risk management and loss mitigation programs at a corporate level, CTC said Sept. 13. Matre, who joined CTC three …
Read More »BAE Systems to Help Produce Hydrogen-Powered Buses under $13M Program
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 …
Read More »Northrop, Lockheed Continue Air Force F-16 Radar Project; Skip Wagner Comments
Northrop Grumman is working with Lockheed Martin to upgrade radars for the U.S. Air Force‘s fleet of F-16 aircraft, aiming to extend the airplane’s lifespan beyond 2025. Salable Agile Beam Radars contain mapping and auto-targeting features and are intended to upgrade the plane’s situational awareness, Northrop said Wednesday. Skip Wagner, Northrop’s ISR and targeting systems …
Read More »CA Technologies Donates $50K to Online STEM Charity; Erica Christensen Comments
CA Technologies will donate $50,000 to an online charity supports students and initiatives of underprivileged schools in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. The company will continue its partnership with DonorsChoose.org and the funds are intended for learning materials and classroom projects at schools in nine U.S. states, …
Read More »Verizon Forms Partner Advisory Council; Janet Schijns Comments
Verizon has created a new group of executives that will work to to help the company meet technology demands of medium-sized businesses in the Verizon Partner Program. E. Gene Esopi, Sova president, and Kevin Thigpen, ActSoft sales executive vice president, will serve for two years as respective chairman and co-chairman the …
Read More »Alfred Grasso: MITRE Backs NVTC Vet Employment Initiative
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 …
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