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Cubic has joined a global group of organizations aiming to promote corporate sustainability in line with the United Nations.

William Eggers and Max Meyers of Deloitte wrote in an FCW article published Thursday that federal agencies can “spin in” commercial technological capabilities by implementing four investment strategy models used in the venture capital market.

Steve Priestley, director of mine action programs at Janus Global Operations, joined a panel discussion during the Middle East Institute’s inaugural conference on explosive hazard removal efforts held on Sept. 13 in Washington, D.C. “Our purpose is to help people displaced by conflict resume their normal lives,” Priestley said in …

On Thursday, Inmarsat announced it signed a contribution agreement supporting the United Nations’ Crisis Connectivity Charter, which directs participants to dedicate satellite equipment and network volume for humanitarian and emergency response. The agreement with the World Food Programme , on behalf of the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster, is meant to improve the humanitarian response …

A Leonardo-built family of unmanned aircraft systems has achieved more than 15,000 hours of operational flight with five international customers. Leonardo said Monday the Falco line of remotely-piloted air vehicles first flew in 2003 and has since expanded to include more than 50 RPAs that conduct surveillance and intelligence-gathering worldwide. Customers …

The United Nations Statistics Division has partnered with Esri in an effort to help UN member states implement a data respository for assessing, monitoring and reporting sustainable development goals. Esri said Monday the Federated System for the SDGs is based on the company-built ArcGIS mapping platform and designed to process location intelligence data. Gregg Scott, inter-regional adviser …

Pentagon Performance Inc. has received a notification of consideration for a potential $50 million contract from the United Nations to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services to the UN’s peacekeeping effort in the Republic of Congo. PPI seeks to deploy its SureCam medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system to help address surveillance and detection requirements of …

Intelsat CEO Stephen Spengler has been appointed a commissioner of a United Nations-backed organization that aims to advance the use of broadband technology at developing countries and underserved communities. Spengler has indicated he will support the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development’s efforts to collaborate with the public and private sectors …

Janus Global Operations has trained a group of Ukrainian military and defense personnel on landmine action quality management strategies as part of a two-month project the company carried out for a nonprofit mine-clearance organization. HALO Trust collaborated with JGO to develop training curriculum that encompassed  manual and mechanical techniques for battle area clearance, explosive ordnance …

IBM and AECOM have collaborated to develop a new United Nations scorecard designed to help local government agencies and cities build up resilience and reduce risks associated with natural disasters and climate change. Both companies worked with the U.S. Agency for International Development and the European Commission to create the UN Disaster Resilience …

David Walker serves as senior strategic adviser for the public sector practice at PwC’s U.S. arm. In this capacity, the 40-year audit industry veteran offers advice to senior government officials and PwC executives on public sector and financial restructuring issues. Before he joined PwC in 2015, Walker served as the …

Sierra Nevada Corp. has inked a memorandum of agreement with the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs to collaborate on the development of space experiment opportunities for U.N. member states. The U.N. said Tuesday UNOOSA and SNC will team up to set up a multicountry space mission opportunity for member states to …

Ericsson and the Brazilian communications ministry have partnered to establish a laboratory to explore the potential applications of Internet of Things technology in agriculture, rainforest protection, disaster monitoring and prevention and energy production. The company said Monday the Networked Security Lab will be part of the Ericsson Innovation Center that aims to drive IoT innovation …

Retired U.S. Army Gen. Walter Sharp has joined the defense and intelligence advisory board at audio-visual technology manufacturer Thinklogical . The former United Nations Command commanding general becomes the board’s sixth member and will work to help the company build up its relationships with government, military, intelligence and homeland security customers, Thinklogical said Wednesday. Joe Paper, …

AECOM has won several awards from two publications in recognition of the company’s work on various environmental remediation and climate adaptation projects globally. The Climate Change Business Journal recognized AECOM with Climate Adaptation and Resilience industry leadership and project merit awards for its support of domestic and international 35 projects, including an effort to protect Florida’s Miami …