Posts from GovConDaily 01/13/2016

Stacey Dixon Joins IARPA as Deputy Director

Stacey Dixon, former deputy director of the InnoVision organization at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency , has joined the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity as deputy director…

Lockheed Martin and clean energy company Blue Earth will collaborate on a project to provide heat and power and facilitate energy savings at the Brooklyn United Methodist Church Home in New York. Blue Earth said Tuesday the project covers lighting and boiler upgrades, cooling and heating unit replacements, larger standby generators and a combined heat and power unit…

NARA’s John Fitzpatrick Joins National Security Council as Info Security Mgmt Senior Director

John Fitzpatrick, formerly director of the information security oversight office at the National Archives and Records Administration, has been named senior director for records access and information security management at the White House’s National Security Council, Federal Times reported Tuesday…

Saab to Build Additional Tactical Engagement Simulation Tech for Army

The U.S. Army has awarded a Saab subsidiary $32 million in contract options to supply laser-based simulators for two kinds of military combat ground vehicle. Saab said Tuesday its U.S. defense business will provide additional Combat Vehicle Tactical Engagement Simulation Systems to the Army after the military branch exercised the fourth and fifth options on a potential five-year, $90 million contract awarded in 2012…

DHS, root9B Partner for Critical Infrastructure Security Posture R&D

Root9B and the Department of Homeland Security have forged a cooperative research and development agreement to explore tools for the department to manage U.S.’ network defense posture as part of cybersecurity efforts…

Air Force to Receive Final C-17 Aircraft Engine from Pratt & Whitney

Pratt & Whitney is scheduled to deliver a company-built engine for the C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft of the U.S. Air Force in late January. It is the last of the 1,313 F117 production engines that Pratt & Whitney has built for the military branch, the company said Tuesday…

NOAA Receives 2nd Lockheed-Built Lightning Mapper for GOES-S Weather Satellite

Lockheed Martin has handed to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration the second Geostationary Lightning Mapper for integration with NOAA’s second Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite…