The Naval Sea Systems Command has developed a van that uses solar power for its computers and communications equipment while the vehicle is supporting disaster relief efforts, according to GCN. The van has a high-frequency radio, high-definition TVs and a satellite phone. The van can receive calls from any nearby cell phone tower through a [...]
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SAIC Inc. and the Carlyle Energy Mezzanine Opportunities Group have agreed to provide $225 million for construction of the Plainfield Renewable Energy biomass project, SAIC announced Monday. SAIC said its work will include engineering, procurement, and construction services. According to the company, the project will generate 37.5 megawatts of clean energy to power about 37,000 homes. [...]
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QinetiQ’s Dragon Runner 20 robot was chosen by the Australian military to support the country’s robotic missions according to a QinetiQ announcement. QinetiQ says the robot can lift 5 to 10 pounds with its arm, which features a rotating shoulder, wrist and grippers. The company said the robot can also be used as a scout [...]
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The Food and Drug Administration is developing an app it says will allow clinicians to monitor adverse reactions patients may develop from experimental drugs during public health emergencies. The FDA said the “Real-Time Application for Portable Interactive Devices” has a collection of photos and videos of different possible reactions such as rashes or skin lesions, [...]
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Deloitte recently announced that it acquired Seattle-based mobile technologies company Übermind, Inc. Deloitte said it grabbed the mobility company to keep up with an evolving market for mobile products, including the changing demands of its federal sector clients. Deloitte said the acquisition improves the company’s “services relating to strategy, creative, mobile, web, eCommerce, content and [...]
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking to utilize dormant satellites floating in a geostationary orbit around Earth, the agency said in a recent notice. Through DARPA’s Phoenix Program, the agency said it wants contractors to develop a robotic system to “cooperatively harvest and re-use valuable components from” more than 1,300 retired, non-operating satellites. DARPA [...]
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has moved its email system to cloud-based Google Apps for Government, Google announced Wednesday. Kennith Jackson, deployment manager at Google Apps, wrote in a blog post that it took six months to move NOAA’s 25,000 employees, contractors and associates to the new email platform. NOAA CIO Joseph Klimavicz said [...]
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The Defense Department last week approved Dell‘s version of Android 2.2 to access the department’s networks, and has now taken another step towards allowing employees to bring mobile devices into the workplace. Mobile software firm Good Technology announced Wednesday that the Defense Information Systems Agency has approved the company’s “Secure Android” software for mobile management, [...]
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NASA launched a new sourcing portal that will “lower the barriers to building open technology in partnership with the public,” the agency announced Wednesday on its open government blog. William Eshagh, a technologist at NASA’s Ames Research Center, wrote that the new code.nasa.gov portal will provide current information on open source opportunities. The agency will also provide [...]
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