CGI has been awarded a $9.8 million contract to develop an electronic ballot counting system for Scotland’s government in preparation for the U.K. member country’s election in 2017. The company will provide end-to-end services, software and technical infrastructure for the postal balloting process, CGI said Tuesday. “The next 12 months will be of vital importance as we […] More

Cobham has introduced a new cybersecurity threat analysis product the company built to help clients protect their infrastructure from sophisticated security threats. TeraVM works to use threat intelligence collected from its cybersecurity database to mimic and analyze the cyber crime techniques used to attack communications infrastructures, Cobham said Thursday. “In today’s climate of seemingly daily security incidents, it […] More

AT&T has moved to offer its cloud networking service to federal agencies that seek to gain access to Amazon Web Services’ GovCloud (US) platform. Agencies can connect their virtual private networks to AWS GovCloud (US) through AT&T NetBond offering, AT&T said Tuesday. AT&T NetBond works to connect users to cloud services without the use of […] More

David Artman, formerly senior vice president at Applied Research Associates, has joined Concurrent Technologies Corp. as SVP of the engineering group. He will lead the company’s technical and business development staff and be responsible for various technology development efforts, CTC said Tuesday. Ed Sheehan Jr., CTC president and CEO, said Artman will help the company expand […] More

MCR Federal has received a three-year, $50 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to perform communications and information services for NATO. The company said Monday it will work to design processes, manage quality, handle risks, provide change management and perform other general business services for NATO’s Communications and Information Agency. NATO’s NCI Agency provides communications and information systems for the alliance’s […] More

DRS Technologies’ Canadian arm has been awarded a contract to provide integrated communications platforms for installation aboard the Canadian navy’s Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment ship. DRS Technologies Canada will supply SHINCOM 3100 shipboard communications systems for the Royal Canadian Navy’s AOR program under a contract with shipbuilder Chantier Davie Canada and Project Resolve, DRS said Wednesday. […] More

The U.S. Navy intends to purchase from Rockwell Collins‘ government systems business a set of radio receiver-transmitters and ancillary equipment under the ARC-210 family of communications products. A presolicitation notice posted Oct. 21 on FedBizOpps indicated that Naval Air Systems Command plans to send a delivery order for 12 RT-1747D/ARC receiver-transmitter and 12 C-11898A/ARC control and radio set. According […] More

Cobham has received a three-year, $4.17 million contract to produce landmine detection systems for the U.S. Army. The company will develop a demonstrator handheld technology that will work to identify explosive devices buried in the ground, Cobham said Tuesday. “As a result of this program Cobham will deliver enhanced handheld counter-explosive hazard detection systems for […] More

Lockheed Martin has delivered Denmark’s first order of the Sikorsky-built MH-60R helicopter to the U.S. Navy ahead of a scheduled series of tests. The company said Thursday the helicopter is the first of nine planned MH-60R purchases by Denmark to support search-and-rescue, surveillance, anti-surface warfare and anti-piracy operations. The MH-60R will undergo validation tests on the configuration modifications before the Navy delivers […] More

Rockwell Collins has tested the company’s common range integrated instrumentation system in an effort to demonstrate its end-to-end validation functions. Rockwell Collins conducted 13 tests using an L-29 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, in collaboration with the CRIIS System Program Office and University of Iowa Operator Performance Laboratory, Rockwell Collins said Wednesday. “These flight […] More

Jacobs Engineering Group will provide construction, engineering and inspection services over a three-year period for the Texas Department of Transportation’s US 75/President George Bush Turnpike interchange improvements project in Collin County. The company said Tuesday it will support the improvement of two direct connectors, construction of new auxiliary lanes, extension of the railroad bridge and some demolition and reconstruction work. […] More

Iron Mountain will open a new center Tuesday that will store government records for federal agencies that seek to comply with policies to reduce their physical footprints. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) is scheduled to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the federal records facility in Sterling, Virginia, Iron Mountain said Wednesday. “A well-managed offsite records management program creates more efficiency […] More