The U.S. Department of Homeland Security could award a classified five-year contract for the development, operations and maintenance of federal cybersecurity tools by the end of August or early next month, Federal Times reported Thursday. Aaron Boyd writes DHS will seek contractors to help manage DHS’ National Cybersecurity Protection System as well as update the […] More

Vendors seeking positions on the General Services Administration‘s 18F Agile Delivery Services Blanket Purchase Agreement say the vehicle reflects the government’s transition toward an agile acquisition process, FedScoop reported Wednesday. Billy Mitchell writes that the BPA utilizes open data and technology development to facilitate a quicker evaluation of potential providers based on actual software prototypes rather […] More

The General Services Administration has narrowed down the scope of technologies listed in the Alliant II governmentwide acquisition contract, Federal Times reported Wednesday. Aaron Boyd writes a GSA survey last year that assessed the maturity of 17 technology categories helped to inform the updated list of 10 technologies. GSA has also released a request for […] More

Orbital ATK has received a Tibbetts Small Business Innovative Research Award from the Small Business Administration in recognition of the company’s work on an air-to-surface tactical missile platform. “The [Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile] program is an excellent example of how partnering between industry, the U.S. Navy and SBA can leverage the innovation and technology generated by small […] More

The General Services Administration plans to include special item numbers for health information technology and cybersecurity offerings on the IT Schedule 70 acquisition vehicle, Federal Times reported Wednesday. Aaron Boyd writes Soundjata Carty, a contracting officer at GSA’s Office of Integrated Technology Services, said the agency could publish a request for information in the coming […] More

SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell has told Defense News that the company continues to work with the U.S. Air Force as it seeks certification for military space launches by June. Shotwell told Aaron Mehta in an interview published Monday that SpaceX has worked to address cultural challenges during the certification process and reached a new understanding with the service on the […] More

Robert Coen, program director for the National Institutes of Health’s Chief Information Officer-Commodity Solutions governmentwide acquisition contract, has said the vehicle could complete Carnegie Mellon University’s assessment program by the end of 2015, Federal Times reported Friday. Aaron Boyd writes the CIO-CS vehicle would be the first governmentwide acquisition contract to obtain a level-three Carnegie Mellon Capability […] More

The U.S. Marine Corps is examining land-based robotic technologies in order to help infantry soldiers with their patrolling, explosive disposal and combat missions, Defense Systems reported Tuesday. David Walsh writes the military service is working to modify a QinetiQ North America-designed unmanned ground vehicle as part of the branch’s Combat Robotics System development program. “We started CRS […] More

Four companies have been named to Capital Business‘ and the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s 2015 Destination Innovation competition that seeks to recognize products that show potential or value of being transitioned to market, the Washington Post reported Thursday. Aaron Gregg writes in-home systems company CyberTimez, broadband provider Kajeet, information technology firm Unisys and Fairfax County […] More

Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have completed an autonomous aerial refueling test on the Northrop-built X-47B unmanned combat air system aircraft. The X-47B system received more than 4,000 pounds of fuel from an Omega K-707 tanker using the Navy’s probe-and-drogue method during the demonstration off the coast of Maryland and Virginia, Northrop said Wednesday. […] More

United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno has outlined the Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture’s plans for the military space launch market over the next 20 years in an interview published Monday on Defense News. Aaron Mehta reports that Bruno pointed to new initiatives that work to address potential challenges from market entrants such as SpaceX and government measures to ban the Russia-made […] More

Information technology employees from 19 federal agencies have been nominated to take part in a six-month program to help the U.S. government identify and fix information technology problems, Federal Times reported Thursday. Aaron Boyd writes the IT professionals gathered Wednesday to kick off the first CIO Council IT Solutions Challenge. Participants also discussed IT issues […] More