Peraton will work to provide technology-based emergency response management services to the U.S. Army through a potential five-year, $480 million, multi-award contract as part of the Deployable Adaptive Global Responder Support program. The company said Tuesday it is one of 10 companies eligible to deliver systems that will serve to support U.S. and allied military and civilian activities […] More

Chris Pehrson, vice president for Defense Department strategic development at General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business, will serve as a guest speaker at Technology Training Corp.-hosted Unmanned Aircraft Systems East for Defense and Government symposium that will kick off Saturday, Nov. 7, in Washington, D.C. Pehrson is one of the 24 guest presenters who will discuss emerging […] More

Defense contractors such as Harris, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon have integrated software sustainment into their practices as they work to support U.S. service branches’ efforts to build organic capabilities to sustain software on military systems, C4ISRNET reported Tuesday. “The way the Air Force and the way Harris is teaming with the Air Force is to […] More

The Defense Security Service has given the 2017 James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award to 36 company facilities for maintaining high standards for industrial security. DSS said Thursday the winning facilities represent various large and small companies such as BAE Systems, Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Camber subsidiary, CGI Group, Concurrent Technologies Corp., General Dynamics, Harris, Lockheed Martin, Modern Technology […] More

NuRAN Wireless has been selected by NASA to provide a software-defined radio technology to support research on multi-element arrays at the space agency’s Glenn Research Center in Ohio. The company said Monday its SDR system works to support multiple antennas and maintain phase coherency between the devices. Martin Bedard, co-CEO of NuRAN Wireless, said that company […] More

A new survey sponsored by Dell EMC has found that 64 percent of federal information technology leaders said their agencies had fielded software-defined data centers. Dell said Monday it commissioned market research firm Penn Schoen Berland to perform an online survey of 100 federal IT and business decision makers in May 2016 as an extension to the State of […] More

Sixteen employees of Science Applications International Corp. have received numerous awards at the 31st annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards’ science, technology, engineering and math conference in Washington. SAIC CEO Tony Moraco said in a statement released Friday that he is honored to recognize the company’s employees in their efforts to encourage younger generations to […] More

Concurrent Technologies Corp. has formed a new advisory board that will work to assess the technical projects of the nonprofit applied scientific research and development company. CTC said Thursday its technical advisory board consists of business and technical executives who will help the company to identify potential integration and enhancement opportunities as well as mentor technical staff. Ed Sheehan, CTC president and […] More

The defense sector trade group Aerospace Industries Association has elected new members its executive board of governors for 2017 that includes at least 20 government contracting industry leaders. AIA said Thursday Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg was chosen to serve as the association’s chairman of the board and Raytheon chief executive Thomas Kennedy was elected vice chairman. David Melcher was reappointed […] More

A new survey backed by Dell EMC says 91 percent of federal market information technology leaders consider cloud computing as the top technology trend at their agencies. Dell said Wednesday it commissioned market research firm Penn Schoen Berland to conduct an online survey of 100 federal IT and business decision makers in May as an extension to the State of IT […] More

International Data Corp. has named Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s U.S. public sector business as a “major player” on the IDC MarketScape: U.S. Systems Integrators Serving the Federal Government 2016 Vendor Assessment study. Cedric Harris, a communications professional at HPE, writes in a blog post published Friday the research assessed characteristics that support an integrator’s success in U.S. federal […] More

A business unit of AAR has received a $21.7 million task order from U.S. Transportation Command to provide additional rotary-wing airlift services in Afghanistan under an existing U.S. Central Command support contract. The company said Tuesday its airlift division will supply two helicopters, personnel and flight operations, maintenance and logistics services as part of the nine-month task order. AAR’s helicopter utility services cover external […] More