Blue Origin plans to carry out an unmanned flight test in October to evaluate its New Shepard rocket’s abort system, Space News reported Thursday. Jeff Foust writes the in-flight abort test of the Blue Origin-built suborbital vehicle will occur at the company’s test site in West Texas and aims to demonstrate how the crew capsule would fire its […] More

The General Services Administration has included its new special item number for health information technology offerings in Octo Consulting Group‘s IT Schedule 70 contract with GSA. GSA implemented the 132-56 SIN to help federal customers access and procure healthcare IT products from commercial providers, Octo Consulting said Sunday. “Octo Consulting Group has always had a strong focus on health IT as demonstrated by our […] More

Northrop Grumman is set to conduct an initial integration event in October to demonstrate the Ground Weapon Locating Radar mode for the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar system. The company said Tuesday the IIE includes initial system tests and follows the completed preliminary and critical design reviews in February and August, respectively. The integration event seeks to demonstrate G/ATOR’s functions to […] More

Octo Consulting Group has received a $29.8 million task order to provide digital services for a U.S. Army program that aims to modernize global network infrastructure for warfighters and coalition partners. The company said Wednesday it will work to manage programs, design business process and develop enterprise network for the Army Project Manager Installation Information Infrastructure – Communications and Capabilities, […] More

Mike Raymond, a 37-year government information technology market veteran and former senior vice president at Dynanet Corp., has joined Octo Consulting Group as chief strategy officer of the Tysons Corner, Virginia-based digital services provider. He will oversee Octo Consulting’s business development and growth strategies in his new position and will report directly to CEO and founder Mehul Sanghani, […] More

Octo Consulting Group has received a five-year, $34 million contract to provide operations, software engineering and support services for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency‘s Agile Web Presence program. The company will develop NGA’s internal and external Internet services and various unclassified and classified networks under the AWP program, Octo said Dec. 1. NGA’s information technology directorate awarded the […] More

The General Services Administration projects the final request for proposals on the potential 15-year, $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract to be ready by early October, FCW reported Thursday. Mark Rockwell writes GSA has to go through one final agency review and potentially the White House’s budget office before the final RFP can be released. GSA could set a lower […] More

Bechtel CEO Bill Dudley has received an honorary doctorate from Purdue University. Dudley holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Purdue, Bechtel said Friday. He was named CEO of Bechtel in 2014 after time as president and chief operating officer of the company. The 34-year Bechtel veteran has served on the company’s board of directors since […] More

Sysorex has joined an Octo Consulting-led team that won a position under a potential $249 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide a range of enterprise information technology services. Octo Consulting and Sysorex will collaborate to support the military service’s program executive office for enterprise information systems through the EITS program, Sysorex said Wednesday. Nadir […] More

Octo Consulting Group has received nominations in two categories of the Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards for the second year in a row. The federal technology and management solutions provider was named a finalist in both the Contractor of the Year and Executive of the Year awards, the same honors it received in 2013, Octo said […] More

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity will hold an industry event at the College Park in Maryland on Oct. 29 and Oct. 30 to discuss and demonstrate various programs. Attendees will be able to speak with IARPA program managers and discuss career opportunities at the agency, IARPA said Friday. The agency will also brief attendees on various programs […] More

Ray Proctor, formerly manager of operational excellence for Eaton‘s industrial sector, has been appointed manager of the company’s manufacturing facility in Charleston, South Carolina under the aerospace group’s fuel and motion control systems division. He will report to Mike Gallant, vice president of Eaton Aerospace’s manufacturing operations, the power management firm said Friday. “Ray’s experience in the manufacturing environment […] More