ViON Corp. and Virtustream have teamed up to jointly offer enterprise cloud services to government clients. The companies will also provide application sizing and migration technologies for customers that want to transition applications into a cloud-based information technology system, Virtustream said Wednesday. Tom Frana, ViON president and CEO, said the company intends for the partnership […] More

Sen. Thad Cochran visited an Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. Monday to see the National Security Cutter Hamilton and other areas of the facility. “We were able to give him a tour of the yard and brief him on the four different classes of ships Ingalls is currently building for our U.S. Navy […] More

ICF International forecasts natural gas prices to increase between 2015 and 2020 as demand increases from new petrochemical plants, liquefied natural gas export terminals and pipeline exports to Mexico. The Fairfax, Va.-based consulting contractor attributes the increase to the cold winter in the Eastern U.S. and also predicts more drilling for energy to occur in response […] More

Exelis has demonstrated six transmitter assemblies that are built to function as payload components for the U.S. Air Force’s first set of GPS satellites. The transmitters were tested in a simulated space environment for random vibration, pyroshock and thermal vacuum to qualify for the GPS III’s mission requirements, Exelis said Tuesday. McLean, Va.-based Exelis built the […] More

Dell Services and  ikaSystems will work with the nonprofit Community Health Plan of Washington to update health services for Washington state residents with the goal of complying with federal healthcare reform laws. Dell said Tuesday it will provide information technology and business process outsourcing services to the nonprofit, as well as deploy ikaSystems’ health IT claims and billing tools on a software-as-a-service model. […] More

A new research projects the global biometrics to grow into a $20 billion market by 2018 because of growing interest in new security technologies designed to protect identities, information and property. Fingerprint recognition tops the list of preferred tools and vein authentication is among the most popular emerging technologies, Research and Markets said Thursday. The […] More

John Nieto, a senior scientist at Harris RF Communications, has received the 2014 Harris Fellow Award for his contributions to the company in the fields of engineering and communications technology. Harris said Friday Nieto has contributed to at least 50 company patents and to the development of the Falcon radio system used by the Defense Department, among […] More

HP Enterprise Services has introduced a new mobility management offering for U.S. public sector agencies that seek to securely access applications from multiple devices. The cloud-based mobility service offering is hosted on HP’s Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program cloud environment in order to comply with regulations, HP said Wednesday. Bryan Coapstick, mobile innovation director for […] More

Level 3 Communications has been awarded a subcontract to provide connectivity services for Northrop Grumman-built simulation and training systems used by the Air Force. The Air Force’s distributed mission operation network uses Northrop simulators that are designed for the branch to train pilots on aerial refueling and other complex flight maneuvers, Level 3 said Tuesday. Northrop […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton Executive Vice President Angela “Angie” Messer leads the firm’s initiatives in emerging technologies and mission solutions within its Strategic Innovation Group. In that role, the former U.S. Army officer and former leader of Booz Allen’s Army business focuses on mission areas including C2ISR, cloud computing, social media, data science, enterprise technology, and […] More

Sarah Allen serves as Leidos‘ chief human resources officer and is an executive vice president at the GovCon firm, where she works to use recruitment and retention efforts to generate competitive advantage and help the firm grow. Allen had been with SAIC for around four years when it separated into national security, engineering and healthcare technology […] More

Harris Corp. has completed the simulated operation testing phase on the company’s satellite-based aircraft tracking system. The Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast 1090 Extended Squitter receiver payload passed the duration and performance testing in harsh conditions to qualify for more than 12 years of usage, Harris said Monday. Bill Gattle, vice president and general manager of national […] More