Processing....
Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
Cisco looks to invest more than $500 million in the U.K. and $100 million to $500 million in Germany in new technology alliances the company plans to forge with these nations, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. Peter Burrows writes the partnerships aim to evaluate fresh networking products, train engineers and pump cash into startup businesses. “We believe […] More
Rockwell Collins and GPS Source have test-fitted a global positioning system receiver card in a Defense Advanced GPS Receiver Distributed Device. The military-code ground-based GPS receiver application module is designed to track and navigate with the C/A, Y and M-code, Rockwell Collins said June 22. “This demonstration paves the way for the D3 to incorporate the […] More
The Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace’s board of directors has chosen CSG Government Solutions to assess how the organization implements its small business health options program. CSG will perform independent verification and validation services both on AHIM’s technology implementation for the program and its compliance with the Affordable Care Act, CSG said Tuesday. “By leveraging our IV&V […] More
Crunchy Data Solutions has launched a new open source database system to help government clients meet relational database requirements for a computer facility. The MLS PostgreSQL database builds on the existing PostgreSQL system and is designed to integrate with Red Hat’s Enterprise Linux 6.5+ SELinux functionality, Crunchy said Thursday. Crunchy CEO Bob Laurence said the […] More
General Dynamics NASSCO has kicked off construction of the second ECO tanker for American Petroleum Tankers at the company’s San Diego, California-based shipyard. Toni Atkins, speaker for the California State Assembly, hosted the keel-laying ceremony for the Magnolia State tanker and marked her initials onto a steel plate of the keel, General Dynamics said Monday. […] More
An Airbus Defense and Space company has refreshed its call processing system offerings in a move to aid communities in public safety communications. Airbus DS Communications launched the VESTA SMS Text-to-911 platform, VESTA Map service and VESTA Analytics updates, Airbus said Monday. “I am particularly excited to announce our new SMS offering which places text-to-911 capability inside our VESTA […] More
A consortium of CH2M Hill, EnergySolutions, Fluor, Rolls-Royce and SNC-Lavalin has been selected to operate several nuclear research and development laboratories in Canada. The Canadian National Energy Alliance team will work to manage Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and decommission old materials at the Chalk River and Whiteshell facilities, three prototype reactor sites and the Laprade heavy water storage facility, CH2M Hill said […] More
A new RnR Market Research report has predicted the unmanned aerial systems market’s value to increase almost seven-fold over the next six years to $4.8 billion by 2021. RnR Market Research said Monday that oil and gas mapping, utility line inspection, package delivery and agricultural applications would account for the majority of sales. The report […] More
Lockheed Martin has concluded the development of the fourth Mobile User Objective System satellite to complete the MUOS fleet. The U.S. Navy and Lockheed transported the MUOS-4 satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida from Moffett Federal Airfield aboard a C-5 Galaxy aircraft, Lockheed said Monday. MUOS-4 is scheduled for launch in August aboard a […] More
TeleCommunication Systems has unveiled a new suite of 911 communications services for emergency responders. The  Intrepid9-1-1 service is designed as a modular emergency communications tool to verify and route 9-1-1 voice calls and messages to public safety answering points, TCS said Monday. Lynne Seitz, TCS safety and security group senior vice president, said the company build […] More
Amit Yoran, president of RSA, has discussed company’s move to transform the business across its entire enterprise and plans to partner with telecommunication firms in India with Firstpost in an interview published Friday. Yoran told Firstpost’s Ivor Soans that RSA has increased its investments in identity management and authentication services, threat monitoring, security operations center and the governance, risk and compliance […] More
Northrop Grumman has received a $16,232,399 contract modification to perform software repairs on the U.S. Air Force’s Global Hawk unmanned aircraft. Work includes development and integration of software patches and maintenance of graphical user interface into the aircraft’s ground station, the Defense Department said Friday. Northrop will carry out the work in San Diego through Dec. 30, 2016. More
