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is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology has offered MorphoTrust, HealthIDx and Galois $3.7 million in total grants to build tools that can help organizations and consumers to secure their online transactions. MorphoTrust, HealthIDx and Galois represent the fourth set of grant recipients under NIST’s National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, the agency said Monday. […] More
Subsystem Technologies has received a multimillion dollar contract to perform logistics engineering and product support analysis work on U.S. Army weapons and equipment. The company said Monday it will provide LEPSA services to the lifecycle supportability division of the Army’s Armament Research and Engineering Center in New Jersey. Indra Nayee, director of Subsystem Technologies’ defense […] More
Synergy Research Group reports that information technology companies generated a combined revenue of $22 billion from public cloud platforms and services during 2015’s second quarter. The market research firm said Thursday hardware, software and data center infrastructure accounted for $10 billion of the IT industry’s quarterly public cloud revenue. IT firms collectively sold about $12 […] More
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has landed a potential 23-month, $38 million contract from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to further develop the company’s experimental drug against Ebola virus. HHS’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority could provide $11.3 million in additional funds for Regeneron to produce alternative anti-Ebola monoclonal antibody drugs for clinical research […] More
The U.S. Navy has awarded CACI International a 20-month, $63.5 million contract to support the Naval Air Warfare Center’s research and development work on C4I (command, control, computers, communications, intelligence) technologies. CACI said Monday it will help NAWCAD design, produce and install rapid reaction aerial vehicle C4I systems for the Navy and Marine Corps. “This […] More
A new Deltek report indicates that federal agencies’ use of the “lowest price-technically acceptable” methodology to acquire professional services and information technology offerings rose from 29 percent in fiscal 2012 to 32 percent during fiscal 2014. Overall, the U.S. government adopted an LPTA source selection process in 5,740 acquisition activities last year, a 24 percent […] More
Kitron AS has entered into a 10-year agreement to manufacture electronic modules that Northrop Grumman will use in the production of F-35 communications, navigation and identification systems. Northrop integrates software-based radio technology into its CNI platform for Lockheed Martin-built F-35s in an effort to help pilots transmit data and voice communications during their missions, Kitron […] More
NASA and three aeronautical technology firms have collaborated to demonstrate the collision avoidance functions of an Ikhana unmanned aerial system at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards, California. Ikhana worked to alert a remote pilot or maneuvered itself to avoid approaching aircraft while it flew over California’s high desert region, NASA said Thursday. […] More
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Rockwell Collins a contract of an undisclosed value to help develop navigation backup methods and tools for military use. Rockwell Collins said Thursday it aims to produce technologies for warfighters to leverage communication systems without relying on GPS through the agency’s Spatial, Temporal and Orientation Information […] More
A Stratistics MRC report, released by Reportbuyer, forecasts the healthcare analytics market’s value will increase from $5.5 billion in 2014 at a 24.82 percent compound annual growth rate to hit $32.4 billion by 2022. The growing demand for healthcare-related information technology systems and implementation of federal health policies are among the forces that could drive […] More
Raytheon wants to join Alenia Aermacchi and CAE in a bid for a contract to replace the U.S. Air Force‘s T-38 aircrew training systems, Defense News reported Thursday. Aaron Mehta writes Raytheon and the Air Force have discussed about the company’s interest in pursuing the T-X trainer replacement program after General Dynamics left the Alenia […] More
Forty-two percent of U.S. government contracting firms that responded to a Grant Thornton survey reported growth in revenues from their contracts with public sector organizations during the past fiscal year. The professional services company’s 2015 Government Contractor Industry Survey also found that 37 percent of respondents saw their contract revenues decline as a result of […] More
