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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 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plans to contract with Raytheon for Phase II development of Coyote unmanned aerial systems that NOAA intends to use to collect hurricane data. NOAA said in a June 12 FedBizOpps notice that it intends to buy three Raytheon-built Coyotes fitted with communications technology and meteorologic sensors. The company […] More
Forty-five percent of more than 400 security professional surveyed by RSA, the security division of EMC, across 61 countries have acknowledged their organizations’ inability to manage cyber risks. RSA said June 9 its global Cybersecurity Poverty Index survey offers insight into how companies rate their cybersecurity measures against a framework developed by the U.S. National […] More
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency has partnered with Unisys to build and test a facial recognition system designed to help CBP personnel identify people who attempt to enter the U.S. with fraudulent passports. Unisys said Thursday the platform is designed to capture and compare facial images of travelers with their electronic passports’ photos. […] More
Aerojet Rocketdyne has entered into a Space Act Agreement with NASA for the testing of a rocket engine that Aerojet intends to offer as a replacement for the RD-180 engine produced by Russia. NASA will configure a test stand at the agency’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi to facilitate staged combustion trials on Aerojet Rocketdyne’s […] More
The U.S. Army‘s Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center is looking into commercial software and related service offerings to supplement the military branch’s mobile health information technology infrastructure. In a request for information published June 9 on FedBizOpps, the Army said its Mobile Health Care Environment System is designed to employ government and commercial off-the-shelf […] More
The U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded Remote Medical International a potential eight-year, $300 million contract to deliver HIV diagnostic kits to USAID and the agency’s partner organizations. RMI said Tuesday the contract has an initial value of $95 million and comes under USAID’s Global Health Supply Chain Program. USAID launched the $10.5 billion initiative […] More
Carahsoft has been helping multiple technology companies to match their product and service offerings with the requirements of their prospective clients in the public sector, Trajectory Magazine Online reports. “We’re always willing to talk to a technology company, but we have to make sure it’s the right fit for both sides,” Michael Shrader, vice president […] More
The General Services Administration‘s 18F digital services group is scheduled to issue a request for quotation for a new blanket purchase agreement the agency will use to acquire agile software development services. GSA will include this BPA contract in the agency’s Schedule 70 information technology procurement vehicle, three GSA officials said in a blog post published Wednesday. […] More
A Harris Corp. subsidiary has released a new mobile connectivity service intended to help offshore maritime and drilling crews communicate with other people anywhere in the world. Harris CapRock Communications designed the GSM service offering to facilitate roaming connectivity as well as voice, text, email and smartphone data communications for customers based in remote areas, […] More
The U.S. Air Force Space Command plans to hold a two-part public forum in July and September to brainstorm aerospace and cyber technology ideas with academic, research and commercial organizations. First part of the AFSPC Innovation Summit will be held on July 8 and 9 and will include a presentation from the command’s chief scientist […] More
OneWeb has partnered with Airbus Group to design and manufacture a new constellation of small satellites meant to facilitate Internet service delivery worldwide. Airbus said Monday it agreed to help produce as many as 900 microsatellites that OneWeb intends to send into low-Earth orbit starting in 2018. Francois Auque, head of space systems at Airbus […] More
The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency has awarded Louis Berger‘s Hawthorne Services division a 19-year, $14.8 million contract to provide operations and maintenance services at fuel facilities located on Fort Knox, Kentucky. Hawthorne Services will help DLA Energy build, maintain and run government-owned/contractor-operated hubs for bulk and retail fuel storage as well as manage government-owned, contractor-operated […] More
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