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Leidos Gets NAVSUP Task Order for Joint Staff J6 Team Support; Tim Reardon Comments

Leidos hasÂ secured a potential three-year, $18 million task order from the Naval Supply Systems Command’s Fleet Logistics Center to support aÂ Joint Staff J6 team responsible for analyzing warfighter systems and procedures in the field. The company said Monday it will provideÂ technical, functional, analytical, infrastructure and operations support servicesÂ to the JS J6 directorate’s Joint Deployable Analysis […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman June 13, 2017, 5:00 am
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SSLâ€™s Rob Zitz: MDA Aims to Ramp Up Earth Imagery, Analysis Support to Intell Agencies Via DigitalGlobe Merger

Rob Zitz, senior vice president and chief strategy officer atÂ Space Systems Loralâ€™s government systems business, has said SSLâ€™s parent company MacDonald, Dettwiler and AssociatesÂ aims to provide Earth imagery and analysis services to U.S. intelligence and defense agencies through its pending merger with DigitalGlobe, Space News reported Thursday. MDAÂ agreed to buyÂ DigitalGlobe through an estimated $3.6 billion […] More

by Jane Edwards June 9, 2017, 8:33 am
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Hortonworks, ViON Subsidiary Partner to Offer Big Data Analytics-as-a-Service Platform

Hortonworks and ViON‘s Ascolta subsidiary haveÂ teamed up to offerÂ big data analytics in an appliance-like or as-a-service deployment. The joint offering integrates Ascolta’s analytics platform with theÂ Hortonworks Data PlatformÂ to provide support forÂ federal, state and local agencies as well as commercial organizations, Ascolta said Thursday. “As data volume dramatically increases, organizations need access to tools that allow […] More

by Ramona Adams June 9, 2017, 8:03 am
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Ken Asbury: CACI to Support Air Force Test Systems Under $94M Contract

CACI International will carry outÂ automated testing system support services for the U.S. Air Force‘sÂ 309th electronics maintenance group under a five-year, $94 million contract awarded in May. The company said MondayÂ it willÂ integrate, update and consolidateÂ computer-based analytical software tools, database repositories, test fixtures, test program sets and associated network communications for aircraft as part of the service […] More

by Ramona Adams June 7, 2017, 10:37 am
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Lockheed Aims to Incite Interest in Space-Related Careers Via New App, Curriculum; Rick Ambrose Comments

Lockheed Martin has introduced a space-focused curriculum and a new application that seeks to simulate the surface of Mars as part of the Generation Beyond program. Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheedâ€™s space systems segment, said Tuesday the Generation Beyond program seeks to stimulate studentsâ€™ interest in science, technology, engineering and math by linking […] More

by Jane Edwards June 7, 2017, 10:27 am
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CTC to Support DoD Ammo Demilitarization Project; Ed Sheehan Comments

Concurrent Technologies Corp. has secured a $200,000 subcontract from Azimuth Consulting ServicesÂ to support a Defense Department project to demilitarizeÂ conventional ammunition. CTC said TuesdayÂ it will collaborateÂ withÂ Azimuth Consulting, the project’s prime contractor, to determineÂ requirements for the replacement of a current demilitarization optimization software platform. Ed Sheehan, CTC president andÂ CEO,Â said the company has supported the department in efforts […] More

by Scott Nicholas June 7, 2017, 5:15 am
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Bob Genter: SAIC to Support NASA Goddard’s Applied Engineering Work Under $620M IDIQ

BobÂ Genter, senior vice president and general manager of the federal civilian customer group atÂ Science Applications International Corp., has said the company will support current and future applied engineering technology programs atÂ NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center under a potential five-year, $620 million contract. TheÂ company will also carry outÂ support for the components, subsystems, systems and instruments of […] More

by Ramona Adams June 6, 2017, 2:01 pm
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Cubic Subsidiary Unveils Portable Satellite Ground Terminal; Mike Twyman Comments

Cubic‘s GATR TechnologiesÂ subsidiary has developed a portable ground station for public and private sectorÂ customers to download satellite imagery for tactical applications. The GATR TRACÂ station works to help usersÂ download imagery and data from low-Earth orbit satellites such as Eros A and B, Pleiades 1A and 1B, RADARSAT 2, Spot 6 and 7, TanDEM-X, TerraSAR-X, WORLDVIEW 1 […] More

by Scott Nicholas June 6, 2017, 10:30 am
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IBMâ€™s Keith Salzman: Health IT Platforms Should Be Designed With Cybersecurity in Mind

Keith Salzman, chief medical information officer for global business servicesÂ at IBMâ€™s federal business, has said that health information technology platforms should be designed for users and should be equipped with cybersecurity tools and features that protect privacy in order to realize the benefits ofÂ health care digitization. Salzman told Dan Chenok,Â executive director ofÂ IBMâ€™s Center for the […] More

by Jane Edwards June 6, 2017, 6:54 am
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CACI Receives NAVSEA Task Order for Workforce Development, Support Services; Ken Asbury Comments

CACI InternationalÂ has secured a five-year, $40 million task order under theÂ SeaPort-e contract vehicle to help develop theÂ Naval Sea Systems Command’s workforce and facilitate organizational efficiency and effectiveness. The company said MondayÂ the task order covers professional, technical and consulting services in support of the chief strategy office, chief of staff and the total force and corporate […] More

by Anna Forrester June 5, 2017, 11:23 am
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CTC Lands GSA Task Order Under OASIS Contract Vehicle to Provide NWDTP Instructors

Concurrent Technologies Corp. has received a potential two-year, $1.8 million task order from the General Services Administration to provide instructors for the National Weapons Detection Training Program for the Federal Protective Service National Academy. CTC said Thursday that the instructors will offer training services for law enforcement personnel and protective security officers to help provide […] More

by Scott Nicholas June 5, 2017, 10:39 am
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CTC Lands Spot on $249M Army Research Lab ISR R&D Support Contract; Ed Sheehan Comments

Concurrent Technologies Corp.Â has won a spot on a potential five-year, $248.6 million contract to provide the U.S. Army Research Laboratory with research and development support services related to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology platforms. The cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers design, analysis and demonstration of ISR technologies and concepts designed to help identify and locate terrorist […] More

by Jane Edwards June 5, 2017, 2:21 am