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Tony Frazier: DigitalGlobe Seeks to Grow Services Business Through Radiant Group Purchase

Tony Frazier, senior vice president ofÂ government solutions at DigitalGlobe, has said the addition of geospatial information services contractorÂ The Radiant GroupÂ to DigitalGlobe would help the latter build up its services business. Frazier wrote in a blog post published Wednesday that he expects the potential combination withÂ Radiant to help DigitalGlobeâ€™s intelligence solutions business expand its customer base […] More

by Jane Edwards October 27, 2016, 5:15 am
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Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch Pitches Global Xpress Satellite Network Features for Govt Users

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, a senior vice president at Inmarsat, has listed six attributesÂ of the company’s Global XpressÂ commercial satelliteÂ network intended to help fulfill requirements ofÂ mobile government users. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in a blog post published TuesdayÂ Global Xpress is a globally-availableÂ commercial wideband network that works to meet the U.S. government’s mobile and interoperable communication needs. Global Xpress uses a […] More

by Ramona Adams October 26, 2016, 9:45 am
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Red Hat Operating SystemÂ Receives Common Criteria Security Certification; Paul Smith Comments

Red Hat‘s Linux 7.1 operating system has received the Common Criteria Certification at Evaluation Assurance Level 4+ for an unmodified commercial operating system under the Operating System Protection Profile. Red Hat’s Linux 7 is the first operating system with anÂ Operating System Protection ProfileÂ to receive the certification in recognition for its work to help hardenÂ and secure […] More

by Dominique Stump October 26, 2016, 9:09 am
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Deloitte Says Defense Acquisition Program Cost Overruns Hit $468B in 2015; Robin Lineberger Comments

AÂ DeloitteÂ report says the total cost overrun for initiatives under the major defense acquisition program portfolio rose from $295 billion in 2008 to $468 billion in 2015. The consulting firmÂ said Monday the Defense Departmentâ€™s MDAP portfolio in 2015 recorded a 48.3 percent growth in cost with nearly 30 months in average schedule delays. The report is […] More

by Jane Edwards October 25, 2016, 10:43 am
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Microsoft to Add Riverbed App Performance Mgmt Tools on Azure Govt Cloud; Davis Johnson Comments

MicrosoftÂ andÂ Riverbed TechnologyÂ have partnered to offer government customers access to application performance management toolsÂ designed to supportÂ information technology modernization and digital transformation efforts. RiverbedÂ said Tuesday itsÂ SteelHead CX can now be purchased via Microsoft’s Azure Government CloudÂ marketplace whileÂ Riverbed’sÂ SteelCentral AppInternals platform will be available to agenciesÂ in the first quarter of 2017. â€œFederal agencies are seeking technology solutions that help […] More

by Scott Nicholas October 25, 2016, 9:36 am
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Harris to Sustain B-52, C-130 Electronic Warfare Tech Under $55M Air Force Contract

Harris has secured a $55 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force sustainÂ an electronic warfare system that works to protect B-52 strategic bombers and C-130Â military transport aircraft againstÂ radar-guided threats. The company said Monday its team will redesign a line-replaceable unit of theÂ ALQ-172 self-protection system as well as provide softwareÂ development and testing supportÂ under the four-year […] More

by Ramona Adams October 24, 2016, 10:45 am
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Capgemini to Test, Evaluate USCIS Systems Under $53M Task Order

Capgemini‘s government solutions business unit has secured a three-year,Â $53 million task order to provide independent testing and evaluation servicesÂ to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The company said Thursday the task order was awarded through theÂ Department of Homeland Security‘sÂ Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading-Edge Solutions II contract vehicle. Doug Lane, president and CEO of Capgemini Government […] More

by Ramona Adams October 20, 2016, 11:33 am
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Sutherlandâ€™s Teresa Weipert: Agencies Should Adopt Multichannel Engagement Tools to Optimize Citizen Experience

Teresa Weipert,Â senior vice president ofÂ Sutherland Global Servicesâ€™ government solutions business, has said government agencies should adopt omni-channel automated engagement platforms in an effort to facilitate interactions with citizens. Weipert wrote in an article published Thursday on Nextgov that such multichannel citizen engagement tools will work to provide agencies â€œa single 360-degree view of the customer […] More

by Jane Edwards October 20, 2016, 11:27 am
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Maximusâ€™ Tom Romeo Cites Requirements for Agencies to Facilitate Citizen-Govâ€™t Interactions

Tom Romeo, president of the federal services business at Maximus, has said that digital technology platforms and content should be integrated across various services and channels in an effort to change the way U.S. government agencies interact with and deliver services to citizens. â€œDelivering the next era of citizen engagement is not about just making […] More

by Jane Edwards October 20, 2016, 9:27 am
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Bill Birkhofer on Jacobs’ Support for US Space Program & Cyber-Physical Infrastructure Convergence

Bill BirkhoferÂ leads the aerospace and defense portfolios of Jacobs Engineering Group as a senior vice president with additional responsibilities over the Pasadena, Calif.-based contractor’s global infrastructure and telecommunications The two-time inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100Â group holds four decades of experience in the engineering and construction fields and participates in GovCon industry trade associations such as […] More

by Ross Wilkers October 18, 2016, 1:30 pm
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Tony Frazier: DigitalGlobe’s Radiant Purchase Seeks to Help Support Intell Agencies’ Cloud Goals

Intelligence analysts must be able to access data from cloud computing platforms to supportÂ information-based services and insightsÂ for agencies, DigitalGlobeÂ services business leadÂ Tony FrazierÂ told National Defense magazine in an articleÂ published Monday. Longmont, Colorado-based DigitalGlobe announced itsÂ $140 million acquisition of geospatial information services providerÂ The Radiant GroupÂ Oct. 11Â and will addÂ 400 employees with secret security clearancesÂ withÂ 250 of them software developers. […] More

by Jay Clemens October 18, 2016, 12:21 pm
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American Systems Gets Aerospace Quality Mgmt System Certification; Peter Smith Comments

American SystemsÂ has received the AS9100CÂ aerospace quality management system certification for the companyâ€™s engineering and analytical solutions directorate in Lexington Park, Maryland. EASD went through a two-day external audit of the unit’s contracts management, program management, engineering and production, risk management, configuration management, purchasing and quality processesÂ prior to the certification, American SystemsÂ said Monday. Peter Smith, president […] More

by Jay Clemens October 17, 2016, 7:18 am