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Matt Desch: Iridium Reschedules Initial NEXT Satellite Launch to April

Iridium Communications has rescheduled the launch of the first pair of Iridium NEXT satellites to April to provideÂ an additional four months to address an issue with the satellite’s communications payload, Spaceflight Now reported Tuesday. Stephen Clark writes Iridium CEO Matt DeschÂ said Oct. 29 that prime contractor Thales Alenia SpaceÂ found an issue inside the payload’s Ka-band […] More

by Jane Edwards November 12, 2015, 7:03 am
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CSC Obtains FedRAMP Certification for PaaS Cloud Offering; Red Hat’s Paul Smith Comments

Computer Sciences Corp. has received a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification for the company’s ARCWRXÂ cloud computing technology. CSC said TuesdayÂ thisÂ is the second FedRAMP certification for the platform-as-a-service ARCWRX, which is based on Red Hatâ€™s OpenShift and resides on CSC’s ARC-P platform. Paul Smith, general manager and vice president of public sector at Red […] More

by Jay Clemens November 11, 2015, 8:42 am
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CACI Receives Army Intell Collection Testing Contract; Ken Asbury Comments

CACI InternationalÂ has been selected to test the U.S. Armyâ€™s intelligence collection and dissemination system under a contract with the Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center. The company said Tuesday it will provide support services for the TROJAN NexGEN intelligenceÂ collection and dissemination systems. Ken Asbury, CACI president and CEO, said the company will work to […] More

by Jay Clemens November 11, 2015, 5:52 am
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CEO Barbara Humpton on Her Agenda for Siemens’ Federal Arm, Smart Grids in Govt

Barbara Humpton elevated to the CEO post in October at theÂ federal business organization of global conglomerate Siemens and has held executive roles in the segment since its October 2011 inception. Humpton joined Siemens Government Technologies initially as head of business development and took the chief operating officer role last year. In the first part of […] More

by Ross Wilkers November 10, 2015, 1:08 pm
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Rocky Thurston on AT&T’s Mobility and ‘Internet of Things’ Focus for Agencies, Cloud Trends

Rocky Thurston joined the federal government business unit of AT&T in June as client executive vice presidentÂ and focuses on activity in the segment’s Air Force market and others in the military. Thurston himself is a veteran of the Air Force as a retired flight engineer and held a managing director role at Accenture‘s federalÂ services subsidiary […] More

by Ross Wilkers November 10, 2015, 12:54 pm
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Lockheed-Developed Air Force GPS Security Upgrades Enter Full Operations; Vinny Sica Comments

The U.S. Air Force has kicked off full operations for its updated global positioning system security developed by Lockheed Martin in an effort to help protect data and keep satellites available to users. The GPS Intrusion Protection Reinforcement technology has been integrated into the GPS master control station and the alternate master control station following […] More

by Jay Clemens November 10, 2015, 9:37 am
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General Dynamics Finishes Work on NASA Ground System’s Increment A4; Manny Mora Comments

A General Dynamics-led consortium has helped NASA integrate, test and deploy antenna and related control systems forÂ the agency’s Space Network Ground Segment Sustainment infrastructure. The consortium also demonstrated how the SGSS Increment A4 would operate with a tracking and data relay system satellite inÂ a simulation, General Dynamics said Monday. “This milestone, combined with program achievements […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman November 10, 2015, 5:56 am
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Hughes Launches HM System for Mobile Satellite Communications; Rick Lober Comments

Hughes Network Systems has introduced an open architecture-based system that works to provide mobile satellite communications for government clients. The HM System is built on scrambled code multiple access waveform and Â software-definable modem platforms that work to facilitate bandwidth sharing, HughesÂ said Thursday. Rick Lober, vice president and general manager of defense and intelligence systems division […] More

by Jane Edwards November 6, 2015, 8:17 am
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CACI Receives Defense Health Readiness Support Extension; Ken Asbury Comments

CACI International has received a three-year, $38.5 million task order from the U.S. Navy to extend the companyâ€™s defense health readiness support for the U.S. armed forcesâ€™ medical information systems. The company will perform engineering, development, testing, training, implementation and help desk support for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlanticâ€™s Theater Medical Information […] More

by Jay Clemens November 5, 2015, 9:39 am
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Barbara Humpton: USACE Taps Siemens for Depot Energy Conservation Program

SiemensÂ has been awarded a $24 million energy savings performance contract to supportÂ the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers‘ power and waterÂ conservation initiativesÂ at a military helicopterÂ maintenance facility in Texas. The company’s building technologies division will lead installation of energy-efficiency systems at the Corpus Christi Army Depot in efforts to meet goals in the White House mandate on […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman November 5, 2015, 4:51 am
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CACI Awarded Army Software Engineering Center Support Contract; Ken Asbury Comments

CACI InternationalÂ will provide application development support and sustainment services for the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Commandâ€™s software engineering center under a potential three-year, $25 million contract. The contract covers support for CECOM SECâ€™s financial management platforms, records management systems and other enterprise software tools, CACI said Tuesday. Ken Asbury, president and CEO of CACI, said the […] More

by Jane Edwards November 3, 2015, 11:00 am
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Ken Asbury: CACI’s Sensor Tech Could Help Track Civilian Drones

CACI CEO Ken Asbury said the company has developed sensor technology that he believes U.S. law enforcement personnel can use to track unauthorized use ofÂ unmanned aerial vehicles within the domesticÂ airspace, the Washington Post reported Thursday. Christian Davenport writesÂ the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration wants to evaluate the potential ofÂ CACI’s technology to monitor illegal drone flights nearÂ airports […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman October 30, 2015, 10:22 am