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Lockheed Updates Air Force GPS Satellite Ground Control System; Vinny Sica Comments

Lockheed Martin has completed its work toÂ updateÂ a ground control system that supports theÂ U.S. Air Force‘s Global Positioning System satellite constellation. Lockheed said Thursday the Commercial Off-the-Shelf Upgrade #2 project is part of the Air Force’s multi-year plan to modernize the GPS constellation’s legacy Operational Control Segment. CUP2 became fully operational on Oct. 15 and began […] More

by Ramona Adams December 2, 2016, 8:17 am
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Engility to Update, Maintain VA Budget Tracking Tool; Lynn Dugle Comments

Engility has secured a potentialÂ $16.8 million contract from theÂ Department of Veterans Affairs to operate, update and maintain a government-owned off-the-shelf application that works to help VA manage programs andÂ operations. The company said Friday the contract contains four 12-month option periods with optional tasks for software upgrades in support of VA’sÂ Budget Tracking Tool. “We value the […] More

by Ramona Adams December 2, 2016, 7:30 am
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Howard Steinman on A.T. Kearney’s Cyber Partnership With American University and Industry-Govt Partnerships

Howard Steinman serves as a partner and leader for the Americas region public sector practice at A.T. KearneyÂ out of the global consulting and professional services firm’s Washington, D.C. office. The Center for Strategic and International Studies recognizes Steinman as a subject matter expert in the field of homeland security and he has focused much of […] More

by Ross Wilkers November 30, 2016, 1:45 pm
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Inmarsatâ€™s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch Talks Govt-Industry Relationship, Inmarsat 6 Satellite Fleet

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy atÂ Inmarsat,Â has saidÂ she believes the relationship between the government and commercial sector â€œwill continue to matureâ€ under President-elect Donald Trumpâ€™s administration. Cowen-Hirsch told Space News staff writer Caleb Henry in an interview published Tuesday that the company sees a â€œgreater geographically dispersed demandâ€ for commercial satellite […] More

by Jane Edwards November 30, 2016, 10:00 am
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ACT I Lands Task Order for Air Force Acquisition Mgmt Services; Michael Niggel Comments

Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has secured a five-year, $3 million task order to provide acquisition management services to theÂ cyberspace superiority division atÂ the U.S. Air Force Space CommandÂ headquarters. Michael Niggel, ACT I CEO, said in OctoberÂ the companyÂ will continue to support the AFSPC’s cyber priorities and help increase theÂ military branch’s ability to secure infrastructure data nodes […] More

by Dominique Stump November 30, 2016, 8:00 am
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Wanda Gamble on Battelle’s Federal Health Analytics Collaborations & Agencies’ Precision Medicine Goals

Wanda Gamble oversees theÂ health and analytics unit at Battelle as a vice presidentÂ for theÂ nonprofit science and researchÂ organization whose federal healthcare clients include the departments of Health and Human Services and Veterans Affairs, HHS components and the Military Health System. She joined Columbus, Ohio-headquartered Battelle in 2012 after three years at the former VangentÂ as VP of […] More

by Ross Wilkers November 29, 2016, 1:30 pm
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Red Hat’s Paul Smith Talks Open Source Tech for Govt Digital Transformation Initiatives

Paul Smith, senior vice president and general manager ofÂ Red Hat‘s U.S. public sector business, has identified the use ofÂ open source inÂ development models asÂ a “de facto setting” for digital transformation initiatives at agencies. Smith saidÂ Nov. 2Â at theÂ 2016 Red Hat Government Symposium in Arlington, Virginia that the government’s open-first strategy toward digital transformation “is absolute foundation for […] More

by Ramona Adams November 29, 2016, 11:38 am
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CACI Lands $79M Army Intell Systems Engineering Task Order; Ken Asbury Comments

The U.S. Army has awardedÂ CACI InternationalÂ a three-year, $79 million task order to provide intelligence systems engineering support for the military branchâ€™s intelligence and information warfare directorate. CACIÂ said Tuesday it will work to mature technologies in order to fulfill the Armyâ€™s intelligence and electronic warfare requirements in collaboration with academia. Under the task order, the companyÂ and […] More

by Jay Clemens November 29, 2016, 9:18 am
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American Systems to Continue IT, Managed Hosting Support for FMS Enterprise Platform; Peter Smith Comments

American Systems has received a potential five-year, $36.6 million task order to continue to provide information technology and managed hosting support services for the Security Cooperation Enterprise Solution. SCES is an enterprise platform launched by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency in 2008 in an effort to facilitate foreign military sales processes for international customers across […] More

by Jane Edwards November 29, 2016, 9:15 am
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ACT I Receives DHS Acquisition Support Task Order; Michael Niggel Comments

Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has received a three-year, $21 million task order to provide acquisition support services to the cybersecurity and communications office withinÂ theÂ Department of Homeland Security‘s national programs and protection directorate. ACT I CEO Michael Niggel said in October the companyÂ will assistÂ the DHS NPPD CS&C office in efforts to safeguardÂ cyber and communication infrastructure […] More

by Dominique Stump November 29, 2016, 9:07 am
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Ensco’s Scott Goldstein Talks Evolving National Security Risks in Interview

Scott Goldstein, chief strategy and technology officer at Ensco, has highlighted in an interview what he describes as unprecedented risks to national security from emerging threats such as weapons of mass destruction, chemical and biological agents and explosive devices. Goldstein said in the interview for theÂ Worldwide Business with Kathy IrelandÂ show that those threats continue to […] More

by Jay Clemens November 23, 2016, 11:40 am
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Matt Desch: SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocketâ€™s Stage 1 Booster Arrives in California for Iridium Satellite Launch

IridiumÂ CEOÂ Matt Desch announced in a Twitter post Monday the arrival of the stage 1 booster for SpaceXâ€™s Falcon 9 rocket in California for the launch of Iridium satellites as part of the companyâ€™s NEXT constellation, Ars Technica reported Monday. Eric BergerÂ writes the rocketâ€™s first stage booster was spotted Sunday in Arizona en route to Vandenberg […] More

by Jane Edwards November 23, 2016, 7:57 am