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Systems Planning and Analysis has been included in The Washington Post’s Top Workplaces 2018 list, which is based on the results of an anonymous employee survey. SPA said Saturday it was selected among 50 other medium companies and received high ratings on leadership connections, employee development, company values and ethics, communication, pay and benefits, work-life balance and business […] More

Thomas Afferton, vice president of civil solutions at Northrop Grumman, has said the company will help update legacy systems at the State Department‘s Bureau of Consular Affairs through a potential 10-year, $850 million contract. “We look forward to drawing on our deep experience in modernizing systems for defense, intel and civilian customers and applying our unique tools […] More

A Chenega Corp. subsidiary has won a potential five-year, $44.9 million contract to provide security and access control support across the Missile Defense Agency enterprise. Chenega Infinity will help the MDA secure the agency’s domestic and international facilities, personnel, missions and events, the Defense Department said Wednesday. “Chenega is very pleased to serve the Missile Defense Agency as […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will conduct a Proposers Day on July 17 in Arlington, Va., to solicit vendors for the development of insect-scale robotic platforms. Registration for the Short-Range Independent Microrobotic Platforms Proposers Day will run through July 13, DARPA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday. The SHRIMP program will include three 12-month […] More

Fran Pierce, chairman and CEO of Data Systems Analysts, has received EY‘s 2018 Entrepreneur of the Year award in the services category. The professional services firm presented her with the award, which recognizes entrepreneurs within the greater Philadelphia region, a during a gala event that took place at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. Pierce […] More

Carahsoft Technology has received a potential five-year, $37.6 million blanket purchase agreement from the Defense Department to provide Qadium’s software and services to the U.S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Systems Center Pacific and other DoD agencies. The BPA awarded through the Enterprise Software Initiative will run through May 16, 2023, and covers […] More

The Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate has announced plans to select commercially available sensors through the end of the year for potential use with unmanned aircraft systems. S&T said Friday it will give selected vendors one week each to demonstrate technology to as part of the Robotic Aircraft Sensor Program, the department said Friday. Representatives […] More

Jerry DeMuro, president and CEO of BAE Systems Inc., has said the Virginia-based contractor is trying to align its portfolio with the Defense Department‘s current priorities that are based on authorized budget, Defense One reported Thursday. “What we tell our people and what we try and focus on are the facts and not the rhetoric,” he told […] More

In-Q-Tel, the intelligence community’s venture capital arm, has named Focal Systems as the winner of a competition that featured artificial intelligence tools from 12 startup companies. Focal Systems developed and presented a retail automation technology to IC representatives, investors and corporate executives during the “AI Computing at the Edge” pitch event, IQT said Thursday. The winning tool […] More

A Valimail report noted that the government contracting industry has started to adopt cybersecurity requirements that federal agencies implement internally. The email authentication company said Thursday the report resulted from its evaluation of the industry-standard Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance system in the available primary domains from the largest 100 government suppliers for fiscal year 2017. […] More