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  • Battelle Releases Latest Grid Transmission Simulation, Analysis Tool; Jason Black Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle Releases Latest Grid Transmission Simulation, Analysis Tool; Jason Black Comments

    Battelle has launched the latest version of its HELM Flow software to help grid transmission modelers and planners at utility companies manage transmission networks and response to grid problems. “When planning transmission on the grid, the small subset of about 5 percent of the problems cause the biggest headaches,” Jason Black, grid team research leader at Battelle, said Tuesday. […] More

  • Tony Smeraglinolo: Engility Extends Payment Mgmt Support for Fiscal Service Bureau - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tony Smeraglinolo: Engility Extends Payment Mgmt Support for Fiscal Service Bureau

    Engility Holdings President and CEO Tony Smeraglinolo says the company is continuing its decade-long support for the Treasury Department through a recompete contract for the department’s Secure Payment System program. The company announced Wednesday that its Dynamics Research Corp. subsidiary was awarded the $13.4 million contract from the department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service. Engility expects to to help the bureau’s payment […] More

  • Joe Brock: Pragmatics Continues R&D Support for Special Operations Forces - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Joe Brock: Pragmatics Continues R&D Support for Special Operations Forces

    Pragmatics has received a more than $10 million task order to provide support services for the Special Operations Forces’ intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations. The company will work to develop, integrate, operate and maintain activities to support SOF’s program for critical functionality, Pragmatics said Wednesday. “We will develop and manage the technologies needed to meet DCGS-SOF’s evolving […] More

  • Manish Gupta: FireEye Combines Threat Detection Offering with Email Security Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Manish Gupta: FireEye Combines Threat Detection Offering with Email Security Tools

    FireEye has moved to expand its threat detection capabilities by incorporating traditional email security features into the company’s offering. The FireEye Email Threat Prevention Cloud tool has been updated with anti-spam and anti-virus protection systems, FireEye said Tuesday. “By unifying our advanced threat detection capabilities with the traditional email security tools enterprises have relied on, organizations can now […] More

  • Autonomic Resources Unveils Gov't IT Continuous Monitoring Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Autonomic Resources Unveils Gov’t IT Continuous Monitoring Service

    Autonomic Resources has launched a continuous monitoring program with the goal of helping cloud service providers and government customers meet federal security requirements. The ARC-P CM service offering is designed to help agencies monitor system vulnerabilities, manage compliance and develop incident response strategies, Autonomic Resources said Tuesday. Other services include security awareness training, attestation reports […] More

  • AMA to Continue NASA Engineering Support Under $50M Contract Option - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AMA to Continue NASA Engineering Support Under $50M Contract Option

    Analytical Mechanics Associates will extend its engineering support for NASA‘s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia under the company’s third option in its contract with the space agency. The contract option has a one-year period of performance beginning Oct. 1 and is valued at around $50 million, NASA said Monday. The full indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is worth up to $341.3 million and covers scientific research; […] More

  • Gene Colabatistto: CAE Boosts Training Portfolio With 4 New Int'l Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gene Colabatistto: CAE Boosts Training Portfolio With 4 New Int’l Contracts

    CAE has secured four training systems contracts totaling $103.3 million from global defense clients, as group president for defense and security Gene Colabatistto reiterates the company’s focus on its integrated training solutions portfolio. The company said Wednesday its new contracts are to provide or upgrade training and visual systems for the New Zealand, German and Iraqi air force, as well […] More

  • IBM Unveils Big Data Service; Doug Hunt Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Unveils Big Data Service; Doug Hunt Comments

    IBM Corp. has introduced a new big data service offering on its cloud marketplace in an effort to help customers manage enterprise-wide business content. Clients are able to gain access to business content using browser, desktop and mobile platforms in a synchronized and secure environment through the big data service on the IBM Cloud marketplace, […] More

  • Leidos Orders Smiths Detection-Built Airport Security Supplies for TSA; Terry Gibson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Orders Smiths Detection-Built Airport Security Supplies for TSA; Terry Gibson Comments

    Leidos has awarded a multi-million dollar order to Smiths Detection for airport security tools and support services to support a contract Leidos holds with the Transportation Security Administration. Smiths Detection will supply trained field support and parts for X-ray and explosives trace detection technology for four years to approximately 400 airports across the U.S., Smiths Detection […] More

  • Michael Burke: AECOM, IBM Partner on Water Mgmt Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michael Burke: AECOM, IBM Partner on Water Mgmt Offering

    IBM and AECOM are collaborating to develop water management technology offerings for customers to meet various water resource demands. AECOM will combine its water management portfolio with IBM’s Intelligent Water software, data management and data analytics systems to create the Smarter Water offering, AECOM said Tuesday. Michael Burke, AECOM president and CEO, said the technology […] More

  • Andy Start: Airbus, Inmarsat Combine Aircraft Broadband Offerings - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Andy Start: Airbus, Inmarsat Combine Aircraft Broadband Offerings

    Airbus and Inmarsat have partnered to develop broadband airborne terminals for aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicle customers. Military and government clients are meant to gain access to Inmarsat’s Global Xpress Ka-band satellite service through Airbus’ airborne portfolio, Airbus said Tuesday. “Combining the unique Global Xpress service with Airbus Defence and Space’s proven heritage in airborne satcom […] More

  • Cubic to Provide Training Services to Army’s Louisiana Training Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Provide Training Services to Army’s Louisiana Training Center

    A Cubic Corp. company has been awarded a $78.2 million contract to provide the U.S. Army’s Fort Polk, Louisiana-based training center with support services, Times of San Diego reported Monday. Ken Stone writes Cubic Applications Inc. will develop theatre-specific combat, mission rehearsal, foreign security and combat forces training services for the Army’s Joint Readiness Training […] More