The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a solicitation for industry proposals for a program that seeks to develop platforms designed to facilitate interoperability of airborne radio networks that manned aircraft and drones use to communicate with each other. The objective of the Dynamic Network Adaptation for Mission Optimization program “is to enable pilots […] More

Datapipe has obtained a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification to offer a managed private cloud hosting service in the U.S. government sector. The FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board granted Datapipe a provisional authority-to-operate status for its Federal Community Cloud Platform, the company said Thursday. The company aims to help agencies manage sensitive information as […] More

OpenGov, a provider of a cloud-based financial reporting platform for government agencies, has appointed Marc Andreessen, co-founder of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, to the board of directors. Andreessen will advise OpenGov on corporate growth matters and help the firm further develop its cloud platform, OpenGov said Thursday. “It’s exciting to have the support of […] More

Grant Begley, a leader in the field of drone technology and formerly corporate senior vice president of Alion Science and Technology, has joined UAS Drone Corp. as a member of the board of directors. UAS Drone Corp. said Wednesday Begley, who has also served as senior adviser for unmanned aerial systems at the Defense Department, brings experience […] More

Strategy and Management Services has been selected to perform witness management and legal services for the United States Attorney and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida. SAMS will work to standardize witness management procedures in order to help the executive office for United States Attorney follow new statutory requirements, SAMS said Tuesday. […] More

Jacobs Engineering Group will provide construction, engineering and inspection services over a three-year period for the Texas Department of Transportation’s US 75/President George Bush Turnpike interchange improvements project in Collin County. The company said Tuesday it will support the improvement of two direct connectors, construction of new auxiliary lanes, extension of the railroad bridge and some demolition and reconstruction work. […] More

Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) has been awarded a contract to produce small caliber ammunitions worth $203 million for the U.S. Army. The Army recently placed orders for .30 caliber, .50 caliber, 5.56mm and 7.62mm ammunition under the seven-year contract, the company said Wednesday. Orbital ATK will perform work at its recently updated factory in Lake City. Our commitment to world class […] More

A new Accenture report predicts that cyber attacks on U.S. health systems over the next five years will cost the healthcare sector $305 billion in cumulative lifetime revenue. The company said Wednesday data breaches that result in the theft of personal information will impact one in 13 patients from 2015 to 2019, with approximately 6 million […] More

The U.S. Energy Department plans to issue a five-year, $45 million contract for administrative and technical support to DOE’s office of environment, health, safety and security. The department said Oct. 7 in a FedBizOpps notice that it is seeking a small business that can help maintain information technology applications and infrastructure as well as secure […] More

An IBM subsidiary has been awarded a five-year contract from the U.S. Peace Corps to provide a cloud-based technology for the agency to recruit and engage volunteers. Kenexa will help the Peace Corps implement IBM’s recruitment and talent management platform that is designed to run on a SoftLayer cloud infrastructure designed for government organizations, IBM said Thursday. […] More

Firefly Space Systems has been awarded a $5.5 million contract to test launch NASA’s CubeSat into space in March 2018. Thomas Markusic, Firefly’s CEO, said Wednesday the company developed Firefly Alpha over the last 18 months. Firefly Alpha is designed to lift a 881-pound payload to a 248-mile equatorial orbit. Garrett Skrobot, lead for the educational launch of nanosatellites mission […] More

The U.S. Army has asked industry about available smaller weapons that the military service can integrate onto its fleet of General Atomics-built MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft systems, Flightglobal reported Wednesday. James Drew writes the Army’s existing Gray Eagles are built to launch up to four 106-pound Hellfire air-to-ground missiles. “We would like increased range,” […] More