General Dynamics has tested the technical functions of the upgraded Remote Video Surveillance System for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection as part of the program’s deployment schedule. The company said Wednesday it has also completed the initial field deployment of the system in support of CBP’s surveillance and response operations along the southern U.S. border. Edward Hudson, vice […] More

Deloitte Consulting has been awarded a $9.4 million contract to provide professional support services for the U.S. Agency for International Development’s climate change initiative in Vietnam. USAID said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday the Vietnam Low Emission Energy Program seeks to promote the deployment of low-emission energy platforms in the country through strategy development […] More

Hughes Network Systems has received a potential five-year, $700,000 contract to provide managed Internet connections, Wi-Fi services and digital media platforms for the Florida Army National Guard. The company said Monday it will deliver the HughesON suite offerings to 65 National Guard installations across the state through its broadband satellite network. Tony Bardo, assistant vice president […] More

The KEYW Corp. has won a potential three-year, $13.5 million task order to provide systems integration and instrumentation support services for the Naval Research Laboratory. KEYW said Tuesday the single-award contract covers general purpose electronic test instrument integration and evaluation and software development work, including software-defined radio engineering and cloud analytics implementation. “We are excited to […] More

ICF International has received two task orders from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention worth $21.9 million combined to maintain CDC’s HIV/AIDS surveillance system and analyze health-related data. ICF will operate CDC’s reporting system designed to monitor the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S. under a $6.9 million task order from the National Center for […] More

Barry Morris serves as vice president of the federal division at EMC and has three decades of federal sales experience. In this capacity, he oversees information technology projects with federal agencies and manages the company’s collaboration efforts with other government contractors and systems integrators. Prior to EMC, Morris spent more than a decade at Polycom, […] More

Phil Horvitz serves as chief technology officer of AECOM, where he is responsible for the company’s efforts to set its technology goals and strategy. Horvitz leads the development of various offerings such as cloud computing, cybersecurity and agile methodologies. He was CTO of Apptis from November 2003 through July 2011 before he joined AECOM (previously […] More

The Department of Veterans Affairs has selected Lockheed Martin’s Systems Made Simple subsidiary to update a system the VA uses to process educational benefits for veterans and their families. Systems Made Simple will collaborate with the VA to identify and select beneficiaries, monitor education outcomes and refresh interfaces for the Chapter 33 system, Lockheed said Wednesday. “Lockheed Martin is […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton and Splunk have entered into a cybersecurity agreement as both companies seek to help public sector and commercial customers detect and mitigate threats to their computer networks. The companies will combine their threat intelligence and cyber operations in order to expand security offerings and bolster predictive cyber analytics tools, Booz Allen said Wednesday. […] More

Iridium Communications has unveiled new broadband core transceiver modules that work to help the company’s manufacturing partners develop Iridium Certus broadband terminal prototypes ahead of end-to-end tests early next year. The company said Tuesday the modules are part of developer kits for the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation’s new broadband terminals. “Delivering these developer kits into the hands of our […] More

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, a senior vice president at Inmarsat, has called on the U.S. government and commercial satellite vendors to collaborate in the development of policies on the safety of satellite launches and seek to reduce the risk of in-orbit collisions. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in a SpaceNews op-ed published Tuesday that inactive satellites and debris constitute the majority of approximately 23,000 man-made objects the Defense Department tracks […] More

Intellicheck Mobilisa will provide additional units of Defense ID devices and workstations to the U.S. Army at Fort Sill in support of the service’s expanded deployment of the identification authentication system. The company said Tuesday it will supply more Defense ID handhelds and establish a visitor/vendor registration and credentialing center to help Fort Sill’s security personnel verify […] More