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  • IBA Unveils Cloud-Based Mobile App Delivery Platform for Federal Gov't - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBA Unveils Cloud-Based Mobile App Delivery Platform for Federal Gov’t

    Irving Burton Associates has unveiled a cloud-based service that is built on open source technology and designed to accelerate the delivery of native, hybrid and web-based mobile applications. The Federal Mobile Services Platform works to supply rapid prototypes to Android, iOS, Windows and BlackBerry devices and comply with federal customer security requirements and policies, IBA said Thursday. Cleveland Cooke, IBA’s […] More

  • DHS Solicits White Papers for Security Tool R&D Program for Mobile Apps - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Solicits White Papers for Security Tool R&D Program for Mobile Apps

    The Department of Homeland Security has solicited white papers for a five-year contract that aims to conduct research and develop security tools for mobile applications, Federal Times reported Friday. Aaron Boyd writes DHS said in a broad agency announcement posted on FedBizOpps that the Mobile Application Security R&D project seeks to “identify innovative approaches that […] More

  • DMI Develops Mobile App for DoD Cemetery Maintenance, Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DMI Develops Mobile App for DoD Cemetery Maintenance, Operations

    DMI will deploy a mobile application meant to help cemetery operations teams manage catalogs and assign location tags at Defense Department national military cemeteries. The company will provide the Enterprise Interment Services System app and build a common virtual database and network environment for more than 42 military cemeteries across the U.S., DMI said May 24. DMI intends for the enterprise app […] More

  • Raytheon BBN-Led Team Seeks to Extend Mobile Apps’ Viability Under Air Force Contract; Partha Pal Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon BBN-Led Team Seeks to Extend Mobile Apps’ Viability Under Air Force Contract; Partha Pal Comments

    A team led by a Raytheon subsidiary will work to develop techniques that seek to extend the functionality of mobile applications for up to a century under a four-year, $7.8 million contract with the U.S. Air Force. Raytheon BBN Technologies will collaborate with Securboration, Syracuse University, Vanderbilt University and Oregon State University on the project as part of the Defense Advanced […] More

  • Harris Gets Contract to Update Radio System for First Responders in Rockwall County, Texas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Gets Contract to Update Radio System for First Responders in Rockwall County, Texas

    Harris Corp. has secured a contract to supply 900 mobile digital radios to Rockwall County, Texas in support of the jurisdiction’s efforts to update its radio platform for public safety operations. The contract is for the second phase of the APCO P25 project and covers the Harris-built XL-200P LTE-based radio, Symphony dispatch console platform and BeOn […] More

  • Bob Fecteau: SAIC Recognized for Deltek Timekeeping App Implementation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bob Fecteau: SAIC Recognized for Deltek Timekeeping App Implementation

    Science Applications International Corp. has received a 2015 Innovation Award from Deltek for its adoption of a Deltek-built mobile application that works to track employees’ working hours and expenses. SAIC said Monday it implemented the Touch Time and Expense for GovCon app last year in an effort to connect with the company’s approximately 15,000 workers globally. Deltek’s technology is […] More

  • Raytheon BBN Wins Air Force Research Lab IMMoRTALS Software Devt Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon BBN Wins Air Force Research Lab IMMoRTALS Software Devt Contract

    A Raytheon subsidiary has received a potential four-year, $7.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop a software that works to extend the life cycle of mobile networked systems and manage resource-linked modifications in mobile applications. Raytheon BBN Technologies will work to combine program synthesis and analysis, resource specification and runtime methods to develop the […] More

  • Shana Simmons: Engility Seeks to Help NGA Build 'One-Stop' GEOINT Shop - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Shana Simmons: Engility Seeks to Help NGA Build ‘One-Stop’ GEOINT Shop

    Engility is acting as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency‘s broker for the development and approval of mobile applications as NGA pushes to make geospatial data more widely available, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. Jason Miller writes Engility’s contract – awarded to its TASC subsidiary in September 2014 — is part of the Innovative GEOINT Application Provider Program that seeks t0 make a “one-stop shop” for GEOINT applications that utilize […] More

  • Unisys Receives GCN Award for Philadelphia CRM Project; Mark Forman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys Receives GCN Award for Philadelphia CRM Project; Mark Forman Comments

    Unisys has won a Government Computer News Award for the company’s work on Philadelphia’s customer relationship management project. Unisys was the systems integrator for the Philly311 project that is designed to provide citizen access to the city’s services via telephone, Internet, mobile application and social media, Unisys said Wednesday. “Unisys congratulates the City of Philadelphia […] More

  • Good Technology: Enterprises Adopt Various Mobile Apps for Secure Data Access - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Good Technology: Enterprises Adopt Various Mobile Apps for Secure Data Access

    A new report by Good Technology says 67 percent of enterprises are increasing the usage of different mobile applications to secure corporate data. Good Technology said Tuesday its Mobility Index Report has found that custom apps, secure browser, document access, instant messaging and document editing are the top app categories among corporate organizations. “As the mobile […] More

  • HP to Create E-Health Platform for Kerala Family Welfare Dept in India - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HP to Create E-Health Platform for Kerala Family Welfare Dept in India

    Hewlett-Packard will develop an e-health information technology platform for the health and family welfare department of Kerala in India as part of efforts to improve patient care at the region’s healthcare facilities, InfotechLead reported Monday. Shilpa Khatri writes that the platform will work to deliver digital healthcare services using mobile applications, analytics, data mining and […] More

  • Red Hat, Samsung to Develop Mobile Platforms for Commercial Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat, Samsung to Develop Mobile Platforms for Commercial Clients

    Red Hat and Samsung have formed a partnership to develop mobile platforms for companies to manage business information and operations. Red Hat said Tuesday it will work with Samsung to develop mobile applications that can be configured for a company’s back-end systems and can operate on Android and other mobile operating systems through the Red Hat Mobile Application Platform. […] More