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The Army Contracting Command seeks information on potential industry providers of consulting services to the U.S. Army in the acquisition, logistics, science and technology areas. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says the market research effort seeks to identify a contractor to operate the Board on Army Systems and Technologies that will be tasked to conduct up to five […] More
AT&T has fielded 72 network assets for first responders who intend to use a national public safety communications network. The company said Thursday FirstNet users can leverage the deployable assets in planned events or emergency operations such as shooter situations and natural disasters, among other things, without connecting to commercial power. Subscribers can also request access […] More
Oracle has unveiled a cloud-based application designed to help local and state government agencies facilitate land management and the processing of building permits and inspections. Oracle Public Sector Community Development is a subscription software-as-a-service app that works to upgrade the regulatory and compliance processes for building infrastructure and land use, the company said Thursday. “Today’s […] More
The contracting division of the General Services Administration’s Region 5 Federal Acquisition Service has commenced a market research effort to determine potential vendors that can offer an enterprise asset management system. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says GSA aims to replace its legacy systems used to manage government fleet, property and information technology assets. The government seeks […] More
Generation Orbit Launch Services is developing a rocket technology with liquid-propellant engine for use in hypersonic flight research efforts of the U.S. Air Force. The air-dropped vehicle, which the Air Force designated as X-60A, will employ the Hadley propulsion system and is designed to fly at a speed of between Mach 5 and Mach 8, the military service said Thursday. […] More
CACI International has been selected to demonstrate its electronic warfare offerings for the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting and exposition in Washington, D.C. The event will run from Oct. 8 to 10 and feature discussions with land power specialists, U.S. Army officials, industry representatives and members of the academe, CACI said Thursday. The company […] More
General Electric‘s aviation business has opened a collaboration space in Washington, D.C., to help federal civilian and defense customers transform operations with digital products and services. GE Aviation established the Accelerator for data scientists, software developers and domain experts to work with government clients to condense multiple data points generated by the defense sector each year […] More
The future USS Frank E. Petersen, slated to become the U.S. Navy’s 71st Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, will be christened on Saturday at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. The nearly 9.5K-ton guided-missile destroyer will receive a Flight IIA configuration designed for power projection, forward presence and escort operations for open-ocean conflicts as well as […] More
Science Applications International Corp. has received three contracts to provide information technology modernization services to the Agriculture Department through centers of excellence led by the General Services Administration. SAIC said Thursday it will help USDA build a data analytics system, manage organizational change and train more than 100K employees under a single-award task order. GSA awarded the […] More
NCI Information Systems has received a $22M contract to modernize information technology infrastructure at the U.S. Army‘s Home Station Mission Command Centers located at nine domestic and international sites. The service’s program executive office for enterprise information systems awarded the contract that has three base years along with eight optional tasks, NCI said Thursday. HSMCCs support mission command operations […] More
James Hanson, formerly managing director at marketing communications firm ConnellyWorks, has joined Nextgov as first publisher, the publication reported Monday. He will oversee business development, client relations and product planning for the GovCon community through the publication’s Washington, D.C.-based office. Hanson is “a master at helping government contractors connect with federal decision makers, and Nextgov […] More
Boeing and Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary expect the SB>1 Defiant compound helicopter to have the initial flight in December, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. The two companies have teamed up to design and propose the aircraft for the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift program. The service considers Defiant and the Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor for the FVL initiative. Randy Rotte, director of FVL […] More
