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  • Booz Allen Hamilton to Add 90 Jobs in San Antonio Offices
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    Booz Allen Hamilton to Add 90 Jobs in San Antonio Offices

    Booz Allen Hamilton has announced it will add 90 jobs to its already 530-strong offices in San Antonio, Texas, the San Antonio Business Journal reported Tuesday. Technology jobs make up the bulk of the openings, which include positions for network engineers and cybersecurity analysts for the U.S. Air Force, a health data scientist for the Military […] More

  • Boeing to Open Autonomous Aircraft Research Facility in Massachusetts
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    Boeing to Open Autonomous Aircraft Research Facility in Massachusetts

    Boeing has announced plans to lease a 100,000-square-foot research space at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Kendall Square mixed-use district in Cambridge, Mass. The new aerospace and autonomy center at Kendall Square’s 17-story building is set to be operational in 2020 and will accommodate employees from Boeing’s Aurora Flight Sciences subsidiary to perform research, design […] More

  • DoT Federal Transit Administration to Solicit for Project Management Oversight Services
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    DoT Federal Transit Administration to Solicit for Project Management Oversight Services

    Bloomberg Government expects the Department of Transportation‘s Federal Transit Administration to begin soliciting for the Project Management Oversight multiple-award contract this fall, the media firm said Tuesday. The estimated $750 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract calls for firms to evaluate prime transportation projects including capital investment grants and rail modernization; manage project caseloads; and verify the technical capacities […] More

  • Globecomm Reports $215M in Fiscal 2018 Comms Tech Orders
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    Globecomm Reports $215M in Fiscal 2018 Comms Tech Orders

    Globecomm has booked more than $215 million in orders during its 2018 fiscal year, which ended June 30, to provide multiple communications technology platforms to public and private sector customers. The company said Tuesday it will supply fixed and transportable satellite communications  terminals as well as very-small-aperture terminal broadcast and wireless services to government customers. Some of the […] More

  • Accenture’s Federal Arm to Help Build Library of Congress Data Center; Elaine Beeman Comments
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    Accenture’s Federal Arm to Help Build Library of Congress Data Center; Elaine Beeman Comments

    Accenture‘s federal services business will build a data repository for the Library of Congress under a potential three-year, $27.3 million contract. Elaine Beeman, senior managing director and civilian portfolio lead at Accenture Federal Services, said in a statement released Wednesday the project is key to helping the library deploy technology designed to facilitate digital access to its collection of […] More

  • CTC Gets Recognition for Ammo Manufacturing Approach; Ed Sheehan Comments
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    CTC Gets Recognition for Ammo Manufacturing Approach; Ed Sheehan Comments

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. received an “outstanding technical achievement” award from the National Armaments Consortium and the Defense Department‘s Ordnance Technology Consortium at a ceremony that took place April 11 in Arlington, Va. The consortia recognized CTC’s ammunition manufacturing approach that seeks to decrease the total cost of ownership and production footprint, elevate performance levels and reduce […] More

  • Austal USA-Built Charleston LCS Completes Navy Acceptance Trials
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    Austal USA-Built Charleston LCS Completes Navy Acceptance Trials

    The future USS Charleston littoral combat ship completed acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico on July 19 and is now ready for delivery to the U.S. Navy this summer. The Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey assessed the Independence-variant LCS built by Austal USA during a series of in-port and underway demonstrations that showcased the vessel’s propulsion […] More

  • VA Requests Info on IT Services for Website Modernization
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    VA Requests Info on IT Services for Website Modernization

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a request for information on service-disabled, veteran-owned companies that can offer information technology services to help modernize VA.gov. According to a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday, the department aims to update user-facing digital tools, implement a content management system and address website users’ expectations as part of the VA Digital Modernization […] More

  • John Campbell: SAP NS2’s Nonprofit Arm Extends Training, Employment Program for Military Vets
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    John Campbell: SAP NS2’s Nonprofit Arm Extends Training, Employment Program for Military Vets

    SAP National Security Services‘ nonprofit organization has commenced a three-month information technology training and employment program for military veterans in Tampa, Fla. NS2 Serves offers the course for post-9/11 service members to obtain certifications that can help them qualify for high-tech jobs, the nonprofit said Monday. Veterans who complete the program will receive a Certified SAP Associate designation. They […] More

  • David Young: CenturyLink Gets ATO to Offer IT, Managed Services Via GSA Alliant 2 Contract
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    David Young: CenturyLink Gets ATO to Offer IT, Managed Services Via GSA Alliant 2 Contract

    CenturyLink has secured authority to operate from the General Services Administration to offer information technology platforms and services to federal agencies under a 10-year, $50 billion governmentwide acquisition contract. David Young, senior vice president for strategic government at CenturyLink and a 2018 Wash100 recipient, said in a statement released Monday the ATO offers the company […] More

  • CACI Receives IT Service Mgmt Certification; DeEtte Gray Comments
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    CACI Receives IT Service Mgmt Certification; DeEtte Gray Comments

    CACI International has obtained certification from NSF International for compliance with industry-recognized standards on information technology service management systems and processes. The company said Monday it received the International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission 20000-1:2011 designation after NSF assessed the firm’s U.S. operations and platforms that support enterprise IT service delivery. The certification encompasses systems planning, establishment, implementation, operation, monitoring, […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Begins LPD 29 Ship Fabrication Phase
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    Huntington Ingalls Begins LPD 29 Ship Fabrication Phase

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has cut the first 100 tons of steel for the 13th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock as part of the ship’s fabrication start. LPD 29 or the Richard M. McCool, Jr. entered fabrication on July 30 in Pascagoula, Miss., under a design and construction contract awarded to the company on April 21, […] More