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  • GovCon Industry Pros Recognized in Trending 40’s Top DC Corporate Counsels List
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    GovCon Industry Pros Recognized in Trending 40’s Top DC Corporate Counsels List

    Laurence Grayer of Veterans Moving Forward, Gregory Nixon of Cerberus and Josh Petty of Booz Allen Hamilton have made Trending 40’s list of top corporate counsels in Washington, D.C. for 2016. The legal professionals will be honored during a ceremony that will be held Sept. 21 at Crystal City, Virginia. Other honorees include Mitre‘s Julie Bowen, AT&T‘s Rishi Chhatwal, PwC‘s Eliza Nagle, Northrop Grumman‘s Charlton Walker […] More

  • Pelican BioThermal Unveils Temperature-Controlled Care Transport Container for Military Personnel
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    Pelican BioThermal Unveils Temperature-Controlled Care Transport Container for Military Personnel

    Pelican Products‘ Pelican BioThermal division has launched a thermal care transport container that is designed to help military personnel carry whole blood units in the battlefield. The company said Tuesday its Golden Hour Medic container works to help combat medics transport blood and other lifesaving supplies as well as maintain required temperature for 24 hours in harsh environments and up to three days in normal […] More

  • Dell-Backed Survey Finds 70% of Agencies Remain Dependent on Legacy IT Systems; Steve Harris Comments
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    Dell-Backed Survey Finds 70% of Agencies Remain Dependent on Legacy IT Systems; Steve Harris Comments

    A study sponsored by Dell and conducted by PSB has shown that 70 percent of 100 federal information technology and business decision makers surveyed said their agencies run IT applications on outdated computer systems. The State of IT Trends 2016 study also found that more than 50 percent of respondents admitted to the fact that their agency operates expired computer operating […] More

  • Air Force Taps iGov for Humvee Mobile Comms System Delivery Order; Chuck Reiche Comments
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    Air Force Taps iGov for Humvee Mobile Comms System Delivery Order; Chuck Reiche Comments

    Reston, Virginia-based information technology services provider iGov has received a potential five-year, $52.5 million delivery order from the U.S. Air Force to provide tactical air control party users with a mobile communications system through modifications to an armored vehicle. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the delivery order under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity […] More

  • Carahsoft Adds Pindrop’s Call Authentication, Fraud Detection Products to GSA Schedule
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    Carahsoft Adds Pindrop’s Call Authentication, Fraud Detection Products to GSA Schedule

    Carahsoft will offer government customers access to Pindrop-developed voice call  authentication and fraud detection systems via the former’s General Services Administration schedule contract. Carahsoft said Tuesday it will serve as the master government aggregator of Pindrop’s Phoneprinting and Phoneprint platforms that work to help operators assess the identity of callers. “By detecting threats sooner and with more accuracy, government agencies are able to reduce fraud losses […] More

  • DLT Solutions Gets Amazon Web Services Government Competency Certification
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    DLT Solutions Gets Amazon Web Services Government Competency Certification

    DLT Solutions has earned Amazon Web Services‘ Government Competency certification for DLT’s work to support government customer readiness for cloud migration. DLT said Tuesday it will build on its earlier certification as an AWS Managed Service Provider to help customers establish their “cloud readiness factor” and provide them support for AWS cloud services. AWS Government Competency recognizes AWS Partner Network members […] More

  • Northrop Subsidiary Reviews Design of Radar Antenna Reflector for Joint NASA-India Satellite
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    Northrop Subsidiary Reviews Design of Radar Antenna Reflector for Joint NASA-India Satellite

    Northrop Grumman‘s Astro Aerospace subsidiary has completed the preliminary design review of a radar antenna reflector technology the business developed for a joint satellite project between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization. Northrop said Tuesday the AstroMesh reflector will be integrated onto the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite that will operate at L-band and S-band frequencies to offer scientists a detailed view of […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Opens Advanced T-50A Pilot Training Facility in South Carolina
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    Lockheed Martin Opens Advanced T-50A Pilot Training Facility in South Carolina

    Lockheed Martin has launched its new Advanced Pilot Training facility in South Carolina that will house a Ground-Based Training System and tooling equipment to support the final assembly of the T-50A trainer aircraft. The company said Tuesday the Ground-Based Training System serves to provide a training platform for T-50A pilots. Orlando Carvalho, Lockheed’s executive vice president for the aeronautics business, said the company will work […] More

  • Energy Dept to Invest $137M in Vehicle Efficiency Tech Projects
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    Energy Dept to Invest $137M in Vehicle Efficiency Tech Projects

    The Energy Department plans to invest up to $137 million in two technology development programs that aim to increase energy efficiency of trucks and passenger cars. DoE said Tuesday it will award $20 million in federal funds to Cummins, Daimler Trucks North America, Navistar and Volvo Technology of America as part of the SuperTruck II initiative. The four companies will match DoE’s investment to help develop […] More

  • Raytheon’s Anti-Ship Defense System on USS Carney Completes 1st Navy Fire Test
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    Raytheon’s Anti-Ship Defense System on USS Carney Completes 1st Navy Fire Test

    Raytheon‘s SeaRAM anti-ship missile defense system aboard USS Carney completed an initial live fire test that the U.S. Navy facilitated in Rota, Spain. The company said Wednesday the system identified, tracked and intercepted a BQM-74E target with a RAM Block II missile during the test. Rick Nelson, Raytheon vice president for the naval area and mission defense product line, […] More

  • Jacobs to Help England Highway Agency Develop Road Improvement Strategies
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    Jacobs to Help England Highway Agency Develop Road Improvement Strategies

    Highways England has partnered with Jacobs Engineering Group to identify design options for multiple planned road improvement projects in the east, southeast and northwest regions of England. Jacobs said Tuesday it will provide engineering design services for civil engineering works and traffic technology, surveys, stakeholder engagement, traffic and building information modeling, environmental and principal designer services to Highways England. The stage two […] More

  • Versar to Extend Army Corps of Engineers Support in Iraq
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    Versar to Extend Army Corps of Engineers Support in Iraq

    Versar has been awarded a $2.5 million contract modification by the U.S. Army to extend the company’s support services for the Army Corps of Engineers-Middle East District in Iraq through August 2017. The company said Monday its personnel will continue to help USACE-MED facilitate  quality assurance, warranty, material and equipment inspections as well as on-site monitoring of construction sites that require Iraqi […] More