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U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch has said the military service could seek approval from the U.S. Defense Department in 2016 to launch a competitive bidding process for GPS III satellite development contracts, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. “We want to get competition as much as we can so that we can try to drive down […] More
ICF International has received a $21.5 million contract to design and administer surveys in support of the Internal Revenue Service’s effort to gauge the service satisfaction of customers. ICF professionals will work to analyze survey data and yield reports as part of IRS’ preparation for its annual customer satisfaction report to Congress, ICF said Tuesday. […] More
Apprio has secured a potential five-year, $3.4 million contract to create enterprise data models in support of the Federal Health Architecture’s Federal Health Information Model. FHA is an Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology-administered e-government program that seeks to help federal agencies develop common information platforms in an effort to achieve transparency, data quality and […] More
The U.S. Army has placed an order for an initial supply of BAE Systems-built laser-guided rockets for deployment onboard its AH-64 Apache helicopters. The company said Tuesday the service branch will use the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System rockets to support its military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. The APKWS is a mid-body guidance system […] More
Brian McKeon helps lead Booz Allen Hamilton‘s systems engineering and integration work for the U.S. Army in his role as an executive vice president at the McLean, Va.-based consulting contractor. He oversees a portfolio that emphasizes C4ISR (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) offerings in the Army market for Booz Allen. In this conversation with ExecutiveBiz, McKeon […] More
A patch management offering from Shavlik is now available to public sector agencies through Carahsoft’s General Services Administration schedule. As a master government aggregator, Carahsoft will provide marketing and sales support to Shavlik in order to draw public sector demand for Shavlik’s products, Carahsoft said Monday. Will Jones, vice president of virtualization solutions at Carahsoft, said […] More
FireEye has released a new threat intelligence offering and on-site support service to help customers operationalize threat intelligence and contextualize cyber threats in support of cybersecurity efforts. The company said Monday the FireEye Threat Intelligence Engine and Forward Deployed Analyst service work together through intelligence capture, processing and analysis and the delivery of operational, tactical and strategic insights. Kevin Mandia, […] More
Boeing has awarded Ducommun a two-year subcontract to manufacture position sensors for integration with the Trident Navigation System onboard the U.S. Navy’s Ohio-class and U.K.’s Vanguard-class ballistic missile nuclear submarines. “This work builds upon our relationship with both Boeing and the U.S. Navy,†Anthony Reardon, chairman and CEO of Ducommun, said Tuesday. “We designed and […] More
The U.S. Army is in the process of crafting an acquisition strategy for a program that seeks to develop platforms for helicopter pilots to see and operate in degraded visual environments, Breaking Defense reported Monday. The service branch’s Brownout Rotorcraft Enhancement System program aims to mitigate deaths and aircraft losses caused by DVE, such as brownout and […] More
Stephen Parker, vice president for cargo helicopters and H-47 Chinook program manager at Boeing, said the company aims to secure 150 direct commercial and foreign military sales for the Chinook helicopter through 2022, Defense News reported Monday. Aaron Mehta writes that Parker told reporters at the Association of the United States Army event that the projected international […] More
Wayne Lucernoni, president of the mission sustainment services business at Harris Corp., has said the unit accounts for approximately 15 percent of company’s revenue from government contracts, the Washington Business Journal reported Monday. James Bach writes the company looks to small business partnerships in pursuit of “lowest priced, technically acceptable” professional services contracts in the […] More
Rockwell Collins has given the U.S. Army a platform the company built to help helicopter pilots access and view drone-derived videos on their cockpits. The Secure Real Time Video system will work to support the service branch’s manned-unmanned teaming activities, Rockwell Collins said Monday. “Giving Army pilots access to real-time video streams in their cockpits will directly improve […] More
