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  • 3D Printing Tech Firm Voxel8 Receives In-Q-Tel Investment; Megan Anderson Comments
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    3D Printing Tech Firm Voxel8 Receives In-Q-Tel Investment; Megan Anderson Comments

    In-Q-Tel has pumped cash into Voxel8‘s three-dimensional printing technology to assist the Somerville, Massachusetts-based company build on its product’s development. Voxel8 plans to commercialize the 3D technology comprised of various materials, printing hardware and intelligent software, In-Q-Tel said Thursday. “We are pleased to be partnering with Voxel8 to further develop its multimaterial 3D printing technology,” said […] More

  • Govini 2015 GovCon Scorecard: Commerce Dept is Top Agency, Lockheed is Top Vendor
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    Govini 2015 GovCon Scorecard: Commerce Dept is Top Agency, Lockheed is Top Vendor

    Govini‘s latest Federal Scorecard report points to a “highly competitive” government contracting space in 2014 with the Commerce Department leading in agency spending percentage increase and Lockheed Martin ahead in captured contract revenue. “The annual scorecard gives the market an opportunity to look at federal spending from a macro level and, through analytics, explain the trends that […] More

  • Ken Asbury: CACI to Help Army Evaluate Night-Vision Tech for Asymmetric Warfare
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    Ken Asbury: CACI to Help Army Evaluate Night-Vision Tech for Asymmetric Warfare

    CACI International will continue its support for U.S. Army sensor and imaging systems modeling and simulation work following the award of a 12-month, $43 million task order contract under the Strategic Services Sourcing vehicle. The company will provide engineering support to the service’s Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate to help in the evaluation of sensor technologies and […] More

  • DeEtte Gray: BAE Extends AF Life-Cycle Planning Support With Obsolescence Mgmt Tool
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    DeEtte Gray: BAE Extends AF Life-Cycle Planning Support With Obsolescence Mgmt Tool

    The U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems will continue to help the U.S. Air Force manage the service life cycle of aircraft, vehicles, machines and other systems and platforms under a three-year contract worth up to $37 million. BAE Systems Inc. said Wednesday it will provide its Web-enabled Advanced Component Obsolescence Management tool to predict the potential obsolescence of parts and identify where replacements […] More

  • ASDReports: Commercial Drones Market to Hit $1.27B by 2020
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    ASDReports: Commercial Drones Market to Hit $1.27B by 2020

    A new ASDReports study projects the commercial unmanned aerial vehicle market to reach $1.27 billion by 2020 from $15.22 million in 2014, up 109.31 percent year over year during the forecast period. The report indicates that an increase in demand for law enforcement applications contributes a major portion to the market’s growth, ASDReports said Feb. […] More

  • Lockheed to Use Spirent GPS/INS Simulators for F-35 Tests
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    Lockheed to Use Spirent GPS/INS Simulators for F-35 Tests

    Lockheed Martin‘s aeronautics business has tapped Spirent Federal Systems to support hardware-in-the-loop tests of F-35 mission systems and sensors, where Spirent will provide GPS/INS simulation systems to the Joint Strike Fighter Mission Systems Integration Lab. Lockheed said Tuesday it will also use Spirent’s simulators for aiding procedures at the JSF Vehicle Systems Integration Facility. The simulators work to help supplement instrumented […] More

  • Bechtel to Place 700 Workers in Expanded Fairfax County Hub; Bill Dudley Comments
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    Bechtel to Place 700 Workers in Expanded Fairfax County Hub; Bill Dudley Comments

    Bechtel will put a new $10 million investment into its office location in Virginia’s Fairfax County to accommodate 700 relocated jobs as part of the company’s corporate restructuring and business expansion effort in the region. The company said Wednesday it will lease 175,000 square feet of space to add to its global operations headquarters in Reston as […] More

  • Sotera to Continue Support for Apache NiFi Open Source Project
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    Sotera to Continue Support for Apache NiFi Open Source Project

    Sotera Defense Solutions has helped the Apache Software Foundation in the development, maintenance and documentation of the Apache NiFi Open Source Project as part of the Apache Incubator program. Sotera said Wednesday it has also provided project management, systems engineering and training support since the project was still in the initial closed-source stage. The Apache NiFi system manages data flows with a Web-based user interface […] More

  • MACH37 Kicks Off Session for Cybersecurity Startups; Rick Gordon Comments
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    MACH37 Kicks Off Session for Cybersecurity Startups; Rick Gordon Comments

    The MACH37 cybersecurity accelerator has begun a 90-day session to mentor cybersecurity startup businesses on developing cyber technologies with $50,000 in investment. MACH37 selected Anatrope, Atomicorp, JeKuDo, Nelson-Harris and Shevirah for the Spring 2015 session based on the companies’ technology and approach to solving security issues, MACH37 said Wednesday. Rick Gordon, managing partner at MACH37, […] More

  • Former NGA Director Letitia Long Joins Noblis Board of Trustees; Amr ElSawy Comments
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    Former NGA Director Letitia Long Joins Noblis Board of Trustees; Amr ElSawy Comments

    Letitia Long, formerly director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, has been appointed to Noblis‘ board of trustees as the company works to further its collaboration with the U.S. intelligence community. “Tish will bring fresh insights to our board based on her extensive experience in a community that is so vital to our national security,” Amr ElSawy, […] More

  • Camber Names Former CACI CEO Paul Cofoni to Board; Walter Batson Comments
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    Camber Names Former CACI CEO Paul Cofoni to Board; Walter Batson Comments

    Paul Cofoni, a former CACI International president and CEO, has joined Camber Corp. as a member of the board of directors. “Camber will benefit greatly from Paul’s wealth of knowledge and experience in mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning, and federal market operations,” Camber Chairman Walter Batson, said Wednesday. Bert Notini, a Camber board member, said […] More

  • STC Lands NASA Mission Support Contract for Langley Research
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    STC Lands NASA Mission Support Contract for Langley Research

    Science and Technology Corporation has been awarded a potential $25 million contract from NASA to provide support services for the space agency’s aeronautics laboratory in Virginia. The five-year contract includes the fabrication of flight test components for various mission requirements at Langley Research Center, including assemblies for aircraft, spaceflight, research facilities and ground support equipment, […] More