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is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.
Research and Markets has forecast the global market for cybersecurity offerings within the banking, financial services and insurance sector to yield a 13.14 percent compound annual growth rate through 2019. The increasing use of cloud security and mobile platforms is projected to drive the BFSI cybersecurity market’s growth over the next four years, the research […] More
Esri has announced it will offer a geographic content management product to federal agencies through the company’s General Services Administration Schedule contract. The company said Wednesday it designed the Data Appliance for ArcGIS to help customers view imagery, topographic maps, street-level data, elevations and shaded relief. “Content is crucial to GIS, and the ability to provide […] More
Louis Berger is part of an international consortium that has won a $2.71 million contract to help Gabonese government agencies and companies manage and maintain a network of roads across Gabon. The company said Wednesday it will train as many as 20 Gabon-based private organizations in long-term road maintenance through the contract. The European Union […] More
DynCorp International has received a one-year, $27.8 million contract extension to help the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection maintain aerial vehicles the agency uses when it responds to wildfires. The company said Wednesday it will continue to provide maintenance, repair and modification services for the agency’s fleet of OV-10A observation aircraft, S-2T tankers […] More
General Dynamics has updated the software of its radio system offering intended to help military users communicate over multiple networks. A new version of the company’s Digital Modular Radio product is designed to have a high-frequency routing software that will work to leverage up to eight virtual channels, General Dynamics said Wednesday. The company also […] More
Jacobs Engineering Group has landed three contracts to provide professional and technical services for multiple projects run by the Texas Department of Transportation. Jacobs said Tuesday it will conduct research on transport corridors and systems, traffic counts, travel times and highway tolls within the El Paso district through the first contract. The second contract is […] More
3D Systems has landed two contracts worth more than $1 million to help the U.S. Air Force build three-dimensional printers for aerospace and defense technology manufacturing. The Air Force Research Laboratory will finance both 3D printing projects while America Makes: National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute will manage the programs, 3DS said Tuesday. Under the first […] More
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract of an undisclosed value to produce five more AN/AES-1 Airborne Laser Mine Detection Systems for installation on the U.S. Navy‘s MH-60 helicopters. The company said Monday it will also provide subsystems, equipment and spares and technical support for the ALMDS mine countermeasure pods. AN/AES-1 systems are designed with pulsed […] More
An annual budget plan from the U.S. Air Force would set aside up to $7.1 billion for the military branch’s space programs in fiscal 2016, Reuters reported Monday. Andrea Shalal writes the Air Force plans to invest $938 million in the research, development and acquisition of a tenth Global Positioning System III satellite. The budget would […] More
A Dynetics subsidiary has received a 12-month, $59.3 million contract extension to provide information technology services to NASA‘s Marshall Space Flight Center. The extension period will run from Feb. 1 to Jan. 31, 2016, and covers managerial and technical support at the space research facility, NASA said Friday. Dynetics Technical Services will continue to work with […] More
The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a $21.6 million contract to provide two additional modular mission packages for the military branch’s Littoral Combat Ship. Northrop said Monday the modules will be built to support LCS’ surface warfare and mine countermeasure operations. “As the mission package integrator for LCS we are committed to meeting the […] More
Amazon Web Services has added the AWS Trusted Advisor monitoring and alerting tool to the company’s cloud platform offering for U.S. government agencies. The tool will work to help GovCloud (US) region users to perform up to 19 checks and is designed to offer security, cost and system management suggestions, AWS said Thursday. All GovCloud […] More
