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The New Mexico Human Services Department has chosen CSG Government Solutions to provide independent verification and validation services for the state’s Medicaid Management Information System replacement project. CSG said Thursday it will conduct proactive IV&V assessments of HSD’s MMIS planning, procurement development, vendor integration, risks, technology design, development and implementation quality throughout the project life cycle. “The State’s MMIS replacement […] More

Four Allied Telesis-developed X-series managed switches have passed the Defense Department‘s Joint Interoperability Test Command Unified Capabilities certification and have been certified to connect to the Defense Switched Network. Allied Telesis said Tuesday the certified AT-x930, AT-x510, AT-x310 and AT-DC2552 switches feature the AlliedWare Plus Layer 3 operating system designed to support ease of management and robustness. Philip Yim, […] More

NCI has received a potential five-year, $63 million task order for engineering and integration support services at the U.S. Army Garrison–Humphreys in South Korea. The task order was awarded by the Army’s Information Systems Engineering Command through the Total Engineering and Information Systems III contract vehicle and contains one base year plus up to four option years, NCI said Wednesday. […] More

An Orbital ATK-produced 60-millimeter mortar cartridge has obtained full materiel release approval from the U.S. Joint Munitions Command that designates the munition as safe and operationally suitable for use. Orbital ATK said Thursday it has manufactured more than 12,000 M1061 mortar cartridges for the U.S. Army and other customers and 1,000 were deployed ahead of the FMR. M1061 was […] More

Engineers from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have visited two aviation companies in Philadelphia to explore opportunities for potential small business partnerships. ARL engineers toured DPI UAV Systems and Piasecki Aircraft Corp. respectively run by Michael Piasecki and his brother John, the U.S. Army said Oct. 19. Rajneesh Singh, a team lead at ARL’s vehicle technology […] More

Parsons ha received a contract from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to modernize a system that works to facilitate transportation data exchange between approximately 125 agencies across Southern California. The company said Wednesday it will provide technologies with big data analytics and reporting features for the Regional Integration of Intelligent Transportation System project. “Southern California has the most congested traffic […] More

Deloitte has opened a center that aims to produce research and foster collaboration to address problems facing the government. The company said Tuesday its new Center for Government Insights will engage with public sector leaders through publications, forums and workshops in efforts to provide insights on local, state and federal government issues. William Eggers, managing director for services at Deloitte, […] More

Concurrent Technologies Corp. has launched a new strategy designed to help the U.S. Navy address sensitization that results in corrosion cracking of 5xxx series aluminum alloys used in ship construction. Rob Mason, a principal materials scientist at CTC, introduced the strategy at the American Society of Naval Engineers-hosted Fleet Maintenance and Modernization Symposium held in September […] More

The U.S. Army has asked industry to submit concept papers for a potential four-year, $148 million program that aims to identify, develop and demonstrate long-range missile systems. A broad agency announcement posted Monday on FedBizOpps says the Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center seeks new system- and component-level technology platforms designed to […] More

The U.S. Marine Corps has began to develop a large Group 5 unmanned aerial system that will operate from a ship to support the Marine Air-Ground Task Force as well as U.S. Navy fleets and U.S. Army ground forces, USNI News reported Monday. Megan Eckstein writes Lt. Col. Noah Spataro, Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and […] More

Endeavor Robotics has reached an agreement to lease 35,000 feet of industrial space in Chelmsford, Mass. from real estate investment firm Calare Properties five months after the autonomous technology maker’s rebrand. Calare said Monday the space at 19 Alpha Road is being retrofitted to serve as a robot design, development and integration facility. Endeavor Robotics CEO Sean Bielat said the facility […] More

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intends to award a $48 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for analytical and professional navigation support services to the USACE’s Institute for Water Resources. USACE IWR issued a sources sought notice in search of potential industry partners  currently registered on the System for Award Management database, U.S. Federal Contractor Registration said Monday. The multiple-award […] More