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  • GSA Seeks Entity Validation Services Provider to Secure Federal Award Process
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    GSA Seeks Entity Validation Services Provider to Secure Federal Award Process

    The General Services Administration has launched a formal solicitation for a follow-on contract vehicle that will cover entity identification and validation services intended to secure contracting transactions across the federal government. GSA said Friday it seeks a contractor to help customer agencies verify the identities of organizations that aim to receive assistance from or do business with the […] More

  • Report: Federal Government Advances AI Adoption; Deloitte’s Marc Mancher Quoted
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    Report: Federal Government Advances AI Adoption; Deloitte’s Marc Mancher Quoted

    The U.S. government has initiated several efforts this year to advance the use of artificial intelligence and other cognitive technology platforms to facilitate the delivery of services to citizens, the Washington Business Journal reported Friday. Those include the formation of a new select committee to coordinate AI research initiatives, the Defense Department’s call for a […] More

  • NASA, Northrop Set October Launch Date for Ionosphere Exploration Spacecraft
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    NASA, Northrop Set October Launch Date for Ionosphere Exploration Spacecraft

    Northrop Grumman and NASA jointly aim to launch on Oct. 6 a space vehicle built to explore an atmospheric region where the weather conditions of Earth and space meet. Ionospheric Connection Explorer will lift off aboard a Pegasus XL rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, according to a NASA blog article published Wednesday. The ICON mission was targeted to launch […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls’ JFK Aircraft Carrier Project Halfway Complete
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    Huntington Ingalls’ JFK Aircraft Carrier Project Halfway Complete

    A Huntington Ingalls Industries shipbuilding division is halfway done with the construction of the U.S. Navy‘s future John F. Kennedy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding business reached the milestone upon the installation of a 905-metric ton superlift unit on the Ford-class ship’s aft section located in the middle of the hangar bay and flight deck, the company said […] More

  • Army Kicks Off Solicitation for Wideband Satcom Services
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    Army Kicks Off Solicitation for Wideband Satcom Services

    The U.S. Army seeks a contractor to help the service manage the operation of wideband satellite communications systems. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday stated the Army Contracting Command will solicit bids until Sept. 24 through a full and open competition and use a “best-value tradeoff” method to evaluate proposals. A selected vendor would provide personnel, equipment, […] More

  • CenturyLink Joins AWS’ Managed Service Provider Program; David Shacochis Quoted
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    CenturyLink Joins AWS’ Managed Service Provider Program; David Shacochis Quoted

    CenturyLink has been selected as a partner under Amazon Web Services’ Managed Service Provider program. The MSP partner status will allow the Monroe, La.-based firm to deliver cloud products and services that contain access to AWS resources to its customers, CenturyLink said Friday. The telecommunications company’s offerings include the Cloud Application Manager platform, which is […] More

  • Matt Desch: Iridium Aims to Complete ‘NEXT’ Satellite Network for Aireon’s Aircraft Tracking Service
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    Matt Desch: Iridium Aims to Complete ‘NEXT’ Satellite Network for Aireon’s Aircraft Tracking Service

    Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch said the company expects to complete the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation this year to help Aireon meet its timeline for delivery of aircraft monitoring service through the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast system, NASASpaceflight.com reported Friday. “The reason why that’s important isn’t for any services that we have today, it’s for Aireon – which is a […] More

  • Xavier Beale Promoted to Trades VP at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding Division
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    Xavier Beale Promoted to Trades VP at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding Division

    Xavier Beale, formerly director of human resources operations at Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division, has been promoted to a vice president role within the same division. He will oversee production trades and trades administration and management functions as well as manage operations of the company-run Apprentice School in Virginia, HII said Friday. Beale succeeds Ray […] More

  • Navy Receives Austal USA-Built Charleston LCS
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    Navy Receives Austal USA-Built Charleston LCS

    Austal‘s U.S. subsidiary has delivered the USS Charleston littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy at a ceremony at the company’s shipyard in Mobile, Ala. The delivery marks the third LCS shipment from Austal USA this year, the company said Friday. Charleston is the eighth ship of the Independence variant and 16th LCS slated to enter the Navy’s fleet. The […] More

  • Report: Marines Pursue Commercially Available Tech in Amphibious Combat Vehicle Program
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    Report: Marines Pursue Commercially Available Tech in Amphibious Combat Vehicle Program

    The U.S. Marine Corps has adopted a low-risk approach to acquire a new amphibious combat vehicle by opting for commercially available technologies, the National Defense Magazine reported Friday. “The recognition of needing to go with something that was low risk — meaning relatively commercially available — so that you could get a new vehicle into the […] More

  • DISA Extends Deadline for Satcom Mgmt System Input
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    DISA Extends Deadline for Satcom Mgmt System Input

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has extended by seven days the deadline for interested vendors to submit feedback on DISA’s plan to build a military satellite communications management system. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says the agency will continue accepting responses to its request for information notice for the potential SATCOM Ordering, Management & Situational Awareness […] More

  • Janus Disarms Explosives at Main Road in Iraq
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    Janus Disarms Explosives at Main Road in Iraq

    Janus Global Operations has helped Iraq’s security forces clear a main road near Baghdad of approximately 400 pounds of improvised explosive devices buried across six sites. The company said Friday it used an unmanned aerial vehicle to locate the sites and demining experts worked to neutralize the IEDs discovered within a 100-meter area of the main […] More