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Cubic to Present C4ISR, Training Platforms at Int’l Expo; Dave Buss, Mike Twyman Quoted
Cubicâ€™s global defense and mission solutions businesses will display a range of military training, command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology offerings at an industry exposition next week. The companyÂ said ThursdayÂ it will participate in theÂ Land Forces event that is scheduled to take place from Sept. 4 to 6 in Adelaide, Australia. Dave Buss, […] More
by Brenda Marie Rivers August 31, 2018, 9:00 am
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Strativia Awarded $75M Contract to Support NIST Research Programs
Strativia has received a potential five-year, $75M contract to provide scientific, technical and engineering support services for the National Institute of Standards and Technologyâ€™s research programs. NIST announced the award inÂ a FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday. Strativia will do work that aims to help the agency further conduct studies on measurement science, standards and technology. The […] More
by Monica Jackson August 31, 2018, 7:31 am
in Government Cloud, News
Global Data Systems, Carahsoft Partner to Offer Cloud Services Through Multi-State Procurement Contract; Wade Berzas Quoted
Global Data Systems and Carahsoft Technology have partnered to offer cloud services to federal, state and local government agencies and academic organizations in 15 states through the NASPO ValuePoint procurement program. GDS said Thursday its managed cloud services will help agencies modernize aging legacy systems, leverage big data and deploy enterprise mobility networks, among other […] More
by Monica Jackson August 31, 2018, 7:03 am
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Lockheed to Design Navy’s Tactical Afloat Network Baseline Under $67M IDIQ
Lockheed MartinÂ has won a potential five-year, $66.6M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to conduct a baseline “analysis of alternatives” under the U.S. Navy‘s tactical afloat network modernization and consolidation efforts. Work will include engineering services intended to address end-of-life and end-of-sale products, future baseline requirements and security issues for the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services program, the […] More
by Brenda Marie Rivers August 31, 2018, 5:45 am
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Northrop-JITX Team to Build Circuit Layout Generator Under DARPAâ€™s Electronics Resurgence Initiative
Northrop Grumman has partnered withÂ JITX to develop an automated layout generator intended to accelerate the electronic circuit design process as part of the Intelligent Design of Electronic Assets program. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency selected Northrop in July to lead one of the 11 research teams that will perform work underÂ the IDEA effort, the […] More
by Jane Edwards August 31, 2018, 5:28 am
in Industry News, News
Amazon Businessâ€™ Anne Rung: Online Marketplaces Could Help Agencies Meet Competition Requirements
Anne Rung, director of government forÂ Amazon Business,Â has said online marketplaces could help federal agencies comply with competition requirements and achieve spending transparency and competitive pricing in terms of government procurement. Rung wrote in a FedScoop article published Thursday that agencies seeking to meet their small business spending goals could benefit from such online platforms. â€œOnline […] More
by Jane Edwards August 31, 2018, 5:20 am
in Industry News, News
BAE to Pursue US Military All-Terrain Support Vehicle Program
BAE Systems intends to compete forÂ U.S. Army–National Guard program to build a joint all-terrain all-weather support vehicle that can function on the ground and across moderate bodies of water, National Defense Magazine reported Thursday. The company looks to offer its BvS10 tracked carrier to replace the National Guardâ€™s existing small unit support vehicle, which was […] More
by Monica Jackson August 31, 2018, 5:15 am
in Executive Moves, News
Prith Banerjee Appointed to Cubic Board of Directors
Prith Banerjee, a senior client partner at consulting firmÂ Korn Ferry, has been named to Cubic‘s board of directors in a move that takes effect on Saturday. Cubic said ThursdayÂ Banerjee will advise the San Diego-based company’s leadership team on innovation efforts and brings research, development, technology, engineering and academic work experience to the board. He currently […] More
by Peter Graham August 31, 2018, 4:53 am
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Johns Hopkins APL Gets NASA OK to Begin DART Spacecraft Final Assembly Phase
Johns Hopkins Universityâ€™s Applied Physics Laboratory has received approval from NASA to transition to the final assembly and design phase a spacecraft for an asteroid deflection mission. NASAâ€™s Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft aims to shift the orbit of an asteroid in the Didymos binary asteroid system to demonstrate the capability of the kinetic impact […] More
by Jane Edwards August 31, 2018, 4:33 am
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Acendre Gets FedRAMP Authorization for Talent Mgmt Platform
Acendre has receivedÂ Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification to offer cloud-based technology built to help organizations manage human resources. Prior toÂ approval, an accredited third-party assessment organization and FedRAMP’s program management office assessed Accendre’s talent management software offering for government agencies, the company said Wednesday. The company also offers people analytics, recruitment andÂ performance management platforms […] More
by Peter Graham August 31, 2018, 3:54 am
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Rockwell Collins to Supply Flight Mgmt Tech for Navy, Marine Aircraft Platforms
Rockwell Collins has received a contract of an undisclosed value to equip multipleÂ U.S. Navy and Marine CorpsÂ aircraft platforms with Mission Flight Management Software. The company said Thursday it will provideÂ MFMSÂ and Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance Calculator applications in an effort to help the service branches comply with required navigation performanceÂ and area navigation standards. MFMS is […] More
by Nichols Martin August 31, 2018, 3:14 am
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Former DoD IG Joseph Schmitz Named Pacem Advisory Board Chair
Joseph Schmitz, former inspector general of the Defense Department and current chief legal officer of Pacem Solutions International, has been named chairman of the Falls Church, Va.-based firmâ€™s advisory board. He joined Pacem in May and brings public and private sector experience to his new position, the companyÂ said Thursday. Schmitz served as foreign policy and […] More
by Monica Jackson August 31, 2018, 3:01 am