Latest stories

  • InfusionPoints Named AWS Public Sector Partner
    in ,

    InfusionPoints Named AWS Public Sector Partner

    InfusionPoints has been listed as an Amazon Web Services public sector partner, a position through which the cybersecurity company would help government and nonprofit organizations develop and protect workloads with increased AWS support. The North Carolina-based firm said Thursday it garnered its position in the AWS Partner Network as a result of customer references, professional […] More

  • Perspecta Gets DoD Award for Mentorship Support to TM3; Mac Curtis Quoted
    in , , ,

    Perspecta Gets DoD Award for Mentorship Support to TM3; Mac Curtis Quoted

    Perspecta has been selected for the Defense Department’s Nunn-Perry Award in recognition of the company’s mentorship support to service-disabled veteran-owned small business TM3 Solutions. Perspecta said Thursday it helped TM3 align its services with DoD’s mission needs under the department’s Mentor-Protege Program. “The goal of our small business program is to work with businesses to […] More

  • GovConRx Unveils Contract Performance Management Service; Ken Susskind Quoted
    in ,

    GovConRx Unveils Contract Performance Management Service; Ken Susskind Quoted

    Reston, Va.-based GovConRx has introduced a new service designed to help federal contractors manage their contract performance. The GovConRx Contract Wellness Solution works to help GovCon firms gain insight and visibility into their performance in alignment with the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System, the company said Thursday. “Federal contractors are realizing that the government is increasing the use […] More

  • ECS Tapped as Prime Contractor for $850M DARPA Planning Support IDIQ
    in , , ,

    ECS Tapped as Prime Contractor for $850M DARPA Planning Support IDIQ

    ECS Federal has landed a prime position on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s potential five-year, $850M contract for technical, financial, administrative and business services. The company said Thursday it will provide these support services to help DARPA develop research and risk assessment plans for new technologies to contribute to the Defense Department‘s national security […] More

  • Carahsoft, AppBus Partner for Government Software Distribution Effort
    in ,

    Carahsoft, AppBus Partner for Government Software Distribution Effort

    Carahsoft Technology has agreed to distribute AppBus‘ digital business platform across the federal government through an enterprise-wide procurement contract with NASA. The software, known as the AppBus eXperience Platform, uses robotic process automation, application program interface management and endpoint management to accelerate business processes and streamline asset integration in networks, Carahsoft said Thursday. “As the […] More

  • Alion, Enlighten Professionals to Present at NVIDIA’s AI Conference
    in ,

    Alion, Enlighten Professionals to Present at NVIDIA’s AI Conference

    Representatives of Alion Science and Technology and its Enlighten IT Consulting business will conduct live demonstrations at an upcoming NVIDIA-sponsored artificial intelligence conference in Washington, D.C. MacAulay-Brown said Thursday its parent company Alion serves as a platinum sponsor of the 2018 GPU Technology Conference that will take place from Oct. 22 to 24 and will feature discussions on AI, deep learning, high-performance […] More

  • Austal USA Gets $58M Contract for 13th Navy Expeditionary Fast Transport Vessel Materials
    in ,

    Austal USA Gets $58M Contract for 13th Navy Expeditionary Fast Transport Vessel Materials

    Austal USA has secured a potential $57.9M contract to obtain long lead-time materials needed to build a 13th expeditionary fast transport vessel for the U.S. Navy. The company will also provide production engineering services for the shallow-draft EPF 13 watercraft intended to support intra-theater transport of military personnel and cargo, the Defense Department said Thursday. In a separate announcement, […] More

  • Retired Navy Adm. Mike Rogers Joins Team8 Advisory Board
    in ,

    Retired Navy Adm. Mike Rogers Joins Team8 Advisory Board

    Retired U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Rogers, former head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, has joined cybersecurity company Team8 as a senior adviser. Rogers will offer his cybersecurity experience to support Team and its portfolio companies in developing, as well as the firm’s expansion strategy in the U.S. market, Team8 said Thursday. He will also […] More

  • Novetta, Elastic Partner to Deliver Analytics Services to Federal Customers
    in ,

    Novetta, Elastic Partner to Deliver Analytics Services to Federal Customers

    Novetta has partnered with Elastic to develop and deliver modern data analytics products to customers in the intelligence community and defense sector. Novetta said Tuesday it will serve as a licensed reseller of Elastic’s certified offerings such as the Elastic Stack platform and Elasticsearch search and analytics engine. The collaboration will also enable Elastic to […] More

  • Report: Satellite Firms Engage Communications Services Market for Autonomous Vessels
    in ,

    Report: Satellite Firms Engage Communications Services Market for Autonomous Vessels

    Satellite industry representatives gathered at the SMM Hamburg maritime conference in Germany last month to discuss global communications services for use with autonomous marine vessels, Space News reported Thursday. Gerbrand Schalkwijk, deputy president at Inmarsat‘s maritime business, said that customers are looking to have remote engine monitoring, IT support and electronic chart update functions in […] More

  • AT&T Adds New Applications in FirstNet App Catalog for First Responders
    in ,

    AT&T Adds New Applications in FirstNet App Catalog for First Responders

    AT&T has added new applications in the FirstNet App Catalog to further support FirstNet subscribers with their public safety operations. The company said Thursday that some of the new programs include Explorer for ArcGIS, Intrepid Response, NetMotion, PulsePoint and SceneDoc. The mobile apps can be used for mapping and data viewing, location and information sharing, […] More

  • DoD Industry Day to Focus on AI Software Prototyping
    in ,

    DoD Industry Day to Focus on AI Software Prototyping

    The Defense Department plans to host an event on Nov. 28 to gather ideas and identify potential industry partners for artificial intelligence software prototyping efforts. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says the 2nd Annual DoD AI Industry Day will cover the training data, algorithms, integration, infrastructure and testing areas. The department looks to standardize, cleanse, prepare […] More