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  • Report: President’s Management Agenda to Drive Federal IT Contract Spending in Fiscal 2019
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    Report: President’s Management Agenda to Drive Federal IT Contract Spending in Fiscal 2019

    A Bloomberg Government report has found that 71 percent of federal government funds have been spent on information technology contracts since fiscal 2014 and most of those contracts support cybersecurity, cloud, artificial intelligence, data analytics and other IT modernization efforts. BGOV said Wednesday President Donald Trump’s management agenda that seeks to advance IT modernization initiatives is […] More

  • Stephen Labaton to Join Booz Allen in EVP Role
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    Stephen Labaton to Join Booz Allen in EVP Role

    Stephen Labaton, president of North American business at communications firm Finsbury, will join Booz Allen Hamilton in July as executive vice president of corporate affairs. He will oversee government and media relations, marketing, communications and corporate social responsibility functions in his new role, Booz Allen said Wednesday. “Stephen is uniquely qualified to help us in the […] More

  • Sikorsky’s S-97 Helicopter to Proceed With Full Flight Test
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    Sikorsky’s S-97 Helicopter to Proceed With Full Flight Test

    A second prototype of Sikorsky‘s S-97 Raider light tactical helicopter has reached a milestone necessary to enter into the full-flight testing phase, Defense News reported Wednesday. The report said pilots of the Lockheed Martin subsidiary operated the helicopter for 90 minutes Tuesday and have completed a flight-test card. Dan Spoor, vice president of future vertical lift at Sikorsky, told […] More

  • AWS Adds CACI as Premier Consulting Partner
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    AWS Adds CACI as Premier Consulting Partner

    Amazon Web Services has designated CACI International as a “premier” consulting partner under the AWS partner network. The designation reflects the Arlington, Va.-based contractor’s expertise to support government clients in cloud infrastructure, application migration and cloud-based DevSecOps, the company said Wednesday. CACI has helped clients secure information technology platforms at different data classification levels as the cloud company’s public sector partner and authorized […] More

  • Verizon Helps DoD Agency Implement Unified Comms Platform
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    Verizon Helps DoD Agency Implement Unified Comms Platform

    Verizon has led an effort to help a Defense Department agency migrate to a unified communications system that works to help users integrate voice, instant messaging, conferencing and video communications through a single platform. The telecommunications firm collaborated with Ribbon Communications, Black Box and Visioneering to advance the DoD agency’s transition to the UC platform, […] More

  • Northrop to Help Maintain Navy’s Mk 48 Submarine Torpedoes
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    Northrop to Help Maintain Navy’s Mk 48 Submarine Torpedoes

    Northrop Grumman has received a potential $17.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy to help the service branch’s Intermediate Maintenance Activity maintain Mk 48 submarine torpedoes for exercise and warshot use. The company will render an average of 56,160 annual man-hours to support the operation and management of an Mk48 depot-level repair facility, the Defense Department said Wednesday. […] More

  • BGOV: GSA Unveils New Contracting Opportunities for USDA IT Modernization
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    BGOV: GSA Unveils New Contracting Opportunities for USDA IT Modernization

    The General Services Administration announced on June 15 a set of new contracting opportunities related to the Agriculture Department Centers of Excellence for information technology modernization initiatives, Bloomberg Government reported Wednesday. GSA will launch eight digital service procurement efforts via contract vehicles such as Alliant, Professional Services Schedule, Schedule IT 70 and Veterans Technology Services 2. The programs support the […] More

  • AWS Expands Cloud Contract Center for Public Sector Organizations
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    AWS Expands Cloud Contract Center for Public Sector Organizations

    Amazon Web Services has expanded its web-based center that works to help public sector entities find and procure multiple cloud service offerings. AWS said Tuesday the Public Sector Contract Center contains a database of contract vehicles through which the company’s partners offer services to federal, state, local, education and international government organizations. The platform offers information about the General Services […] More

  • General Atomics Puts MQ-9B RPA Through Lightning Simulation Test
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    General Atomics Puts MQ-9B RPA Through Lightning Simulation Test

    General Atomics has conducted lightning simulation tests on a full-scale MQ-9B remotely piloted aircraft last month at a company facility in Poway, Calif. The company said Tuesday engineers from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. and NTS Pittsfield tested the MQ-9B that was equipped with lightning protection technology. GA-ASI plans to integrate the same technology into its proposed unmanned aerial […] More

  • Unisys Aims to Expedite Migration to AWS Cloud With Managed Services; Peter O’Donoghue Comments
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    Unisys Aims to Expedite Migration to AWS Cloud With Managed Services; Peter O’Donoghue Comments

    Unisys has introduced a suite of managed services designed to help organizations speed up the migration of applications, data and other workloads to the Amazon Web Services-built public cloud platform. Unisys’ CloudForte subscription-based managed services work to provide users access to cloud-native service offerings and contract invoicing capabilities that comply with federal mandates, the company […] More

  • Leidos Selected as AWS Consulting Partner; John Fratamico Comments
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    Leidos Selected as AWS Consulting Partner; John Fratamico Comments

    Leidos has earned the highest designation in Amazon Web Services‘ partner network for investing in cloud and technical services to support government and enterprise clients. The Premier Consulting Partner designation came two months after the Reston, Va.-based company received AWS Managed Service Provider status to help clients help design, build, migrate, operate and update cloud environments, Leidos said Wednesday. John […] More

  • General Atomics to Provide Marine Corps Additional UAS ISR Support
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    General Atomics to Provide Marine Corps Additional UAS ISR Support

    The U.S. Navy has awarded a General Atomics affiliate a potential $39.6 million contract to provide additional intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support to U.S. Marine Corps through the use of unmanned air systems. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will use its MQ-9 Reaper to assist USMC’s Task Force Southwest in surge support operations under the “undefinitized” contract, the Defense Department said […] More