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Lauri Spencer, a two-decade health care information technology veteran, has joined Analytica as director of health programs at the Washington, D.C.-based consulting and IT services provider. She will support the company’s federal health division that offers project support services to customers such as the Department of Health and Human Services and the Defense Health Agency, Analytica said Thursday. […] More
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
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
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
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
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 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
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, 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
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
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
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
