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  • Red Hat’s David Egts: Microservices Tech Could Help Simplify App Deployment
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    Red Hat’s David Egts: Microservices Tech Could Help Simplify App Deployment

    David Egts, chief technologist for Red Hat’s public sector, told MeriTalk in an interview published Wednesday that the microservices technology works to help the developer split complex, large applications into small components and share them with other members of the DevOps team. “Instead of one big hulking team working on one big hulking application, you can have […] More

  • Red Hat Releases New Decision Management Platform
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    Red Hat Releases New Decision Management Platform

    Red Hat has unveiled a technology platform designed to help enterprise customers build applications to automate business decision management processes. Red Hat Decision Manager 7 is built to support traditional or cloud-based information technology applications as well as simplify the development and implementation of rules-based platforms, the company said Wednesday. The platform works to help users […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Develops Airborne Radio Mount for Iridium Satcom Network Access
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    Rockwell Collins Develops Airborne Radio Mount for Iridium Satcom Network Access

    Rockwell Collins has unveiled a mount technology designed to offer satellite communications capacities for tactical airborne radio users through an Iridium-managed satcom network. The “smart” mount works to help ARC-210 radio customers transmit voice, data and location data via Iridium’s 66 satellites currently in low-Earth orbit, Rockwell Collins said Wednesday. Ken Flowers, vice president of Iridium’s government solutions unit, […] More

  • SRI International to Support Army Battlefield Tech Security Research Initiative
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    SRI International to Support Army Battlefield Tech Security Research Initiative

    A research team that includes SRI International has received five-year, $25 million grant from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to develop analytic tools and services intended to secure cyber-physical systems in the battlefield. SRI said Wednesday the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will lead the Alliance for IoBT Research on Evolving Intelligent Goal-driven Networks. ARL, Carnegie Mellon University, […] More

  • ACT I Gets 10 Military Healthcare Mgmt Support Orders; Michael Niggel Comments
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    ACT I Gets 10 Military Healthcare Mgmt Support Orders; Michael Niggel Comments

    Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has received 10 task orders worth $15 million combined for healthcare management services to the Defense Health Agency and the U.S. Air Force Medical Operations Agency. The company said Wednesday the orders were awarded through pool 1 of the General Services Administration‘s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Small Business contract vehicle. “Together with […] More

  • UTC Subsidiary, Air National Guard Complete DB-110 Sensor Operational Assessment
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    UTC Subsidiary, Air National Guard Complete DB-110 Sensor Operational Assessment

    A United Technologies Corp. subsidiary and the Air National Guard have wrapped up an operational evaluation of an airborne reconnaissance platform aboard the General Atomics-built MQ-9 Reaper drone. The 174th attack wing of the New York Air National Guard conducted the assessment of UTC Aerospace Systems’ DB-110 aerial sensor in fall 2017 to evaluate the platform’s use in delivering […] More

  • 4 Firms Win Spots on DoD POL Facility Architect-Engineer Services IDIQ
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    4 Firms Win Spots on DoD POL Facility Architect-Engineer Services IDIQ

    Four companies have won positions on a potential $49 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide architectural and engineering services for Defense Department petroleum, oil and lubricant facilities. DoD said Wednesday the service branch received 21 offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and subsequently made a total of 13 awards. The four initial awardees are AMEC Foster Wheeler […] More

  • ASRC Federal CEO Mark Gray Named Greater Washington Region Heart Walk Chair
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    ASRC Federal CEO Mark Gray Named Greater Washington Region Heart Walk Chair

    Mark Gray, president and CEO of ASRC Federal, has been appointed by the American Heart Association as chair of the 2018 Greater Washington Region Heart Walk. “AHA and the broad government contracting community work tirelessly together to raise funds for, and awareness of, cardiovascular-related illnesses,” Gray said in a statement published Feb. 13. “In November […] More

  • BayFirst Solutions Lands Spot on GSA’s $15B Alliant 2 SB Contract; Kevin Gooch Comments
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    BayFirst Solutions Lands Spot on GSA’s $15B Alliant 2 SB Contract; Kevin Gooch Comments

    BayFirst Solutions will offer information technology services to federal agencies through the small business track of a potential 10-year, $15 billion governmentwide acquisition contract vehicle. The General Services Administration selected BayFirst as one of 81 companies that will compete for task orders under the Alliant 2 SB contract. Kevin Gooch, BayFirst CEO, said in a statement released Wednesday […] More

  • Retired Army Gen. John Campbell Named NS2 Serves Chairman
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    Retired Army Gen. John Campbell Named NS2 Serves Chairman

    John Campbell, a retired U.S. Army general, has been named chairman of a SAP National Security Services-backed nonprofit organization. He will succeed Joseph Kernan, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral who was confirmed by the Senate as defense undersecretary for intelligence in November, as chairman of NS2 Serves, the nonprofit organization said Wednesday. Campbell will […] More

  • Michelle McCarthy Named Mercury Systems VP, Chief Accounting Officer & Controller
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    Michelle McCarthy Named Mercury Systems VP, Chief Accounting Officer & Controller

    Michelle McCarthy, former corporate controller at Analog Devices, has joined defense electronics manufacturer Mercury Systems as vice president, chief accounting officer and controller. Mercury Systems said Tuesday McCarthy will report to Chief Financial Officer Michael Ruppert and oversee the company’s financial reporting, accounting and tax operations. The certified public accountant previously served as corporate financial reporting manager at J. Jill and manager […] More

  • Kratos Books $81M US Govt Order for Unmanned Drone Systems, C3 Services
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    Kratos Books $81M US Govt Order for Unmanned Drone Systems, C3 Services

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has received a potential five-year, $81 million contract to supply unmanned drone systems to a U.S. government agency. The company said Tuesday it will also provide command, control and communications services to the customer agency through the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Eric DeMarco, president and CEO of Kratos, said the company’s unmanned systems division […] More