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  • Ivanti Recognizes Carahsoft Technology with Distribution Partner of the Year Award; Craig Abod Comments
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    Ivanti Recognizes Carahsoft Technology with Distribution Partner of the Year Award; Craig Abod Comments

    At the 2018 Ivanti Partner of the Year Awards, Americas during the Ivanti Interchange18,  Ivanti recognized Carahsoft Technology as Distribution Partner of the Year. Carahsoft Technology helped Ivanti develop and implement strategies for targeted marketing and sales, resulting in 24 percent growth in new business. “Carahsoft is honored to be recognized as a valued partner for a third year […] More

  • Air Force Taps PreTalen to Research, Develop Global Navigation Satellite System Application
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    Air Force Taps PreTalen to Research, Develop Global Navigation Satellite System Application

    PreTalen will help the U.S. Air Force research and develop an application for the operation of global navigation satellite systems under a potential $23.7 million completion contract. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract for the Operational Multi-Domain Enhanced Global Navigation Satellite System is intended to extend the autonomous negotiator for position, navigation and time […] More

  • Massachusetts Police Tap Motorola Solutions Command Center Software
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    Massachusetts Police Tap Motorola Solutions Command Center Software

    Motorola Solutions supplied its command and analytics software for the recently inaugurated Real-Time Analysis Center of the Springfield, Mass. police force. The company said Thursday its CommandCentral Aware software is designed to help provide a comprehensive operational picture for first responders through the aggregation of real-time information from several sources of data. Crime analysts can employ […] More

  • Report: IT Govt Spending Could Surge as End of Fiscal Year Nears
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    Report: IT Govt Spending Could Surge as End of Fiscal Year Nears

    Federal agencies awarded approximately $1.25 billion in information technology products and services contracts in the last month of fiscal year 2017 through NASA’s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V contract vehicle, Bloomberg Government reported Thursday. BGOV’s analysis shows that approximately one third of all contract obligations made through SEWP V in fiscal 2017 were awarded in […] More

  • Maximus to Continue Support for Australia’s Disability Employment Services Under $300M Contract
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    Maximus to Continue Support for Australia’s Disability Employment Services Under $300M Contract

    Maximus has received a five-year contract renewal worth up to $300 million for extended support of an Australian program meant to provide sustainable employment for persons with disabilities, health conditions or injuries. The company said Thursday its Max Solutions unit will commence continued assistance of Australia’s Disability Employment Services program on July 1, 2018. The performance-based contract includes […] More

  • 4 Firms Awarded Spots Under $60M Army Contract for Engineering Services
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    4 Firms Awarded Spots Under $60M Army Contract for Engineering Services

    Four firms have landed spots under a $60 million U.S. Army contract for architect and engineering services. Tetra Tech, HDR Engineering, AECOM‘s technical service business and a joint venture between MCM and Stantec will compete for task orders under the firm-fixed-price contract, the Defense Department said Thursday. The Army will assign work locations and funds with each order. Work under the five-year contract will […] More

  • Mercury Systems Launches Digital Transceiver for Electronic Warfare Missions
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    Mercury Systems Launches Digital Transceiver for Electronic Warfare Missions

    Mercury Systems has introduced a digital transceiver that works to help warfighters perform electronic warfare and signal processing operations in hostile environments. The EnsembleSeries DCM6111 6U VPX digital transceiver complies with OpenVPX standards and features a system security engineering capability – BuiltSECURE - that seeks to facilitate the configuration and deployment of personalized security platforms, the company […] More

  • Mike Lawrie: DXC Eyes ‘Tuck-In’ Acquisitions
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    Mike Lawrie: DXC Eyes ‘Tuck-In’ Acquisitions

    Mike Lawrie, chairman, president and CEO of DXC Technology, has said the company plans to close more “tuck-in” acquisitions as part of efforts to build up its digital offerings, CRN reported Thursday. “We have a pipeline of things we are looking at. … Most of what we do classifies more as tuck-ins that are very consistent […] More

  • FCI Enterprises Names Joseph Chioda as Chief Growth Officer
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    FCI Enterprises Names Joseph Chioda as Chief Growth Officer

    FCI Enterprises has appointed Joseph Chioda as chief growth officer, the Chantilly, Va., company announced Thursday. “I look forward to working closely with Joe as we execute our strategic plan and continue to expand into new customers and diversity our capabilities,” said Michael Gulino, who was named president and chief executive officer two weeks ago. “Joe brings […] More

  • Army Seeks R&D Information on EW Technologies for Multi-Domain Battle
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    Army Seeks R&D Information on EW Technologies for Multi-Domain Battle

    The U.S. Army seeks research and development information from industry and academia on electronic warfare technologies to support the Training and Doctrine Command’s multi-domain battle concept. The Army said in a FedBizOpps request for information posted Wednesday the Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center’s Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate wants insight on R&D efforts that may address EW requirements […] More

  • Orbital ATK’s Cygnus Spacecraft Reaches ISS for 9th Cargo Resupply Mission
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    Orbital ATK’s Cygnus Spacecraft Reaches ISS for 9th Cargo Resupply Mission

    An Orbital ATK spacecraft has completed berthing maneuvers with the International Space Station as part of the company’s ninth resupply mission with NASA. The company said Thursday the Cygnus spacecraft dubbed “S.S. J.R. Thompson” carried 7,400 pounds of cargo consisting of supplies and experiments to ISS. The spacecraft launched Monday from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia aboard an Antares rocket. ISS crew secured the […] More

  • Boeing Names 8 Potential International Block III Super Hornet Customers
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    Boeing Names 8 Potential International Block III Super Hornet Customers

    Boeing has named Bulgaria, Canada, Finland, Germany, India, Japan, Poland and Switzerland as potential clients for the latest configuration of its F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter aircraft, National Defense reported Wednesday. Dan Gillian, vice president of F/A-18 programs at Boeing, said Wednesday at a media day in Virginia potential orders from those international customers could be a […] More