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  • Stuart Bradie: KBR to Continue Support for USMC Prepositioning Programs
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    Stuart Bradie: KBR to Continue Support for USMC Prepositioning Programs

    KBR‘s global government services business will continue to provide logistics and prepositioning support services to the U.S. Marine Corps‘ Blount Island Command under a two-part contract modification. The company said Monday the modification represents the ninth year of its work performance under the original contract and covers organic, supply and information technology support; inventory management; preservation and […] More

  • GovFlex Helps Government Contracting With Changes in Talent Acquisition
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    GovFlex Helps Government Contracting With Changes in Talent Acquisition

    Though the U.S. enjoys the lowest unemployment rate in eighteen years at 3.9 percent, this only highlights the challenges of finding qualified talent. Nowhere is this more evident than in the government contracting marketplace, where both federal agencies and private sector companies are finding it difficult to find qualified employees. The more specialized the individual, […] More

  • SAIC’s Bob Fecteau Inducted Into CIO Magazine’s Hall of Fame
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    SAIC’s Bob Fecteau Inducted Into CIO Magazine’s Hall of Fame

    Bob Fecteau, a senior vice president and chief information officer at Science Applications International Corp., has been inducted into the CIO magazine’s Hall of Fame in recognition of his leadership and contributions to the technology sector. Fecteau and 14 technology business executives will be recognized at the three-day CIO 100 Symposium and Awards Ceremony that will kick […] More

  • ULA Rocket Launches Lockheed-Built ‘InSight’ Mars Lander for NASA
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    ULA Rocket Launches Lockheed-Built ‘InSight’ Mars Lander for NASA

    A Lockheed Martin-built spacecraft for NASA‘s Mars mission lifted off Saturday aboard United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport lander is scheduled to reach Mars on Nov. 26 and perform scientific investigations through Nov. 24, 2020, NASA said Saturday. The […] More

  • Report: Northrop’s H03 Firebird Intell Aircraft Flies at California-Based Space Port
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    Report: Northrop’s H03 Firebird Intell Aircraft Flies at California-Based Space Port

    The latest version of the Firebird optionally-manned aircraft built by Northrop Grumman’s Scaled Composites subsidiary has been seen flying at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California, the Drive reported Saturday. Northrop’s H03 Firebird intelligence gathering aircraft, which has the civil registration code N326JG, has been photographed by photojournalist David Wirth and features a large […] More

  • AeroVironment Gets Quality Management System Certification
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    AeroVironment Gets Quality Management System Certification

    AeroVironment has received ISO 9001:2015/AS9100D certification for the quality management system the company uses across its unmanned aircraft, tactical missile, electric vehicle charging and power cycling and test systems businesses. SAI Global issued the certificate that covers AeroVironment’s design, development, operational performance, production and support processes, the UAS manufacturer said Friday. Wahid Nawabi, president and CEO of AeroVironment, […] More

  • Bloomberg Government Updates Defense Spending Database
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    Bloomberg Government Updates Defense Spending Database

    Bloomberg Government has updated its database and dashboard to help companies gain insight into the Defense Department‘s five-year spending plan for procurement and research and development programs. Kevin Brancato, director of government contracts research at BGOV, wrote in a blog entry posted Friday the Future Years Defense Program dashboard features a search tool for business developers […] More

  • Red Hat Featured in Gartner API Management Quadrant
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    Red Hat Featured in Gartner API Management Quadrant

    Red Hat has been named a leader in Gartner‘s latest magic quadrant for vendors that offer application programming interface management platforms. The market research firm included Red Hat’s 3scale platform in the April 2018 edition of the “Magic Quadrant for Full Life Cycle API Management,” the software company said Friday. The platform is designed with security management, access […] More

  • Raytheon to Equip Army Gray Eagle UAS With Common Sensor Payload
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    Raytheon to Equip Army Gray Eagle UAS With Common Sensor Payload

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon a $28.5 million contract to provide an electro-optical/infrared sensor technology designed to process visual imagery and complement electronic sensors of a U.S. Army unmanned aircraft system. Raytheon will provide 20 common sensor payloads that include data, one turret and an electronics unit in each CSP system for the Army’s MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAS, […] More

  • Cubic Opens Office in Dallas for AT&T Partnership Support; Mike Twyman Comments
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    Cubic Opens Office in Dallas for AT&T Partnership Support; Mike Twyman Comments

    Cubic‘s mission solutions business has established an office located close to AT&T‘s Dallas headquarters. Both companies started to collaborate last year to develop an interoperability platform and have formalized a partnership to create an interagency communications offering based on the Vocality RoIP gateway, Cubic said Thursday. “We take pride in our ability to provide exceptional service to our […] More

  • BAE, Prismatic Partner to Develop Solar-Powered Surveillance, Communications UAV
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    BAE, Prismatic Partner to Develop Solar-Powered Surveillance, Communications UAV

    BAE Systems and Prismatic have partnered to develop a solar-powered, high-altitude, long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle that can be used for surveillance and communications operations in remote areas. BAE Systems said Thursday the Persistent High Altitude Solar Aircraft-35 will be equipped with battery and solar cell technology that would allow the 330-pound UAV to remain aloft […] More