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  • AWS Eyes GovCloud East Region Launch in 2018
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    AWS Eyes GovCloud East Region Launch in 2018

    Amazon Web Services plans to launch in 2018 a second region for its cloud platform designed to host regulated data workloads and sensitive information. The AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region will work to provide government clients with additional disaster recovery options and help them comply with several regulatory requirements, the company said Tuesday. These government regulations include […] More

  • Labor Dept Preps Acquisition Mgmt Support IDIQ
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    Labor Dept Preps Acquisition Mgmt Support IDIQ

    The Labor Department plans to kick off its formal solicitation for an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for acquisition management services by June 26. A presolicitation notice published Monday says DOL will launch the procurement effort as a small business set-aside program that will have a one-year base period and four one-year options. The IDIQ contract will cover acquisition, administrative, logistical and contract […] More

  • Retired Navy Capt. Charles Litz Joins ARServices as R&D Operations Director
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    Retired Navy Capt. Charles Litz Joins ARServices as R&D Operations Director

    Charles Litz, a retired U.S. Navy captain and former program manager at Advanced Technology Systems Company, has joined management and technology consulting firm ARServices as director of research and development operations. ARServices said Tuesday Litz will lead the company’s efforts to grow its federal market footprint and oversee business relationships with government customers such as the Defense Threat […] More

  • Red Hat’s Paul Smith Receives IES Lifetime Achievement Award for Sales Excellence
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    Red Hat’s Paul Smith Receives IES Lifetime Achievement Award for Sales Excellence

    Paul Smith, senior vice president and general manager of Red Hat‘s public sector business, has accepted a Lifetime Achievement award from the Institute for Excellence in Sales during a ceremony held June 6 near Washington, D.C. IES chose Smith out of 50 nominees based on criteria such as sales excellence, capacity to train sales leaders and level of achievement over an extended […] More

  • Concurrent Technologies Corporation Awarded Contract for Navy Antenna Mast Components
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    Concurrent Technologies Corporation Awarded Contract for Navy Antenna Mast Components

    Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) has been awarded a contract from ArgonST, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, to construct the internal component of antenna masts for Navy Surface Ships. This is the sixth contract that CTC has won to manufacture these components. “We look forward to continued collaboration with ArgonST,” said Edward J. […] More

  • Charles River Analytics-Led Team Gets DARPA Contract to Support Artificial Intelligence Program
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    Charles River Analytics-Led Team Gets DARPA Contract to Support Artificial Intelligence Program

    A team led by Charles River Analytics has secured a four-year contract worth approximately $8 million to support the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency‘s Explainable Artificial Intelligence program, which seeks to make artificial intelligence easier to explain. Charles River said Monday its team — comprised of Brown University, University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Roth Cognitive Engineering — will carry out […] More

  • Serco Inc. to Help DLA Manage Hazardous Materials Under $101M Contract; Dan Allen Comments
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    Serco Inc. to Help DLA Manage Hazardous Materials Under $101M Contract; Dan Allen Comments

    Serco Group‘s North American subsidiary will perform supply chain management support for hazardous materials under a potential five-year, $101.5 million contract the Defense Logistics Agency awarded in May. Serco Inc. will assist DLA’s distribution unit in planning, forecasting, data management, procurement, inventory, storage management and environmental reporting efforts related to hazardous waste disposal, the company said Monday. Dan Allen, Serco Inc. chairman and CEO, said […] More

  • Qualys Aims to Help Agencies Comply With Cyber Executive Order Via Cloud Platform
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    Qualys Aims to Help Agencies Comply With Cyber Executive Order Via Cloud Platform

    Qualys has unveiled a cloud platform designed to help federal agencies comply with the requirements of an executive order that seeks to build up the cybersecurity posture of the federal government’s networks and U.S. critical infrastructure. The EO signed by President Donald Trump in May requires agencies to manage cyber risks through the adoption of the Defense Information Systems Agency’s […] More

  • CBP Eyes Equipment, Tools to Address Wireless Communication Obstacles
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    CBP Eyes Equipment, Tools to Address Wireless Communication Obstacles

    The Customs and Border Protection seeks public input on the development of potential wireless communication applications, equipment, technologies and tools that can help address multiple wireless communication requirements and challenges. CBP said in a request for information issued Tuesday on the FedBizOpps website that it looks to develop technologies that can augment, integrate with and replace the existing land mobile radio network. […] More

  • ViON Subsidiary, X-IO Partner on High-Performance Computing Tech Offering
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    ViON Subsidiary, X-IO Partner on High-Performance Computing Tech Offering

    ViON‘s Ascolta subsidiary and X-IO Technologies have partnered to offer a high-performance computing platform that will work to help enterprise clients manage large volumes of data for cyber and intelligence defense missions. The partnership seeks to integrate Ascolta’s customer lifecycle services with X-IO’s Axellio platform, designed to support applications that process sensor-based data, ViON said Tuesday. John Mansfield, senior vice president of […] More

  • Ball Aerospace Concludes Instrument Study for NASA Wide Infrared Survey Telescope Project
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    Ball Aerospace Concludes Instrument Study for NASA Wide Infrared Survey Telescope Project

    Ball Aerospace & Technologies has completed a six-month study on the wide field instrument for a NASA observatory that seeks to support the agency’s astrophysics research mission. The company said Monday it examined WFI technology and scientific requirements for NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope currently under development as a follow-on project to the James Webb Space Telescope. WFIRST is designed to capture images […] More

  • Orbital ATK to Resume Antares Rocket Launches in September; Frank Culbertson Comments
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    Orbital ATK to Resume Antares Rocket Launches in September; Frank Culbertson Comments

    Orbital ATK plans to launch its Cygnus spacecraft aboard its upgraded Antares 230 rocket in September as part of the company’s eighth cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station under NASA‘s Commercial Resupply Services contract, Space News reported Monday. “The launch date on the manifest now is September the 12th,” Frank Culbertson, president of Orbital ATK’s […] More