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  • Unisys Introduces IT Services Suite to Support Agencies’ Digital Govt Efforts
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    Unisys Introduces IT Services Suite to Support Agencies’ Digital Govt Efforts

    Unisys has unveiled a set of software and information technology service offerings designed to support digital transformation programs of government agencies at both state and local levels. The Digital Government Accelerators family of IT services works to help agencies facilitate delivery of digital services to citizens through migration of applications and data to cloud environments and establishment of […] More

  • DOE Invests in 48 Solar Power Tech Projects Under SunShot Initiative
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    DOE Invests in 48 Solar Power Tech Projects Under SunShot Initiative

    The Energy Department has obligated $46.2 million for 48 projects to develop solar power technologies as part of a national effort that aims to make solar energy a viable energy source for U.S. citizens. DOE said Wednesday the projects fall under the SunShot Initiative‘s Technology to Market 3 and Photovoltaics Research and Development 2 programs. Charlie Gay, director of the […] More

  • Leidos Subsidiary to Hire Medical Consultants for DOL Occupational Illness Benefits Program
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    Leidos Subsidiary to Hire Medical Consultants for DOL Occupational Illness Benefits Program

    A Leidos subsidiary has secured a potential five-year, 15 million contract from the Labor Department to hire clinicians who will serve as contract medical consultants under an occupational illness benefits program for current and former Energy Department employees. QTC Management will also help maintain the quality of medical review results under DOL’s Division of Energy Employees Occupation […] More

  • Boeing Gets SOCOM Helicopter Engineering Task Order
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    Boeing Gets SOCOM Helicopter Engineering Task Order

    Boeing has received a potential $27 million task order from the U.S. Special Operations Command to provide non-recurring engineering services ahead of the production of Block 2 MH-47G helicopters. The Defense Department said Thursday that Boeing will use the funds to prepare for the manufacturing of MH-47G aircraft using reworked, recapped and salvaged contractor and government furnished components. […] More

  • NuRAN Subsidiary to Supply NAVAIR With Software-Base Radio Tech
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    NuRAN Subsidiary to Supply NAVAIR With Software-Base Radio Tech

    A NuRAN Wireless subsidiary has received a contract to provide a software-defined radio technology to a Naval Air Systems Command division that maintains a weapons development center of excellence for the U.S. Navy. Nutaq Innovations will deliver the PicoSDR 8×8 radio system to NAVAIR’s Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in Point Mugu, California, NuRAN said Thursday. […] More

  • DoD Looks for New Cyber Tech Platforms
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    DoD Looks for New Cyber Tech Platforms

    The Defense Department‘s Rapid Reaction Technology Office will hold an event in October in McLean, Virginia to give selected companies an opportunity to showcase technology platforms in the cyber domain. DoD said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday it may select companies for pilot projects or experimentation during the Solutions Meeting if their technology offerings meet the department’s […] More

  • Calspan to Help Operate USAF’s In-Flight Simulator Test Aircraft
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    Calspan to Help Operate USAF’s In-Flight Simulator Test Aircraft

    Calspan has received a five-year, $20 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force operate, engineer and maintain the service branch’s Variable Stability In-Flight Simulator and Test Aircraft. The company said Wednesday it will also provide curriculum development services for the VISTA/F-16 program at a test pilot school at Edwards Air Force Base in California. VISTA/F-16 functions as a […] More

  • GovCon Vets Named to NVTC Board of Directors
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    GovCon Vets Named to NVTC Board of Directors

    The Northern Virginia Technology Council has unveiled the list of officers and members who were elected to the association’s board of directors for fiscal years 2017 and 2018. Maximus CEO Richard Montoni and Marilyn Crouther, senior vice president and general manager of DXC Technology’s U.S. public sector, will respectively serve as chairman and vice chairman of NVTC […] More

  • OPM Drafts New Leave Policies for Federal Employees
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    OPM Drafts New Leave Policies for Federal Employees

    The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has drafted new rules that will reduce the use of paid administrative leave for employee under investigation for misconduct, a change to the 2016 Administrative Act. The proposed regulation was posted to the Federal Register Thursday and is open for comments until August 14. Under the proposed change, agencies may not place an […] More

  • Lockheed EVP Rick Ambrose to Receive NDIA’s Peter B. Teets Award
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    Lockheed EVP Rick Ambrose to Receive NDIA’s Peter B. Teets Award

    Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of space systems segment at Lockheed Martin, will receive the Peter B. Teets Award from the National Defense Industrial Association in recognition of his contribution to the space systems sector, the Denver Post reported Thursday. NDIA’s space division will present the award to Ambrose during the awards dinner event to […] More

  • IARPA Seeks Info on Large Infrastructure-as-a-Service Providers
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    IARPA Seeks Info on Large Infrastructure-as-a-Service Providers

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has posted a request for information on large U.S.-based infrastructure-as-a-service providers that can help develop technologies to host sensitive workloads on public cloud. IARPA said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice that it seeks to create a classified-as-a-service platform that will support the secure processing of classified government data on […] More

  • Air Force Picks Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney to Build Aircraft Secondary Power Systems
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    Air Force Picks Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney to Build Aircraft Secondary Power Systems

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded a potential $12 million contract to Honeywell International and a $15 million contract to United Technologies Corp.‘s Pratt & Whitney subsidiary to research, develop and engineer secondary power systems for multiple types of aircraft. Both contractors will support efforts of the Air Force and U.S. Navy to optimize the safety, reliability and maintainability of secondary […] More