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  • NGA Unveils Arctic Region’s New Digital Elevation Models at Esri Conference
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    NGA Unveils Arctic Region’s New Digital Elevation Models at Esri Conference

    The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency unveiled a new collection of digital elevation models of the Arctic at Esri’s two-day Federal GIS conference that kicked off Monday in Washington. NGA presented the new collection as part of the ArcticDEM project – a public-private partnership between NGA, Esri and the Polar Geospatial Center that seeks to generate high-resolution […] More

  • Comprehensive Health Services Becomes an ISOA Member; Doug Magee Comments
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    Comprehensive Health Services Becomes an ISOA Member; Doug Magee Comments

    Comprehensive Health Services has joined the International Stability Operations Association, a consortium of private and nongovernmental organizations that offer services for critical missions. The company said Thursday ISOA aims to foster ethical standards in operational contractor support, establish multisector partnerships in the stability operations space and help its members pursue business development goals. “We are proud to be a member of this distinguished […] More

  • DHS OKs Rave Mobile Safety’s Emergency Comm, Data Platforms; Tom Axbey Comments
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    DHS OKs Rave Mobile Safety’s Emergency Comm, Data Platforms; Tom Axbey Comments

    The Department of Homeland Security has certified a suite of Rave Mobile Safety platforms as “qualified anti-terrorism technologies” and added the products on DHS’ approved technologies list. The company said Tuesday its Rave Alert, Smart911 and Rave Panic Button offerings have obtained Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technology Act designation and SAFETY Act certification from the department. “Evaluation for the SAFETY Act Certification and Designation […] More

  • MDA Taps Raytheon to Develop Automated Assessment Tool for Wargame Weapons
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    MDA Taps Raytheon to Develop Automated Assessment Tool for Wargame Weapons

    Raytheon has received a contract to develop an automated tool for the Missile Defense Agency to assess the effectiveness of missiles, interceptors, cyber and electronic warfare weapons in wargames. The company said Thursday it will create the tool as part of the Coordinated Cyber/Electronic Warfare Integrated Fires program that seeks to evaluate the probabilities of success in a wargame scenario […] More

  • NTT DATA to Offer IaaS Platform via Multistate Cooperative Contract; Tim Conway Comments
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    NTT DATA to Offer IaaS Platform via Multistate Cooperative Contract; Tim Conway Comments

    NTT DATA has secured a master agreement to provide an infrastructure-as-a-service platform to participating state agencies and local institutions under the NASPO ValuePoint multistate cooperative procurement program. The company said Thursday its IaaS platform is designed to help government and enterprise customers secure cloud environments. Tim Conway, president of NTT DATA’s public sector group, said the agreement offers an opportunity for the company to expand offerings and […] More

  • 2 NASA-Backed Research Institutes Aim to Develop Space Tech Platforms for Long-Duration Missions
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    2 NASA-Backed Research Institutes Aim to Develop Space Tech Platforms for Long-Duration Missions

    NASA has picked two proposals to establish research institutes that will work on space technology platforms designed to extend human presence in long-duration exploration missions. The agency will award each Space Technology Research Institute up to $15 million in funds over five years to develop technology platforms in the areas of space infrastructure and biomanufacturing in […] More

  • Capstone to Extend Mgmt Support for Navy-Marine Corps Intranet Program
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    Capstone to Extend Mgmt Support for Navy-Marine Corps Intranet Program

    Capstone has secured a task order to provide continued program management support for the enterprise network of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. The company said Wednesday it will help the Commander, Navy Installations Command to manage the Navy Marine Corps Intranet program under the task order awarded via the Chief Information Officer–Solutions and Partners 3 contract vehicle. […] More

  • Harris to Provide Voice Comms System for Turkey’s Air Traffic Mgmt Program
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    Harris to Provide Voice Comms System for Turkey’s Air Traffic Mgmt Program

    Harris has been selected to provide a voice over internet protocol communication system in support of an air traffic management program in Turkey. The company said Thursday it will provide the cloud-based Voice Communication System for the 21st Century platform for Turkey’s air navigation service provider known as Devlet Hava Meydanlari Isletmesi. Harris will install VCS21 system at seven facilities in the country. VCS21 works […] More

  • CSC to Open South Australia-Based Office After Computing Tech, Service Contract Win
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    CSC to Open South Australia-Based Office After Computing Tech, Service Contract Win

    Computer Sciences Corp. has announced plans to set up a new office in Adelaide, South Australia, after it received a seven-year contract to provide desktop computers, tablets, laptops and other digital devices as well as end-user computing services to government agencies in the state. CSC will make a $5 million investment to establish the new office in […] More

  • Former Intell Community CIO Al Tarasiuk Joins Digital Reasoning Board; Tim Estes Comments
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    Former Intell Community CIO Al Tarasiuk Joins Digital Reasoning Board; Tim Estes Comments

    Al Tarasiuk, chief security officer at Deutsche Bank and a more than 26-year federal service veteran, has joined the board of directors of Nashville, Tennessee-based cognitive computing software developer Digital Reasoning. Digital Reasoning said Thursday that Tarasiuk previously served as the intelligence community chief information officer at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and CIO of the […] More

  • CACI’s Klaus Schafer to Present at Healthcare IT Conference in Florida
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    CACI’s Klaus Schafer to Present at Healthcare IT Conference in Florida

    Klaus Schafer, chief medical officer at CACI International, will present at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s conference in Orlando, Florida on Feb. 20 and 21. CACI said Friday Schafer will discuss the need for healthcare system modernization programs to support the collection of data and electronic health information; facilitate  interoperability; increase data security and integrity; and transform care […] More

  • KeyStone Solutions Chair Jim McCarthy to Host Upcoming Weekly GovCon Show
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    KeyStone Solutions Chair Jim McCarthy to Host Upcoming Weekly GovCon Show

    Jim McCarthy, chairman and chief strategy officer of KeyStone Solutions, will host and moderate an upcoming weekly television and internet program that will discuss issues relevant to government contracting in effort to “bridge the gap” between the public and private sectors. McCarthy said in a statement issued Wednesday that The Bridge will serve to continue the […] More