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  • Gentex Wins $51M Marines Combat Helmet, Data Report Delivery Contract
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    Gentex Wins $51M Marines Combat Helmet, Data Report Delivery Contract

    Gentex has won a potential five-year, $51.4 million contract to provide 84,376 updated combat helmets and data reports to the U.S. Marine Corps. The Marine Corps Systems Command received three proposals for the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract and obligated nearly $10 million in fiscal 2017 operations and maintenance funds.to cover the first delivery order, the Defense Department said Friday. Work will […] More

  • Army Org Seeks CIO Functions Support
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    Army Org Seeks CIO Functions Support

    The U.S. Army has begun its search for a potential contractor to provide chief information officer services support to the military branch’s G-3/5/7 organization. A FedBizOpps notice published Friday says the Army G-3/5/7 needs contractor support to manage information technology governance process, enterprise architecture and IT portfolio that includes the warfighting mission area. Interested parties have until June 5 […] More

  • CPI Aero Delivers Initial F-35A Lock Assemblies to Lockheed
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    CPI Aero Delivers Initial F-35A Lock Assemblies to Lockheed

    CPI Aerostructures has delivered an initial batch of lock assemblies for the arresting gear door on the conventional takeoff-and-landing variant of F-35 aircraft Lockheed Martin is building for U.S. and international defense customers. The delivery was part of a multimillion dollar contract Lockheed awarded to CPI Aero in July 2015 to produce four different lock assemblies for […] More

  • Former DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz Joins Tri Alpha Energy’s Board of Directors
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    Former DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz Joins Tri Alpha Energy’s Board of Directors

    Ernest Moniz, former secretary of the Energy Department, has joined clean energy company Tri Alpha Energy as a member of the board of directors. Tri Alpha Energy CEO Steve Specker said in a statement published Thursday that Moniz will contribute his energy technology and policy development experience to help further the company’s fusion-based electricity generation initiatives. Moniz has also […] More

  • Onvia Survey Shows Increase in Govt Contractor Sales Expectations
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    Onvia Survey Shows Increase in Govt Contractor Sales Expectations

    A new study by Onvia says government contractors expect an increase in sales in 2017 to 2018 compared to their performance in 2016. Onvia said Thursday its market research team created the 2017 Onvia Government Contractor Confidence Index using survey responses from 424 companies that sell to federal, state, local and education agencies. The GCCI is based on […] More

  • SageNet to Migrate Cybersecurity Services Division into New Pennsylvania-Based Facility as Part of Expansion Efforts
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    SageNet to Migrate Cybersecurity Services Division into New Pennsylvania-Based Facility as Part of Expansion Efforts

    SageNet will move its cybersecurity services division to a 4,000-square-foot facility in Media, Pennsylvania as part of the company’s expansion efforts. The company said Wednesday that it will add four new positions and hire additional cybersecurity professionals to grow SageNet’s team of cyber analysts and engineers. The SageNet cybersecurity division provides services including compliance assessments, cybersecurity assessments, […] More

  • AWS Adds Serverless Computing Service to GovCloud Region
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    AWS Adds Serverless Computing Service to GovCloud Region

    Amazon Web Services has begun to offer a serverless computing service in the company’s GovCloud isolated cloud region for U.S. government customers. AWS said Thursday the AWS Lambda computing service is designed to help developers run code in GovCloud without provisioning or managing servers. Lambda works to execute code when needed and charge users only for the compute time […] More

  • Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: 4th Global Xpress Satellite Launch Aims to Advance Satcom Tech Resilience
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    Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: 4th Global Xpress Satellite Launch Aims to Advance Satcom Tech Resilience

    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, has said the launch of the fourth Boeing-built satellite for the Global Xpress satellite communications network seeks to validate Inmarsat’s efforts to promote resilience within its satcom offerings. The Inmarsat-5 F4 satellite lifted off Monday aboard a SpaceX-made Falcon 9 rocket from a launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center […] More

  • SES Launches Boeing-Built Satellite to Provide In-Flight Connectivity Service
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    SES Launches Boeing-Built Satellite to Provide In-Flight Connectivity Service

    SES has launched a Boeing-built satellite aboard a Soyuz rocket from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana to deliver internet service to commercial, maritime and government customers. The SES-15 satellite is designed to support inflight connectivity and entertainment service providers such as Global Eagle Entertainment, Gogo and Panasonic Avionics as well as provide live TV coverage on flight routes across U.S., Canada, […] More

  • CMS Explores Potential Maintenance Support Sources for Health Plan Mgmt System
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    CMS Explores Potential Maintenance Support Sources for Health Plan Mgmt System

    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a request for information on potential contractors that can help the agency update and maintain a web-based data system that supports CMS’ Medicare Advantage and Part D, also known as Prescription Drug, programs. CMS said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday the Health Plan Management System works to oversee […] More

  • Northrop Unveils South Australia-Based Aircraft Countermeasure Tech Support Facility
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    Northrop Unveils South Australia-Based Aircraft Countermeasure Tech Support Facility

    Northrop Grumman has established a new facility in Adelaide, South Australia, to provide in-country support services for laser-based aircraft countermeasure systems. The facility is located at the Australian air force’s Edinburgh base and will support repair and maintenance efforts for Northrop-built Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures systems that work to detect, identify and defeat air-launched missile threats, the company said Thursday. […] More

  • StoneFly Integrates Veeam Backup Storage Platform With Microsoft Azure Govt Cloud
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    StoneFly Integrates Veeam Backup Storage Platform With Microsoft Azure Govt Cloud

    StoneFly has incorporated its cloud storage offering designed for Veeam Software’s backup and disaster recovery tool into Microsoft’s Azure Government cloud platform. StoneFly’s Scale-Out Cloud Storage for Veeam platform works to help users manage multiple nodes for cloud storage and repositories through a common user interface as well as access file storage, block storage and other […] More