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  • Raytheon, Navy Put Tomahawk Block IV Cruise Missile Through 2 Flight Tests
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    Raytheon, Navy Put Tomahawk Block IV Cruise Missile Through 2 Flight Tests

    Raytheon and the U.S. Navy have wrapped up two flight tests of the Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile at the Naval Air Systems Command’s sea test range off the coast of Southern California in order to demonstrate how service personnel can plan missions against time-sensitive enemy targets. The service branch launched a pair of Tomahawk missiles with warheads from […] More

  • GAMA-1 Holds Spot on Potential $2.5B NOAA IT Contract Vehicle
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    GAMA-1 Holds Spot on Potential $2.5B NOAA IT Contract Vehicle

    GAMA-1 Technologies has been awarded a prime position on a potential a $2.5 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that covers information technology support services for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s strategic IT planning and management effort. GAMA-1 said Tuesday task orders under the NOAALink Small Business contract are  categorized into customer care, infrastructure management, business management, information security and risk management. […] More

  • Rockwell Collins, 4 Partners Form Industry Team to Advance Maritime Simulation Tools Devt
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    Rockwell Collins, 4 Partners Form Industry Team to Advance Maritime Simulation Tools Devt

    Rockwell Collins has collaborated with four other companies to establish an industry team that seeks to provide simulation and training platforms to maritime organizations. The company said Tuesday it partnered with Appri Custom Technology, Global Simulation, Knud E Hansen A/S and Saint James Marine to form the Maritime Advanced Simulation Team. MAST will work to provide vessel […] More

  • Sevatec Joins AWS Public Sector Partner Program; Tanusree McCabe Comments
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    Sevatec Joins AWS Public Sector Partner Program; Tanusree McCabe Comments

    Amazon Web Services has added Fairfax, Virginia-based technology services provider Sevatec to AWS’ Public Sector Partner Program in the government category as part of an extended partnership between the two companies. Sevatec said Monday it seeks to offer cloud architecture, development and migration services to federal government customers through the program. The AWS Public Sector Partner Program recognizes companies that work to […] More

  • CenturyLink to Implement Additional Network Services Under DoD Fiber Optic Net Contract
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    CenturyLink to Implement Additional Network Services Under DoD Fiber Optic Net Contract

    CenturyLink has added software-defined networking and network functions virtualization services to a previously awarded contract that requires the company to install a fiber-optic network for the Defense Department. The company said Wednesday it will implement SDN and NFV services at Defense Research and Engineering Network sites to help DoD transition to a “scalable” software workload that could accommodate on-demand […] More

  • VA Posts Enterprise Mobile Mgmt System RFI
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    VA Posts Enterprise Mobile Mgmt System RFI

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has begun to explore potential industry sources of a managed system to facilitate management of authorized mobile phones and tablets across the VA enterprise. VA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday it looks to migrate approximately 38,000 devices from its current cloud hosting environment and mobile device management software to another private cloud hosted and […] More

  • General Dynamics Accepts Orders for Bluefin SandShark Underwater Drone
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    General Dynamics Accepts Orders for Bluefin SandShark Underwater Drone

    General Dynamics’ mission systems business has said customers in the defense, science and commercial sectors can place an order for an autonomous underwater vehicle through the company’s website. Bluefin SandShark is part of General Dynamics’ Bluefin Robotics suite of underwater drones and is designed to dive down to up to 656 feet and navigate to […] More

  • Diligent Consulting to Support Air Force A-10C Operational Flight Program
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    Diligent Consulting to Support Air Force A-10C Operational Flight Program

    Diligent Consulting has secured a $940,891 contract to help Ki Ho Military Acquisition Consulting implement software sustainment engineering and support information technology services for the avionics weapons system of the A-10C aircraft  fleet at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. Diligent said Jan. 5 it will use various software engineering tools to build system and subsystem designs for operational, supporting and utility […] More

  • BlackMesh Debuts Security-Focused Cloud Offering for Govt Agencies; Jason Ford Comments
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    BlackMesh Debuts Security-Focused Cloud Offering for Govt Agencies; Jason Ford Comments

    BlackMesh has introduced a new cloud platform that focuses on security services as part of efforts to extend technology offerings to the government sector. The company said Tuesday its new government-focused cloud platform is designed to comply with federal and state requirements for data storage and security. The offering also seeks to address various industry compliance standards such […] More

  • Lockheed Seals 3rd Air Force Missile Warning Satellite Ahead of Launch
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    Lockheed Seals 3rd Air Force Missile Warning Satellite Ahead of Launch

    Lockheed Martin has enclosed a missile warning satellite the company built for the U.S. Air Force in a protective launch vehicle fairing in preparation for a scheduled Jan. 19 launch. The third Space-Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite went through encapsulation at Cape Canaveral, Florida, where it will be deployed aboard a United Launch Alliance-made Atlas V rocket, Lockheed said Tuesday. […] More

  • MASS Group Secures 4-Year GSA Schedule Contract Extension
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    MASS Group Secures 4-Year GSA Schedule Contract Extension

    The General Services Administration has awarded a four-year contract extension to Los Angeles-based software company MASS Group under GSA’s Federal Supply Schedule. MASS Group said Tuesday it has offered its TME web-based software to government customers since 2012 and will continue to offer the company’s products to agencies as a GSA contractor through 2021. The software is designed to help organizations manage […] More

  • Parsons SVP Tom Feldhausen to Speak at Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum in UAE
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    Parsons SVP Tom Feldhausen to Speak at Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum in UAE

    Tom Feldhausen, senior vice president and federal international strategy director at Parsons, will take part in a panel discussion at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum that will kick off Jan. 13 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Feldhausen, a 25-year defense and security industry veteran, will discuss the cyber and physical risks to energy infrastructure […] More