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  • VA Seeks Clinical Psychology Support Sources for Mobile Application Devt Project
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    VA Seeks Clinical Psychology Support Sources for Mobile Application Devt Project

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has begun its search for potential industry sources of clinical psychology services to support the development of mobile applications. VA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Aug. 9 the sources sought notice is part of the agency’s market research effort for a potential one-year contract for the Clinical Research Psychologist […] More

  • ManTech to Help CBP Build Data Aggregation Tool; Daniel Keefe Comments
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    ManTech to Help CBP Build Data Aggregation Tool; Daniel Keefe Comments

    ManTech International has secured a potential three-year, $24 million task order from the Department of Homeland Security to prototype a joint service-oriented architecture for use in border security operations. The company said Tuesday it will develop the tool to help DHS’ Customs and Border Protection personnel integrate operational data and gain situational awareness in real time. Daniel Keefe, president and chief […] More

  • Air Force Issues Airborne ISR Data Link System RFI
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    Air Force Issues Airborne ISR Data Link System RFI

    The U.S. Air Force has published a request for information on data links that the military branch can integrate with airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms. A notice posted Aug. 17 on FedBizOpps website stated the Air Force seeks a data link system that is designed to comply with the International Traffic in Arms Regulation  and the State Department DSP-5 export licensing […] More

  • MIL to Provide Service Desk Support for Library of Congress Users
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    MIL to Provide Service Desk Support for Library of Congress Users

    MIL Corp. has received a contract from the Congressional Research Service to provide service desk support for more than 800 Library of Congress users. Under the contract, MIL’s information technology team will work to operate call centers, repair hardware, configure operating systems and application images, set up audio and video conference room and manage assets, the company said Monday. Work […] More

  • Tec-Masters to Guide BMK Secure Solutions Under MDA Mentor-Protege Program
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    Tec-Masters to Guide BMK Secure Solutions Under MDA Mentor-Protege Program

    Tec-Masters will mentor woman-owned small business BMK Secure Solutions on technology transfer and business operations as part of a Missile Defense Agency-sponsored mentor-protege program. Oakwood University will work with Tec-Masters to help BMK develop quality systems in pursuit of certifications such as those from the International Standardization Organization and CMMI Institute, Tec-Masters said Thursday. “We look forward to sharing our best […] More

  • AT&T Lands Labor Dept Mobile Service Support Contract; Mike Leff Comments
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    AT&T Lands Labor Dept Mobile Service Support Contract; Mike Leff Comments

    AT&T has been awarded a five-year contract to provide mobile devices and related services to the Labor Department. The contract covers smartphones, tethering support and Enhanced Push-to-Talk service in support of the department’s wage and hour division employees, AT&T said Tuesday. Mike Leff, vice president for civilian agencies at AT&T’s government solutions business, said AT&T will […] More

  • Raytheon to Provide Baseline System Design for Army’s Long-Range Precision Fires Program
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    Raytheon to Provide Baseline System Design for Army’s Long-Range Precision Fires Program

    Raytheon has received a $5.7 million contract to provide baseline system design for a  U.S. Army program that aims to develop new missile technology to replace the service branch’s inventory of long-range, surface-to-surface missiles. The company said Tuesday the nine-month contract will support risk reduction efforts for the Long Range Precision Fires program. Thomas Bussing, vice president of Raytheon’s advanced missile […] More

  • Deltek Unveils Market Intelligence System for GovCon Customers; Kevin Plexico Comments
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    Deltek Unveils Market Intelligence System for GovCon Customers; Kevin Plexico Comments

    Deltek has launched a new market intelligence platform designed to offer government contractors personalized real-time news and information on government contracting events to help clients find new opportunities and compete for new businesses. The company said Tuesday the GovWin IQ system features GovWin Market Alerts that notifies clients on sector events that involve a select number of companies […] More

  • SpaceX-Built Spacecraft to Return From 9th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission
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    SpaceX-Built Spacecraft to Return From 9th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission

    A SpaceX-built Dragon spacecraft that delivered nearly 5,000 pounds of crew supplies to the International Space Station is due to return from its cargo resupply mission Friday. NASA said Tuesday ISS’ Canadarm 2 robotic arm will detach the vehicle from the orbiting laboratory’s Harmony module before Expedition 48 flight engineers Kate Rubins and Takuya Onishi will work to release the craft for its voyage back to Earth. The […] More

  • Northrop Receives Global Hawk Ground Segment Modernization Contract
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    Northrop Receives Global Hawk Ground Segment Modernization Contract

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman for modernization work on a ground segment the service branch uses to control Global Hawk autonomous unmanned aircraft systems. Northrop said Monday the work will include a modular and scalable cockpit architecture, as well as an updated command and control capacity across all missions and sensors. “Global Hawk […] More

  • CRN: Australia’s Defense Dept Orders 100K Dell Desktops
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    CRN: Australia’s Defense Dept Orders 100K Dell Desktops

    Dell‘s Australia-based business unit has received a two-year, $56.9 million contract from that country’s defense department to deliver than 100,000 desktops across the military as part of a large-scale computer supply project, CRN reported Tuesday. Steven Kiernan writes the desktop units will run both Windows 7 and Windows 10 operating systems to support the project that aims […] More