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  • Battelle to Receive Applications for FY 2017 Idaho Nat’l Lab Campaigns
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    Battelle to Receive Applications for FY 2017 Idaho Nat’l Lab Campaigns

    Battelle‘s energy alliance business that oversees the Energy Department‘s Idaho National Laboratory has opened the application process for two fiscal year 2017 campaigns that each focus on a distinct audience and purpose. INL said Monday it will accept proposals for charitable donations for the Fiscal Year 2017 Community Giving Campaign and Fiscal Year 2017 Technology-based Economic Development Campaign until October […] More

  • IT Industry Vet Vic Bhagat Named Verizon Enterprise Solutions CIO; Christopher Formant Comments
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    IT Industry Vet Vic Bhagat Named Verizon Enterprise Solutions CIO; Christopher Formant Comments

    Vic Bhagat, formerly executive vice president and chief information officer at EMC, has joined Verizon‘s enterprise solutions business as CIO. The 30-year industry veteran will oversee the unit’s technology strategy, information technology initiatives and development of next-generation enterprise communications services in his new position, Verizon said Monday. “With Vic’s passion and creativity to harness IT for innovation and […] More

  • Former Oshkosh Defense Lead John Urias Joins TenCate Advanced Armor’s Advisory Board
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    Former Oshkosh Defense Lead John Urias Joins TenCate Advanced Armor’s Advisory Board

    John Urias, former president of Oshkosh Corp.’s defense segment, has joined TenCate Advanced Armor as a member of the protective fabrics manufacturer’s advisory board. TCAA said Monday Urias brings experience in U.S. and international contracting to the company plus background from his career in the U.S. Army. Group Director Steen Tanderup said the company looked to Urias’ military and […] More

  • MellingMedical Offers Kerecis Fish Skin Wound Treatment Product Via Federal Supply Schedule
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    MellingMedical Offers Kerecis Fish Skin Wound Treatment Product Via Federal Supply Schedule

    MellingMedical will offer Kerecis‘ fish-skin-based wound treatment product to the Department of Veterans Affairs through the Federal Supply Schedule contract vehicle. The Kerecis Omega3 Wound product works to utilize patented fish-skin-based material for skin grafting and tissue repair operations among military veteran patients, Kerecis said Friday. The company noted that minimally processed fish skin retains natural elements such as Omega3 polyunsaturated fatty acids to support the treatment of chronic and […] More

  • IRS Extends Software Maintenance Contract With Cyber Armed Security
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    IRS Extends Software Maintenance Contract With Cyber Armed Security

    Cyber Armed Security will continue its software maintenance services to the Internal Revenue Service‘s sign-on system through a six-month performance period. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday states the IRS exercised an option to extend maintenance services for 100,500 licenses of Passlogix-built v-GO Single Sign-On system. v-GO SSO is an enterprise single sign-on platform that works to automate username and password entry […] More

  • BAE Systems Opens Cybersecurity & Threat Intelligence Hub in Malaysia
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    BAE Systems Opens Cybersecurity & Threat Intelligence Hub in Malaysia

    BAE Systems has opened a new cybersecurity and threat intelligence center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in an effort to drive awareness and adoption of cybersecurity and business defense within the country. The Malaysian Nerve Center will work to provide cybersecurity, anti-financial crime and threat intelligence services through the use of technologies such as video presentation software and interactive […] More

  • Applied Research Associates to Help DHS Build Roadway Safety Tech for First Responders
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    Applied Research Associates to Help DHS Build Roadway Safety Tech for First Responders

    The Department of Homeland Security has awarded Applied Research Associates a two-month, $648,880 contract to develop a technology that would help increase first responders’ safety awareness during roadway operations. ARA and DHS’ science and technology directorate will collaborate to produce a two-pronged approach to minimize the risk of vehicles hitting emergency personnel when they respond to road incidents, the department said Friday. The approach seeks to reduce distraction, glare or […] More

  • Oklahoma State University Receives DoD Grant for Local Business Diversification Effort
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    Oklahoma State University Receives DoD Grant for Local Business Diversification Effort

    The Oklahoma State University’s Institute of Technology has received a Defense Department grant to continue support for a DoD program that seeks to help Oklahoma-based companies diversify their businesses amid defense spending cuts. OSUIT said Thursday the university will partner with industry providers to administer business diversification and sustainment services for qualified DoD contractors in Oklahoma […] More

  • NanoRacks-ULA-Space Systems Loral Team to Study Rocket Conversion Into Space Habitats
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    NanoRacks-ULA-Space Systems Loral Team to Study Rocket Conversion Into Space Habitats

    A team comprised of NanoRacks, Space Systems Loral and United Launch Alliance will study the feasibility of converting rocket upper stages into habitats for low-Earth orbit and deep-space missions under a contract awarded by NASA. The Ixion Initiative Team aims to help NASA address risks associated with modules that are built on the ground and launched into orbit through the agency’s Next Space […] More

  • Technavio: Global Defense IT Spending Market to Reach $108B by 2020
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    Technavio: Global Defense IT Spending Market to Reach $108B by 2020

    Technavio has forecasted that global defense information technology spending will reach $108.4 billion by 2020 as continued demand for IT and technology offerings in the defense industry drive the need for technological support services. The company said Friday the market will see a compound annual growth rate of at least three percent over the forecast period. IT investments will work […] More

  • Orbital ATK, NASA Continue SLS Rocket Booster Test Data Analysis; Mat Bevill Comments
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    Orbital ATK, NASA Continue SLS Rocket Booster Test Data Analysis; Mat Bevill Comments

    NASA engineers continue to analyze data collected from the second qualification test conducted on Orbital ATK-built booster for the Space Launch System to demonstrate the technology’s power and operations capacity. The assessment took place June 28 at Orbital ATK’s facility in Utah and aimed to evaluate the SLS booster against 82 qualification test objectives that were measured through more than 530 instrumentation […] More

  • SolarCity, Balfour Beatty Complete Solar Panel Installation at 2 Army Bases
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    SolarCity, Balfour Beatty Complete Solar Panel Installation at 2 Army Bases

    Balfour Beatty Communities and SolarCity have installed more than 18,000 solar panels at U.S. Army multi-family housing, community and maintenance facilities at Fort Detrick in Maryland and Fort Carson in Colorado. Balfour Beatty said Friday the SolarCity-built power systems will work to generate more than 4.7 megawatts of solar energy to power approximately 1,200 housing units across […] More