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  • Nimbis Services Secures Phase III SBIR Contract From USAF for R&D Support
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    Nimbis Services Secures Phase III SBIR Contract From USAF for R&D Support

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $9 million Small Business Innovation Research phase 3 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to Nimbis Services for continued research and development services on a cloud-based Defense Department silicon integrated circuit design environment. DoD said Thursday Air Force Research Laboratory will obligate $749,468 from fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation funds for the first cost-plus-fixed-fee task order in the sole-source IDIQ […] More

  • GSA Taps LexisNexis Special Services for ID Intelligence Data, Tech & Analytics Strategies
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    GSA Taps LexisNexis Special Services for ID Intelligence Data, Tech & Analytics Strategies

    LexisNexis Special Services Inc. has landed a position in a multiple-award General Services Administration Schedule contract for identity intelligence data, technology and analytics strategies to help government agencies address fraud, waste and abuse risks. LNSSI said Wednesday the five-year GSA Financial and Business Solutions Schedule 520 contract has three additional five-year options and covers auditing, financial management and financial asset, business […] More

  • Lockheed Artillery Rocket Launcher Production Resumes; Frank St. John Comments
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    Lockheed Artillery Rocket Launcher Production Resumes; Frank St. John Comments

    Lockheed Martin has restored its mobile artillery rocket launcher to the production lines along with the system’s tactical missile for the United Arab Emirates, Defense News reported Friday. Jen Judson writes Frank St. John, Lockheed’s tactical missiles and combat maneuver systems vice president, said at the Eurosatory land warfare conference that the company reopened the Highly-Mobile Artillery […] More

  • Chemring Group Names Jim Batina as Chemring Ordnance Business Development Vice President
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    Chemring Group Names Jim Batina as Chemring Ordnance Business Development Vice President

    Jim Batina has been appointed by the Chemring Group as business development vice president for its Chemring Ordnance subsidiary and will handle the business development efforts of that unit and Chemring Military Products. Batina started at COR in 2012 under its business development group and has since worked in the areas of defense business capture, manufacturing and research and development, COR […] More

  • Defense Security Service Recognizes ASRC Federal Subsidiary with Achievement Award; Mark Gray Comments
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    Defense Security Service Recognizes ASRC Federal Subsidiary with Achievement Award; Mark Gray Comments

    The Defense Security Service has bestowed the 2016 James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award to ASRC Federal‘s Primus Solutions subsidiary. ASRC Federal said Thursday DSS gives the Cogswell Award to industry contractors that have implemented and maintained a security program that complies with and exceeds National Industrial Security Program requirements. Mark Gray, ASRC Federal president and CEO, said the […] More

  • NSGIC Names Molly Schar Executive Director
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    NSGIC Names Molly Schar Executive Director

    Molly Schar, a nonprofit sector veteran, has been appointed as the first executive director of the National States Geographic Information Council. Her appointment is effective June 20 and she will support the council’s efforts to promote geospatial coordination among U.S. states and drive national geospatial policy initiatives, NSGIC said Wednesday. Schar has helped multiple nonprofit organizations to expand […] More

  • DLT to Feature Cloud Consulting Offerings at AWS Public Sector Summit
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    DLT to Feature Cloud Consulting Offerings at AWS Public Sector Summit

    DLT Solutions will feature its Amazon Web Services offerings and cloud consulting services during the AWS Public Sector Summit from June 20 to 21 in Washington D.C.’s Washington Marriott Wardman Park. The public sector technology provider will showcase how it works to help government clients determine their Cloud Readiness Factor and how its managed services offering supports the AWS platform, DLT said Thursday. […] More

  • Rogers Joseph O’Donnell, ShoreTel Join CompTIA’s State, Local Govt & Education Council
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    Rogers Joseph O’Donnell, ShoreTel Join CompTIA’s State, Local Govt & Education Council

    The Computing Technology Industry Association has added cloud communications company ShoreTel and government contracts law firm Rogers Joseph O’Donnell to CompTIA’s State and Local Government and Education Council. The council plays a key role in CompTIA’s public sector practice and comprises executives from multiple technology firms and other organizations focused on the state and local government and educational markets, the […] More

  • Research and Markets Sets UCaaS Market CAGR at 11.2% in 2016-2022
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    Research and Markets Sets UCaaS Market CAGR at 11.2% in 2016-2022

    A new Research and Markets report forecasts the unified communication as a service market to reach a compound annual growth rate of 11.2 percent beginning in 2016 through 2022. The report indicates that telecommunications, information technology and retail applications currently dominate the market and that banking, financial services and insurance and logistics will drive the […] More

  • Pentagon Clears Interactive Intelligence Group’s Updated Customer Engagement Platform
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    Pentagon Clears Interactive Intelligence Group’s Updated Customer Engagement Platform

    Interactive Intelligence Group has earned certification from the Joint Interoperability Test Command for a new version of the company’s open standards-based software suite for customer service management. Version 2016 R2 of the Customer Interaction Center is now included on the Defense Department‘s approved product list, Interactive Intelligence Group said Thursday. The list contains the names of vendors that have […] More

  • Dell, Software AG Introduce IoT Edge Analytics Offering for Enterprises; Jason Shepherd Comments
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    Dell, Software AG Introduce IoT Edge Analytics Offering for Enterprises; Jason Shepherd Comments

    Dell and Software AG have launched an Internet of Things architecture offering intended to help enterprise customers analyze real-time data from networks, devices and sensors. The integrated offering combines Dell’s Edge Gateway 5000 Series and an embedded version of Software AG’s Apama Streaming Analytics to support real-time analytics at the edge of the network, Software AG said […] More